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This section includes 114 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering Geology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
The evidence of slickensides is easily observed in old faults. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 102. |
Alps in an example of which type of fault? |
| A. | Graben |
| B. | Horst |
| C. | Hinge fault |
| D. | Vertical fault |
| Answer» C. Hinge fault | |
| 103. |
What is the planar surface of fracture along which relative displacement of bodies has taken place called? |
| A. | Fault plane |
| B. | Fold plane |
| C. | Stress plane |
| D. | Strain plane |
| Answer» B. Fold plane | |
| 104. |
Which is the type of strike-slip fault in which the fault plane has developed transverse to the regional structure? |
| A. | Transform fault |
| B. | Wrench fault |
| C. | Translational fault |
| D. | Tear fault |
| Answer» C. Translational fault | |
| 105. |
What kind of joints do the faulted rocks form? |
| A. | Strong |
| B. | Weak |
| C. | Doesn’t change |
| D. | Extended |
| Answer» C. Doesn’t change | |
| 106. |
The fault which is the result of both fault scarps and fault-line scarps is? |
| A. | Compound-fault scarps |
| B. | Composite-fault scarps |
| C. | Dual-fault scarps |
| D. | By-fault scarps |
| Answer» C. Dual-fault scarps | |
| 107. |
What signifies the actual separation between two beds? |
| A. | Throw |
| B. | Offset |
| C. | Heave |
| D. | Stratigraphic throw |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
Heave is _______ |
| A. | Horizontal component of dip separation |
| B. | Vertical component of dip separation |
| C. | Normal horizontal displacement measured |
| D. | Signifying separation between two beds |
| Answer» B. Vertical component of dip separation | |
| 109. |
Slip is expressed in terms of ___________ |
| A. | Millimetres |
| B. | Metres |
| C. | Kilometres |
| D. | All the three |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
Effects of faults in different types of folded strata is same as dipping strata. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 111. |
Identify the type of fault from the figure below. |
| A. | Vertical fault |
| B. | Reverse fault |
| C. | Strike-slip fault |
| D. | Hinge fault |
| Answer» C. Strike-slip fault | |
| 112. |
Identify the type of slip from the figure below. |
| A. | Strike slip |
| B. | Dip slip |
| C. | Oblique slip |
| D. | Throw slip |
| Answer» C. Oblique slip | |
| 113. |
What are the fractures along which there has been relative movement of blocks called? |
| A. | Folds |
| B. | Joints |
| C. | Faults |
| D. | Intrusions |
| Answer» D. Intrusions | |
| 114. |
Identify the part labelled as “A” in the figure below. |
| A. | Shear zones |
| B. | Fracture zone |
| C. | Fault zone |
| D. | A-zone |
| Answer» D. A-zone | |