Question

Compressibility of sandy soils is almost equal to that of clayey soils much greater than that of clayey soils much less than that of clayey soils none of the above

Answer 1

It's much less than that of clayey soils.

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Answer 2

Compressibility is the extent to which the volume decreases on the application of load.

Compressibility of sandy soil is much less than that of clayey soil.

This can be understood by considering the difference in sizes of individual particles of soil.

Thus the correct answer is “much less than that of clayey soil.”