engineering recuitment BHEL Engineer Trainee Mock Test 2025 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Consolidation
Select the correct option with regard to consolidation.
Statement 1: The process of expulsion and compression of water in the voids by reducing volume occurs in the initial consolidation when the load is applied to a partially saturated soil.
Statement 2: The process of expulsion of air from the voids, which results in further reduction of volume, occurs in the primary consolidation of soils.
1
Statement 1 is correct, and statement 2 is incorrect.
2
Both statements are correct.
3
Both statements are incorrect.
4
Statement 1 is incorrect, and statement 2 is correct.