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This section includes 23 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 | |
| 10. |
ROCK_SALT_MAY_BE_FORMED_BY?$ |
| A. | Erosion |
| B. | Winds |
| C. | Continued evaporation |
| D. | Continued precipitation |
| Answer» D. Continued precipitation | |
| 11. |
Pick the organically formed sedimentary rock.$ |
| A. | Shale |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Breccia |
| D. | Limestone |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Example of chemically formed sedimentary rocks is$ |
| A. | Gypsum |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Shale |
| D. | Breccia |
| Answer» B. Sandstone | |
| 13. |
Animal and vegetable life don’t contribute to the formation of sedimentary rocks. State true or false.$ |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 14. |
How is the degree of packing in welding related to load of overlying sediments? |
| A. | Directly related |
| B. | Inversely related |
| C. | Not related at all |
| D. | Totally independent |
| Answer» B. Inversely related | |
| 15. |
The process other than welding which is studied under diagenesis i? |
| A. | Co-welding |
| B. | Cementation |
| C. | Pressurising |
| D. | Unloading |
| Answer» C. Pressurising | |
| 16. |
The process which involves pressure exerted by the load i? |
| A. | Loading |
| B. | Welding |
| C. | Cementation |
| D. | Unloading |
| Answer» C. Cementation | |
| 17. |
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 | |
| 18. |
Deposition takes place in which conditions? |
| A. | Ordinary pressure and temperature |
| B. | High temperature and low pressure |
| C. | High pressure and low temperature |
| D. | High pressure and high temperature |
| Answer» B. High temperature and low pressure | |
| 19. |
The important phenomenon that happens during deposition is |
| A. | Settling |
| B. | Erosion |
| C. | Sorting |
| D. | Blowing |
| Answer» D. Blowing | |
| 20. |
Detrital rocks refer to which type of sedimentary rocks? |
| A. | Mechanically formed |
| B. | Organically formed |
| C. | Chemically formed |
| D. | Residual |
| Answer» B. Organically formed | |
| 21. |
What are the mechanically formed sedimentary rocks also called? |
| A. | Clastic rocks |
| B. | Non-clastic rocks |
| C. | Elite rocks |
| D. | Mech rocks |
| Answer» B. Non-clastic rocks | |
| 22. |
Which is the rock present in 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 | |
| 23. |
Which rock is also called secondary rock? |
| A. | Igneous rock |
| B. | Sedimentary rock |
| C. | Metamorphic rock |
| D. | No class of rock is termed so |
| Answer» C. Metamorphic rock | |