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This section includes 24 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 | |
| 10. |
SOME_HOT_SPRINGS_ARE_DERIVED_FROM_WHICH_WATER??$ |
| A. | Meteoric water |
| B. | Connate water |
| C. | Juvenile water |
| D. | Secondary water |
| Answer» D. Secondary water | |
| 11. |
Which zone is zone of non-saturation among vadose water?$ |
| A. | Soil water |
| B. | Intermediate water |
| C. | Phreatic water |
| D. | Water table |
| Answer» C. Phreatic water | |
| 12. |
The vadose water which is lost to atmosphere by transpiration and evaporation is$ |
| A. | Soil water |
| B. | Intermediate water |
| C. | Phreatic water |
| D. | Water table |
| Answer» B. Intermediate water | |
| 13. |
Which vadose water zone is also called zone of saturation? |
| A. | Soil water |
| B. | Intermediate water |
| C. | Phreatic water |
| D. | Zone of capillary water |
| Answer» D. Zone of capillary water | |
| 14. |
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. | |
| 15. |
Which zones are together called zone of aeration? |
| A. | Soil water and intermediate zone |
| B. | Intermediate zone and zone of capillary water |
| C. | Zone of capillary water and phreatic water |
| D. | Soil water and phreatic water |
| Answer» B. Intermediate zone and zone of capillary water | |
| 16. |
Juvenile water is also calle? |
| A. | Meteoric water |
| B. | Connate water |
| C. | Magmatic water |
| D. | Secondary water |
| Answer» D. Secondary water | |
| 17. |
What is usually the nature of connate water? |
| A. | Sweet |
| B. | Odour |
| C. | Salty |
| D. | Odourless |
| Answer» D. Odourless | |
| 18. |
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 | |
| 19. |
What is the water obtained from precipitation called? |
| A. | Meteoric water |
| B. | Connate water |
| C. | Juvenile water |
| D. | Secondary water |
| Answer» B. Connate water | |
| 20. |
Groundwater is not safer than other sources of water. State true or false. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 21. |
Pick the wrong statement about groundwater. |
| A. | It is turbid |
| B. | It is odourless |
| C. | It is free from pathogens |
| D. | It is coloured |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What is the upper surface of the zone saturation called? |
| A. | Aquifer |
| B. | Aquiclude |
| C. | Water table |
| D. | Aquifuge |
| Answer» D. Aquifuge | |
| 23. |
What is the process of movement downwards of vadose water called? |
| A. | Infiltration |
| B. | Filtration |
| C. | Deposition |
| D. | Down-flow |
| Answer» B. Filtration | |
| 24. |
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 | |