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GATE Civil 2025 Set 1 | Question: 8
​​​​​The standard plasticity chart for the classification of a fine-grained soil is shown in the figure. As per the Indian standard soil classification system, $X$ repres...
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GATE Civil 2024 Set 1 | Question: 9
Consider the statements $\text{P}$ and $\text{Q}$.$\text{P}$: Soil particles formed by mechanical weathering, and close to their origin are generally subrounded.$\text{Q}...
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GATE2020 CE-2-35
A $10\ m$ high slope of dry clay soil $\text{( unit weight}\: = 20 kN/m^3$), with a slope angle of $45^{\circ}$and the circular slip surface, is shown in the figure (not ...
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GATE2017 CE-1: 22
A $3 \: m$ thick clay layer is subjected to an initial uniform pore pressure of $145 \: kPa$ as shown in the figure.For the given ground conditions, the time (in days, ro...
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GATE2014-2-14
The clay mineral primarily governing the swelling behavior of Black Cotton soil isHalloysiteIlliteKaoliniteMontmorillonite
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GATE2014-2-15
The contact pressure for a rigid footing resting on clay at the centre and the edges are respectivelymaximum and zeromaximum and minimumzero and maximumminimum and maximu...
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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-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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