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This section includes 9 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. |
Animal and vegetable life don t contribute to the formation of sedimentary rocks. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 2. |
Pick the organically formed sedimentary rock. |
| A. | Shale |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Breccia |
| D. | Limestone |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Example of chemically formed sedimentary rocks is ____________ |
| A. | Gypsum |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Shale |
| D. | Breccia |
| Answer» B. Sandstone | |
| 4. |
Rock salt may be formed by ____________ |
| A. | Erosion |
| B. | Winds |
| C. | Continued evaporation |
| D. | Continued precipitation |
| Answer» D. Continued precipitation | |
| 5. |
The process other than welding which is studied under diagenesis is ____________ |
| A. | Co-welding |
| B. | Cementation |
| C. | Pressurising |
| D. | Unloading |
| Answer» C. Pressurising | |
| 6. |
The process which involves pressure exerted by the load is ____________ |
| A. | Loading |
| B. | Welding |
| C. | Cementation |
| D. | Unloading |
| Answer» C. Cementation | |
| 7. |
The process not associated with diagenesis is ____________ |
| A. | Sediments get gradually converted to cohesive material |
| B. | Sediments get gradually converted to hard material |
| C. | Decaying occurs basically |
| D. | Might occur due to pressure or cementing material |
| Answer» D. Might occur due to pressure or cementing material | |
| 8. |
The important phenomenon that happens during deposition is ________________ |
| A. | Settling |
| B. | Erosion |
| C. | Sorting |
| D. | Blowing |
| Answer» D. Blowing | |
| 9. |
Which is the rock present in the majority on the surface of earth? |
| A. | Igneous rock |
| B. | Sedimentary rock |
| C. | Metamorphic rock |
| D. | No class of rock in particular |
| Answer» C. Metamorphic rock | |