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GATE2018 CE-2: 33
Three soil specimens (Soil $1$, Soil $2$ and Soil $3$), each $150$ mm long and $100$ mm diameter, are placed in series in a instant head flow set-up as shown in the figur...
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GATE2018 CE-2: 18
The initial concavity in the load-penetration curve of a CBR test is NOT due touneven top surfacehigh impact at start of loadinginclined penetration plungersoft top layer...
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GATE2018 CE-2: 9
The contact pressure and settlement distribution for a footing are shown in the figure.The figure corresponds to arigid footing on a granular soilflexible footing on a g...
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GATE2018 CE-2: 10
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?When the water content of soil lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil is said to be in plastic sta...
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GATE2018 CE-2: 11
The clay mineral, whose structural units are held together by potassium bond isHalloysiteIlliteKaoliniteSmectite
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GATE2018 CE-2: 8
A flownet below a dam consists of $24$ equipotential drops and $7$ flow channels. The difference between the upstream the upstream and downstream water levels is $6$ m. T...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 47
A rigid smooth retaining wall of height $7$ m with vertical backface retains saturated clay ass backfill. The saturated unit weight and undrained cohesion of the backfill...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 45
A conventional drained triaxial compression test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay sample under an effective confining pressure of $200$ kPa. The deviator str...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 46
The void ratio of a soil is $0.55$ at an effective normal stress of $140$ kPa. The compression index of the soil is $0.25$. In order to reduce the void ratio to $0.4$, an...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 31
A $0.5 \: m \times 0.5 \: m$ square concrete pile is to be driven in a homogeneous clayey soil having undrained shear strength $c_u=50 \: kPa$ and unit weight, $\gamma = ...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 20
In a shrinkage limit test, the volume and mass of a dry soil pat are found to be $50 cm^3$ and $88$ g, respectively. The specific gravity of the soil solids is $2.71$ and...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 21
A core cutter of $130$ mm height has inner and outer diameters of $100$ mm and $106$ mm, respectively. The area ratio of the core cutter (in $\%$, up to two decimal place...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 10
The percent reduction in the bearing capacity of a strip footing resting on sand under flooding condition (water level at the base of the footing) when compared to the si...
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GATE2018 CE-1: 11
The width of a square footing and the diameter of a circular footing are equal. If both the footings are placed on the surface of sandy soil, the ratio of the ultimate be...
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