engineering recuitment UPSSSC JE Civil 2024 Mock Test Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Vertical Stress Distribution
Which one of the following assumptions of Boussinesq's theory of stress in the soil is/are correct?
1. The soil medium is elastics, non-homogenous, isotropic, and semi-infinite medium.
2. The soil is initially stressed.
3. The soil is assumed to be non-dilatant.
4. The top surface of the soil medium is free from shear stresses and is subjected to only point loads.
1
1,2 and 4
2
2,3 and 4
3
3 and 4 only
4
1,2,3 and 4