17449. The Rankine’s theory for active earth pressure is based on the assumption that

the retained material is homogeneous and cohesionless
the frictional resistance between the retaining wall and the retained material is neglected
the failure of the retained material takes place along a plane called rupture plane
all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.

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