Multiple choice

For the soil strata shown in figure, the water table is lowered by drainage by 2 m and if the top 2 m thick silty sand stratum remains saturated by capillary action even after lowering of water table, the increase in effective vertical pressure in kPa at mid-height of the clay layer will be

  1. 0.2

  2. 2

  3. 20

  4. 200
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C Correct answer

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