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GATE GG-1 · 2018 · PART-B GEOLOGY (SECTION 1)

Question 50: Applied geology

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PART-B GEOLOGY (SECTION 1)NAT2 marksNeeds review
The mass and volume of a natural soil sample are 2.1 kg and 1×10

m

, respectively. When fully dried, the mass of the soil sample becomes 2 kg without any change in volume. Assuming the specific gravity of soil particles to be 2.5, and water density of 1000 kg/m

, the degree of saturation of the natural soil sample is ____________%.

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2018PART-B GEOLOGY (SECTION 1)

GATE GG-1 2018 · Paper 1

Geology and Geophysics · Original paper archive

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Section PART-B GEOLOGY (SECTION 1)
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Numerical answer (NAT)
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