GATE CE · 2020 · CE
Question 22: Soil Mechanics
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Question 22
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A soil has dry unit weight of 15.5 kN/m
, specific gravity of 2.65 and degree of saturation of 72%. Considering the unit weight of water as 10 kN/m
, the water content of the soil (in %, round off to two decimal places) is ____________.Log in to check the answer
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GATE CE 2020 · Paper 2
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 1 mark
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