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Question
Assertion (A) : The bearing capacity of a footing always gets affected by the location of ground water table.
Reason (R) : Water in soil affects the shear strength parameters as well as the unit weight.
A.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)
C.
(A) is true but (R) is false
D.
(A) is false but (R) is true
Answer ( Option D)

(A) is false but (R) is true

Solution

Bearing capacity in not always affected by location of ground water table. It is affected only when the depth of water table below the footing is less than the width of footing.

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