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This section includes 140 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering Geology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which place the strategies have been very successful in terms of peoples life? |
| A. | Montserrat |
| B. | Mount Etna |
| C. | Mount St Helens |
| D. | All the options |
| Answer» B. Mount Etna | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is not a method of slope treatment? |
| A. | Providing drainage systems |
| B. | Flattening the slope |
| C. | Decreasing the load |
| D. | Digging rock traps |
| Answer» B. Flattening the slope | |
| 3. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Irian Jaya in 1996? |
| A. | 8.3 |
| B. | 9.2 |
| C. | 8.2 |
| D. | 6.2 |
| Answer» D. 6.2 | |
| 4. |
Which type of sandstone is more stable? |
| A. | Cemented with siliceous material |
| B. | Cemented with argillaceous material |
| C. | Cemented with ferruginous material |
| D. | Cemented with calcareous material |
| Answer» B. Cemented with argillaceous material | |
| 5. |
Disruption to water supplies increases the risks of which Diseases? |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Typhoid |
| C. | Heart attack |
| D. | Cholera and Typhoid |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at South Peru in 2001? |
| A. | 8.3 |
| B. | 8.3 |
| C. | 8.4 |
| D. | 8.6 |
| Answer» D. 8.6 | |
| 7. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Turkey in 1999? |
| A. | 7.8 |
| B. | 7.3 |
| C. | 7.5 |
| D. | 7.6 |
| Answer» C. 7.5 | |
| 8. |
In 1993, the earthquake in Maharashtra with the magnitude of 6.4 killed |
| A. | 22000 people |
| B. | 23000 people |
| C. | 24000people |
| D. | 430000 people |
| Answer» B. 23000 people | |
| 9. |
An exclusion zone has been created by the government to keep people out of |
| A. | Danger area |
| B. | Safe area |
| C. | House |
| D. | Forests |
| Answer» B. Safe area | |
| 10. |
Its impossible to predict when the volcano gets |
| A. | Passive |
| B. | active |
| C. | Erupt |
| D. | All the options |
| Answer» C. Erupt | |
| 11. |
Majority of rocks are free from joints and cracks. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 12. |
Volcanic eruptions can affect the climate because |
| A. | They heat the atmosphere |
| B. | volcanic dust and gas in the upper atmosphere reflects and absorbs solar radiation |
| C. | None |
| D. | It has no effect of the climate |
| Answer» B. volcanic dust and gas in the upper atmosphere reflects and absorbs solar radiation | |
| 13. |
People living near the plate boundaries are at |
| A. | High risk zones |
| B. | Low risk zones |
| C. | Medium risk zones |
| D. | No risk zones |
| Answer» B. Low risk zones | |
| 14. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Northern Pakistan in 2005? |
| A. | 7.6 |
| B. | 7.8 |
| C. | 7.3 |
| D. | 7.4 |
| Answer» B. 7.8 | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is an external factor for failure? |
| A. | Composition of the mass |
| B. | Role of water |
| C. | Geological structures |
| D. | Removal of vegetation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Which type of trees and plants are more effective in reducing infiltration? |
| A. | Tropical |
| B. | Deciduous |
| C. | Temperate |
| D. | Plantation |
| Answer» C. Temperate | |
| 17. |
Mount St Helens located in Washington erupted in |
| A. | May,1980 |
| B. | May,1984 |
| C. | May,1983 |
| D. | May,1982 |
| Answer» B. May,1984 | |
| 18. |
Earthquake occur on the conservative plate between |
| A. | North America and Pacific plates |
| B. | South American and Nazca Plate |
| C. | North America and Nazca Plate |
| D. | African and Eurasian Plate |
| Answer» B. South American and Nazca Plate | |
| 19. |
What are the others ways to protect people from volcanic eruptions? |
| A. | Train for Emergency preparedness |
| B. | Train how to run from volcanic eruption |
| C. | Resettlement |
| D. | Remove masses |
| Answer» B. Train how to run from volcanic eruption | |
| 20. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Indonesian Coast in 2004? |
| A. | 8.9 |
| B. | 8.6 |
| C. | 8.7 |
| D. | 8.8 |
| Answer» B. 8.6 | |
| 21. |
Few people are killed by volcano than |
| A. | Volcano |
| B. | Earthquake |
| C. | Land sliding |
| D. | Fire |
| Answer» C. Land sliding | |
| 22. |
The strength of earthquake is measured on |
| A. | Epicenter |
| B. | Seismograph |
| C. | Earthquake Scale |
| D. | Richter Scale |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Earthquake is destructive at |
| A. | 9 Richter Scale |
| B. | 7 Richter Scale |
| C. | 4 Richter Scale |
| D. | 5 Richter Scale |
| Answer» C. 4 Richter Scale | |
| 24. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Iran in 2003? |
| A. | 6.3 |
| B. | 6.4 |
| C. | 6.2 |
| D. | 6.6 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Nature of slope includes __________ |
| A. | Type of material and angle of mass |
| B. | Mass of material and type of material |
