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This section includes 13 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. |
In mural jointing, one set is horizontal and two sets are vertical. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
Joints in metamorphic rocks are due to ___________ |
| A. | Indirect stresses |
| B. | Local stresses |
| C. | Regional stresses |
| D. | Local and regional stresses |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
In sedimentary rocks, joints are genetically related to those forces that have caused the major structural deformation. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. |
At what angle do the fractures appear to the lines of tensile stresses? |
| A. | 180 |
| B. | 90 |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» C. 45 | |
| 5. |
The contraction is equally developed in all directions in which kind of mass? |
| A. | Non-homogenous |
| B. | Isotropic |
| C. | Anisotropic |
| D. | Homogenous |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
How and what are the polygonal cracks related to? |
| A. | Directly related to compressive forces |
| B. | Directly related to tensile forces |
| C. | Inversely related to tensile forces |
| D. | Directly related to shearing forces |
| Answer» C. Inversely related to tensile forces | |
| 7. |
How are the main joints aligned to the cooling surface? |
| A. | Perpendicular |
| B. | Parallel |
| C. | At 45 |
| D. | At 30 |
| Answer» B. Parallel | |
| 8. |
Columnar joints are also called ___________ |
| A. | Radial joints |
| B. | Pyramid joints |
| C. | Prismatic joints |
| D. | Box joints |
| Answer» D. Box joints | |
| 9. |
Types of joint found in volcanic igneous rocks are? |
| A. | Sheet joints |
| B. | Mural joints |
| C. | Columnar joints |
| D. | Radial joints |
| Answer» D. Radial joints | |
| 10. |
The geometrical distribution where rock mass is divided into cubes is ___________ |
| A. | Sheet jointing |
| B. | Mural jointing |
| C. | Columnar jointing |
| D. | Radial jointing |
| Answer» C. Columnar jointing | |
| 11. |
Sheet joints are caused not due to ___________ |
| A. | Consequence of loading |
| B. | Weathering |
| C. | Removal of overlying rock mass |
| D. | Consequence of unloading |
| Answer» B. Weathering | |
| 12. |
The type of regular joint not belonging to igneous rocks is? |
| A. | Sheet jointing |
| B. | Box jointing |
| C. | Mural jointing |
| D. | Columnar jointing |
| Answer» C. Mural jointing | |
| 13. |
Tensile stresses in igneous rocks are developed during ___________ |
| A. | Cooling |
| B. | Crystallisation |
| C. | Cooling and crystallisation |
| D. | Molten state |
| Answer» D. Molten state | |