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When do the soil suction is reduced to zero value?

(a) Water content is reduced

(b) Soil is oven dry

(c) Dry soil is submerged

(d) All of the mentioned

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The doubt is from Capillary Tension, Capillary Potential and Soil Suction topic in portion Soil Water Effective and Neutral Stresses of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right answer is (c) Dry soil is submerged

Explanation: When a dry soil is submerged under water, meniscus is destroyed resulting in a reduction of soil suction to zero value.

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