GATE CE · 2025 · CE
Question 57: Soil Mechanics
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Question 57
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A clayey soil has a moisture content of 18%, a specific gravity of soil solids of 2.74, and a degree of saturation of 65%. The soil soaks up water during a rain event, and the degree of saturation increases to 85.2%. The change of the volume during the soaking is negligible. The new moisture content (in %) of the soil will be ____________________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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2025CE
GATE CE 2025 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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