| C. | Type of material and shape of mass |
| D. | Mass of material and angle of mass |
| Answer» B. Mass of material and type of material | |
| 26. |
The causes which tend to reduce the shearing strength of the soil are __________ |
| A. | Internal factors |
| B. | External factors |
| C. | Extensive factors |
| D. | Weather factors |
| Answer» B. External factors | |
| 27. |
When the forces tending to induce failure dominate over those tending to resist failure, the mass becomes stable. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 28. |
The factors that cause the failure are generally grouped into how many? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 3 | |
| 29. |
The best strategy to prevent loss of life in earthquake is to |
| A. | Huts |
| B. | Skyscrapers |
| C. | Earthquake resistant buildings |
| D. | Camps |
| Answer» D. Camps | |
| 30. |
Translational sliding is quite common in slopes made up of __________ |
| A. | Rocks |
| B. | Cohesive soils |
| C. | Rocks and non-cohesive soils |
| D. | Rocks and cohesive soils |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
What type of landslide may undergo landslide? |
| A. | Rock fragments |
| B. | Loose soil |
| C. | Whole blocks |
| D. | Any type of mass |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
In which type of flowage, failure is easily visible? |
| A. | Rapid failure |
| B. | Quick failure |
| C. | Slow failure |
| D. | Moderate failure |
| Answer» B. Quick failure | |
| 33. |
Earthquake is rarely felt by people, when less than |
| A. | 3.5 Richter Scale |
| B. | 6 Richter Scale |
| C. | 5 Richter Scale |
| D. | 7 Richter Scale |
| Answer» C. 5 Richter Scale | |
| 34. |
Which of the following is not a failure due to the role of water? |
| A. | Increase in pore pressure |
| B. | Accumulation of water at the back of the rock |
| C. | Accumulation of water at the front of the rock |
| D. | Lubrication effect of the rock mass |
| Answer» D. Lubrication effect of the rock mass | |
| 35. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at India in 2001? |
| A. | 7.2 |
| B. | 7.2 |
| C. | 7.9 |
| D. | 7.4 |
| Answer» D. 7.4 | |
| 36. |
In the recent times what other aspect of the slope is considered for its stability? |
| A. | The type of rocks in the slope |
| B. | The type of land mass below the slope |
| C. | Height of the slope |
| D. | Length of the slope |
| Answer» D. Length of the slope | |
| 37. |
More often a combination of methods may have to be used for stabilising the slopes. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 38. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Japan in 1995? |
| A. | 7.7 |
| B. | 7.1 |
| C. | 7.4 |
| D. | 7.2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
During earthquake the office employees should use stairs not |
| A. | Lifts |
| B. | Stairs |
| C. | Doors |
| D. | emergency Exits |
| Answer» B. Stairs | |
| 40. |
Pneumatically applied mortar or concrete is called __________ |
| A. | Grout |
| B. | Gunite |
| C. | Geo-polymer concrete |
| D. | Geniter |
| Answer» C. Geo-polymer concrete | |
| 41. |
Ecosystem consists of |
| A. | Biotic and Abiotic components |
| B. | Forests and Humans |
| C. | Plants and Animals |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Forests and Humans | |
| 42. |
In which type of slide, weather conditions play a very important role? |
| A. | Translational sliding |
| B. | Rotational sliding |
| C. | Rock toppling and falls |
| D. | Subsidence |
| Answer» D. Subsidence | |
| 43. |
Sinking or settling of the ground in almost vertical direction naturally is called __________ |
| A. | Flowage |
| B. | Sliding |
| C. | Avalanche |
| D. | Subsidence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Nine out of ten earthquakes occur which boundaries? |
| A. | Destructive |
| B. | Constructive |
| C. | Divergent |
| D. | Conservative |
| Answer» B. Constructive | |
| 45. |
The angle of slope up to which the materials are stable in a slope is called __________ |
| A. | Shear angle |
| B. | Angle of failure |
| C. | Critical angle |
| D. | Sub-angle |
| Answer» D. Sub-angle | |
| 46. |
Removal of water is done only by subsurface drainage. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 47. |
What is the character of the surface of shear in hard, brittle and coherent mass? |
| A. | Curved |
| B. | Planar |
| C. | Circular |
| D. | Undulated |
| Answer» C. Circular | |
| 48. |
The earthquake shocks are felt when it is above |
| A. | 4 Richter Scale |
| B. | 1 Richter Scale |
| C. | 2 Richter Scale |
| D. | 3 Richter Scale |
| Answer» B. 1 Richter Scale | |
| 49. |
Volcanoes can give warning signs before eruption |
| A. | Temperature increase in the crater |
| B. | Increase amount of steams and gas |
| C. | Small earth shock felt |
| D. | All the options |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
What was the magnitude of earthquake at Sumatra in 2005? |
| A. | 8.8 |
| B. | 8.7 |
| C. | 8.6 |
| D. | 8.5 |
| Answer» D. 8.5 | |