SSC JE Civil Engineering 23-Sep-2019 Shift 2 Solved Paper

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The most accurate method used in a laboratory for the determination of water content is:

oven drying method
sand bath method
calcium carbide method
Radiation method

Solution:

The water content 'w' of soil is defined as the ratio of weight of water (

W_w

) to the weight of soil solid (

W_s

). It is generally expressed in percentage.
Oven drying method is the most accurate method of determining the water content and is therefore used in the laboratory.

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