Explore topic-wise MCQs in Engineering Geology.

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.

Which vadose water zone is also called the zone of saturation?

A. Soil water
B. Intermediate water
C. Phreatic water
D. Zone of capillary water
Answer» D. Zone of capillary water
2.

The zone of water which occurs only in fine particle size is __________

A. Soil water
B. Intermediate water
C. Phreatic water
D. Zone of capillary water
Answer» E.
3.

Which zone is a zone of non-saturation among vadose water?

A. Soil water
B. Intermediate water
C. Phreatic water
D. Water table
Answer» C. Phreatic water
4.

The vadose water which is lost to the atmosphere by transpiration and evaporation is __________

A. Soil water
B. Intermediate water
C. Phreatic water
D. Water table
Answer» B. Intermediate water
5.

Some hot springs are derived from which water?

A. Meteoric water
B. Connate water
C. Juvenile water
D. Secondary water
Answer» D. Secondary water
6.

Juvenile water is also called __________

A. Meteoric water
B. Connate water
C. Magmatic water
D. Secondary water
Answer» D. Secondary water
7.

Water present in rocks from the time of their deposition is __________

A. Meteoric water
B. Connate water
C. Juvenile water
D. Secondary water
Answer» C. Juvenile water
8.

Groundwater is not safer than other sources of water.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
9.

The water which in a state of downward movement under gravity is __________

A. Groundwater
B. Vadose water
C. Connate water
D. Juvenile water
Answer» C. Connate water