GATE Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

The soils most susceptible to liquefaction are :

A saturated dense sands

B saturated fine and medium sands of uniform particle size

C saturated clays of uniform size

D saturated gravels and cobbles

ANS:B - saturated fine and medium sands of uniform particle size

In liquefaction soil loses its shear strengthen causes shear failure upon vibrations or earth tremors.