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This section includes 18 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The branch of geology which deals with study of chronology of the earth's past events is called as |
| A. | historical geology |
| B. | structural geology |
| C. | physical geology |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. structural geology | |
| 2. |
Large inverted mushroom shaped intrusions that sag down in the middle due to dense rocks are called as |
| A. | laccoliths |
| B. | lopoliths |
| C. | balnoliths |
| D. | dikes |
| Answer» C. balnoliths | |
| 3. |
The branch of geology which deals with occurrence, origin and history of rocks is known as |
| A. | hydrogeology |
| B. | pedology |
| C. | petrology |
| D. | geomorphology |
| Answer» D. geomorphology | |
| 4. |
The branch of geology which deals with study of uppermost layers of earth's crust is known as |
| A. | petrology |
| B. | hydrogeology |
| C. | pedology |
| D. | geomorphology |
| Answer» D. geomorphology | |
| 5. |
Rocks which are formed from weathering products of preexisting rocks deposited near earth's surface are called as |
| A. | Igneous rocks |
| B. | Sedimentary rocks |
| C. | Metamorphic rocks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Metamorphic rocks | |
| 6. |
In relative proportion of rocks by weight percentage which type of rocks are having maximum percentage ? |
| A. | Igneous rocks |
| B. | Sedimentary rocks |
| C. | Metamorphic rocks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sedimentary rocks | |
| 7. |
In relative proportion of rocks by volume percentage which type of rocks are having maximum percentage ? |
| A. | Igneous rocks |
| B. | Sedimentary rocks |
| C. | Metamorphic rocks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Metamorphic rocks | |
| 8. |
Large magnitude or sudden events that modify the pre-existing landscapes is known as |
| A. | catastrophism |
| B. | metamorphism |
| C. | physimorphism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. metamorphism | |
| 9. |
Small pieces of rock moved from one part to other by wind and water, glacier is called as |
| A. | erosion |
| B. | rock flow |
| C. | weathering |
| D. | cementation |
| Answer» D. cementation | |
| 10. |
naturally occurring, inorganic substance that does not have orderly arrangement of atoms is called as |
| A. | lava |
| B. | sediment |
| C. | magma |
| D. | meeraloid |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The element which is having highest volume per cent in the continental crust of earth is |
| A. | aluminium |
| B. | oxygen |
| C. | iron |
| D. | sodium |
| Answer» C. iron | |
| 12. |
Igneous rock with colour index as 60-90% of mathic materials which are dark coloured are known as |
| A. | hyper melanic |
| B. | melanocratic |
| C. | mesocratic |
| D. | lecucratic |
| Answer» C. mesocratic | |
| 13. |
Igneous rocks with colour index as 0-30% of mathic materials which are light coloured are known as |
| A. | hyper melanic |
| B. | melanocratic |
| C. | mesocratic |
| D. | leucocratic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The physical property of mineral by which minerals are identified on account of its colour of the powder form is called as |
| A. | colour |
| B. | luster |
| C. | streak |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 15. |
Crystals which are better developed in two directions than third direction are known as |
| A. | equidimensional |
| B. | tabular |
| C. | none of these |
| D. | any of these |
| Answer» C. none of these | |
| 16. |
If you have provided with same exact chemical composition two minerals, which one will form higher pressures ? |
| A. | the mineral with greatest density |
| B. | mineral with lowest density |
| C. | mineral with lowest hardness |
| D. | mineral with greatest hardness |
| Answer» B. mineral with lowest density | |
| 17. |
The study of rocks in the laboratory as hand specimens with a view to analyse and discuss their texture, mineral composition, chemical composition is called as |
| A. | petrography |
| B. | hydrogeology |
| C. | pedology |
| D. | any of the above |
| Answer» B. hydrogeology | |
| 18. |
The heat caused by melting in the earth history was supplied from which of the following events or causes ? |
| A. | volcanic activity and radioactivity |
| B. | a large impact event and radioactivity |
| C. | large impact event and solar heating |
| D. | solar heating |
| Answer» E. | |