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The following general statement may be made about the penetration value and softening point of bitumen
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A. higher the penetration value, higher is the softening point
B. higher the penetration value, lower is the softening point
C. for very high and very low penetration value the softening point is very low
D. absolutely no correlation can be drawn between penetration value and softening point of bitumen

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higher the penetration value, lower is the softening point

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1. The maximum allowable compressive stress corresponding to lateral buckling in a discretely laterally supported symmetrical I beam does not depend upon :
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A. the modulus of elasticity
B. the radius of gyration about the minor axis
C. the span length of the beam
D. the ratio of overall depth of thickness of the flange

2. Plate bearing test with 20 cm diameter plate on soil subgrade yielded a pressure of 1.25 x 10⁵ N/m² at 0.5 cm deflection. What is the elastic modulus of subgrade?
Options
A. 56.18 x 10⁵ N/m²
B. 22.10 x 10⁵ N/m²
C. 44.25 x 10⁵ N/m²
D. 50.19 x 10⁵ N/m²
E. None.

3. A volume of 3.0 x 10⁶ m³ of ground water was pumped out from an unconfined aquifer, uniformly from an area of 5 km². The pumping lowered the water table from initial level of 102 m to 99 m. The specific yield of the aquifier is
Options
A. 0.20
B. 0.30
C. 0.40
D. 0.50

4. The soils most susceptible to liquefaction are :
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A. saturated dense sands
B. saturated fine and medium sands of uniform particle size
C. saturated clays of uniform size
D. saturated gravels and cobbles

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