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Usually, rafts are designed as _________

(a) Reinforced slabs

(b) Reinforced concrete flat slabs

(c) Ordinary concrete slab

(d) Inverted flat slabs

I have been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Shallow Foundations in chapter Shallow Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct option is (b) Reinforced concrete flat slabs

To explain I would say: Ordinarily, rafts are designed as reinforced concrete flat slabs using heavy beams.

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