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A plate load test is carried out on a 300 mm x 300 mm plate placed at 2 m below the ground level to determine the bearing capacity of a 2 m x 2 m footing placed at same depth of 2 m on a homogeneous sand deposit extending 10 m below ground. The ground water table is 3 m below the ground level. Which of the following factors does not require a correction to the bearing capacity determined based on the load test?

  1. Absence of the overburden pressure during the test

  2. Size of the plate is much smaller than the footing size

  3. Influence of the ground water table

  4. Settlement is recorded only over a limited period of one or two days
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