Civil Engineering
2019 · Paper 1
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Question 24
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A soil has specific gravity of its solids equal to 2.65. The mass density of water is 1000
. Considering zero air voids and 10% moisture content of the soil sample, the dry density (in
, round off to 1 decimal place) would be ________.Log in to check the answer
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A concentrated load of 500
is applied on an elastic half space. The ratio of the increase in vertical normal stress at depths of 2
and 4
along the point of the loading, as per Boussinesq’s theory, would be ________.Log in to check the answer
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Which one of the following is NOT a correct statement?
Your answerChoose one option.
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