\nSoil is one of the most important materials in Civil Engineering construction and being a foundation material it also supports all the different types of loads of superstructure that safely gets transferred to the foundation soil through substructure called foundation systems. Like other materials, soil also deforms and fails under externally applied load, especially in shear. The book explains the basic understanding of soil as material and its engineering properties, settlement behavior and failure hypothesis using Mohr-Coulomb criterion. \n\nFollowing are some of the highlights of the book: • Written in a very simple English language that can be easily understood by a student who is exposed to for the first time to the subject matter "Soil Mechanics"\n\n• Concepts are explained through photographs, line diagrams, pictures so that a student can easily visualize the underlying concept and grasp easily\n\n• Practice problems are given at the end of each chapter to make sure students learn the principles of soil mechanics by solving the numerical.\n\n• All statement in the book is given with reference to authenticate and also to build confidence level in the reader's mind that nothing is hypothetically written or assumed while writing the book.