engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Index Properties
A clay sample coated with paraffin wax is weighing 700 gm including the weight of the wax. When the sample is dipped in water, the displaced volume of water is 400 ml and the mass of the wax-coated is 30 gms. The specific gravity of wax is 0.80 and the specific gravity of soil particles is 2.7, if the water content of the sample is 18%, the degree of saturation is
1
57.25%
2
67.12%
3
73.20%
4
81.90%