The major pricipal stress in an element of cohesionless soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is

- 1
  
  vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium
- 2
  
  vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium
- 3
  
  inclined at $45^{o}$ to the vertical plane
- 4
  
  none of the above

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