A clay subjected to pressure in excess to its present over-burden, is said to be

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A clay subjected to pressure in excess to its present over-burden, is said to be
Options
A. pre-compressed
B. pre-consolidated
C. over-consolidated
D. all the above.

Correct Answer

all the above.

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2. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Options
A. Sidereal time at any instant is equal to the hour angle of the first point of Aries
B. Local sidereal time of any place is equal to the right ascension of its meridian
C. Sidereal time is equal to the right ascension of a star at its upper transit
D. All the above.

3. The shortest distance between two places measured along the surface of the earth, is
Options
A. length of the equator between their longitudes
B. length of the parallel between their longitudes
C. length of the arc of the great circle passing through them
D. none of these.

5. When a liquid rotates at constant angular velocity about a vertical axis of a rigid body, the pressure
Options
A. increases linearly to its radial distance
B. varies inversely as the altitude along any vertical line
C. varies as the square of the radial distance
D. decreases as the square of the radial distance
E. none of these.

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