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Clay layer A with single drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv takes 6 months to achieve 50% consolidation. The time taken by clay layer B of the same thickness with double drainage and coefficient of consolidation $$\frac{{{\text{Cv}}}}{2}$$ to achieve the same degree of consolidation is
Consider the following statements
1. The soap available in the market use various ingredients in their preparation like colour perfume and oils.
2. Broadly, soaps can be divided into hard soap and soft soap categories.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
In the order of the chronological development, the longwall support systems are arranged as
P Powered support
Q Link bar and friction support
R Frame support
S Hydraulic support
Directions : Each of the following question consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a STRONG arguments and which is a WEAK Argument.

Statement : Should all the infrastructural development projects in India be handed over to the private sector?

Arguments :
I. No. The private sector entities are not equipped to handle such projects.
II. Yes. Such projects are handled by private sector in the developed countries.
Out of the total number of projects handled by company A in 2005 and 2006 together, 20% were governmental projects. What was the total number of governmental projects handled by company A in 2005 and 2006 together?
In 2000, the market shares of the toilet soaps Margo, Palmolive and dove were 40%, 30% and 30% respectively. Starting from the next year, a new soap enters into the market each year and gets 10% of the market share. The existing soap share the remaining market share in the same ratio as they did in the previous year. What percent of the total market share will mango have in 2002?
According to an IBM research, “31% of projects are abandoned before they are completed, 53% exceed their cost projections by an average of 189 percent, and 94 projects are restarted for every 100 projects.” What is the significance of these figures?
Which of the following statements are true in context of Development Financial Institutions (DFls) in few years after economic reforms in 1991?
1. DFls such ICICI, IDBI and IFCI had a huge pile of bad loans.
2. DFls no longer had access to low-cost long-term funds from the government or the central bank to finance large infrastructure projects. They were forced to borrow at higher rates from the market.
3. Banks began financing infrastructure projects, that was actually out of their mandate.
4. RBI established a committee under S. H. Khan for transition of DFIs into universal banks.
5. ICICI Bank and IDBI went for reverse merger in a quest to create Universal Banks.
In Terzaghi’s Theory of one dimensional consolidation, the change in thickness of a layer during consolidation is ___________
In Terzaghi’s Theory of one dimensional consolidation, the time lag in consolidation is ___________