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The effect of the water table is taken into account for bearing capacity in the form of ___________

(a) Depth factor

(b) Inclination factor

(c) Correction factor

(d) Shape factor

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The question is from IS Code Method for Computing Bearing Capacity topic in division Bearing Capacity of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Right answer is (c) Correction factor

Explanation: The effect of the water table is taken into account in the form of correction factor W’ applied to the wedge term.

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