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UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

A saturated stiff clay has unit weight 2 gm/cm3 and unconfined compressive strength 2 kg/cm2. The depth of tension crack that would develop in this clay is

A 2 m

B 5 m

C 10 m

D 20 m

ANS:A - 2 m

C= q/2 = 1.

D = 2 c/ GAMMA.
= 2*1/ 0.002.
= 1000 cm.
= 10 m.