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UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Engineering Paper

Question : 2 of 150

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The ultimate bearing capacity is

the minimum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of soil
the minimum gross pressure inten sity at the base of the foundation at which the soil fails in shear
the difference in intensities of the gross pressure after the construction of the structure
the total pressure at the base of the footing due to the weight of the superstructure

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