If consistency index of a soil is more than 1, the consistency stage of soil is:

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Explanation:

Consistency index:

It is defined as a ratio of the difference between the liquid limit and natural water content of the soil to the plasticity index.
\({I_c} = \frac{{LL - w}}{{LL - PL}} = \frac{{LL - w}}{{PI}}\)
It is used to study in situ behavior of saturated fine-grained soil at its natural water content.