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Geological Engineering · Q51

Soil Mechanics

Engineering and GATE · Geological Engineering · question 51

Q51

Liquidity index is a measure of:

A.
Soil saturation
B.
Compressibility
C.
Relative consistency
Answer
D.
Organic content

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Liquidity index (LI) shows how close a soil's moisture is to its liquid limit.LI = (Natural water content - Plastic limit) / (Liquid limit - Plastic limit).