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___________ soil has never been subjected to an effective pressure greater than existing over-burden pressure and has completely consolidated.

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___________ soil has never been subjected to an effective pressure greater than existing over-burden pressure and has completely consolidated.

(a) Normally consolidated

(b) Pre-consolidated

(c) Under- consolidated

(d) Pre- compressed

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My question is taken from Consolidation of Undisturbed Specimen topic in division One Dimensional Consolidation of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Correct answer is (a) Normally consolidated

To explain I would say: A soil that has never experienced a vertical effective stress that was greater than its present vertical effective stress is called a normally consolidated (NC) soil.

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