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GATE CE 2024 Set 1
Numerical
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-0.33

An embankment is constructed with soil by maintaining the degree of saturation as 75% during compaction. The specific gravity of soil is 2.68 and the moisture content is 17% during compaction. Consider the unit weight of water as 10 kN/m$^3$. The dry unit weight (in kN/m$^3$) of the compacted soil is _________________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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GATE CE 2024 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
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-0.833

A vertical smooth rigid retaining wall is supporting horizontal ground with dry cohesionless backfill having a friction angle of 30°. The inclinations of failure planes with respect to the major principal plane for Rankine’s active and passive earth pressure conditions, respectively, are

A

30° and 30°

B

60° and 60°

C

30° and 60°

D

60° and 30°

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GATE CE 2024 Set 1
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)
+2
-0.833

Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

A

Swell potential of soil decreases with an increase in the shrinkage limit.

B

Both loose and dense sands with different initial void ratios can attain similar void ratio at large strain during shearing.

C

Among the several corrections to be applied to the SPT-N value, the dilatancy correction is applied before all other corrections.

D

In electrical resistivity tomography, the depth of current penetration is half of the spacing between the electrodes.

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GATE CE 2024 Set 1
Numerical
+2
-0.833

The total primary consolidation settlement ($S_c$) of a building constructed on a 10 m thick saturated clay layer is estimated to be 50 mm. After 300 days of the construction of the building, primary consolidation settlement was reported as 10 mm. The additional time (in days) required to achieve 50% of $S_c$ will be ________________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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