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If 'p' is the standard consistency of cement, the amount of water used in conducting the initial setting time test on cement is

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0.65p
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0.85p
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0.6p
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0.8p
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Solution

The correct option is B 0.85p
As per IS: 4031 Part 5-1988, while conducting initial setting time on cement, a neat cement paste is prepared by gauging the cement with 0.85 times the water required to give a paste of standard consistency.

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