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This section includes 215 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 sedimentary rock is present in majority on earth? |
| A. | Shale |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Breccia |
| D. | Conglomerate |
| Answer» B. Sandstone | |
| 2. |
The intrusive bodies in which injection of lava occurs without any influence of dip and strike is ______________ |
| A. | Concordant bodies |
| B. | Discordant bodies |
| C. | Non-cordant bodies |
| D. | Uncomformities |
| Answer» C. Non-cordant bodies | |
| 3. |
Which type of metamorphism is common in rocks close to magmatic intrusions? |
| A. | Contact metamorphism |
| B. | Pyrometamorphism |
| C. | Plutonic metamorphism |
| D. | Dyke metamorphism |
| Answer» B. Pyrometamorphism | |
| 4. |
Conglomerates consist of which shaped fragments mostly? |
| A. | Angular |
| B. | Sub-angular |
| C. | Rounded |
| D. | Edged |
| Answer» D. Edged | |
| 5. |
Water in which form is considered as single most important agent? |
| A. | Solid |
| B. | Liquid |
| C. | Gaseous |
| D. | Solid and liquid |
| Answer» D. Solid and liquid | |
| 6. |
The bedding involving crater shaped depressions is ____________ |
| A. | Mud cracks |
| B. | Rain prints |
| C. | Ripple marks |
| D. | Sun cracks |
| Answer» C. Ripple marks | |
| 7. |
Which rocks show severe degree of metamorphism? |
| A. | Situated near the plate boundaries |
| B. | Situated inside the boundaries |
| C. | Situated at the centre of the plates |
| D. | Irrespective of the place, the degree is same everywhere |
| Answer» B. Situated inside the boundaries | |
| 8. |
What is the usual colour of gabbro? |
| A. | White |
| B. | Yellow |
| C. | Black |
| D. | Blue |
| Answer» D. Blue | |
| 9. |
Which is the dominant mineral in sandstone? |
| A. | Mica |
| B. | Diamond |
| C. | Quartz |
| D. | Felspar |
| Answer» D. Felspar | |
| 10. |
Breccia is formed by which process? |
| A. | Mechanical |
| B. | Chemical |
| C. | Organic |
| D. | Residual |
| Answer» B. Chemical | |
| 11. |
The type of Breccia formed by sea water is called ____________ |
| A. | Basal Breccia |
| B. | Faulted Breccia |
| C. | Agglomeratic Breccia |
| D. | Rudite Breccia |
| Answer» B. Faulted Breccia | |
| 12. |
Type of bedding where sorting and arrangement has occurred based on grain size is ____________ |
| A. | Cross bedding |
| B. | Lamination |
| C. | Graded bedding |
| D. | Mud cracks |
| Answer» D. Mud cracks | |
| 13. |
Factors are also called ____________ |
| A. | Primary aspects |
| B. | Agents of metamorphism |
| C. | Agents of changes |
| D. | Tertiary aspects |
| Answer» C. Agents of changes | |
| 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 cleavage involving microfractures is __________ |
| A. | Flow cleavage |
| B. | Fracture cleavage |
| C. | Fine cleavage |
| D. | Medium cleavage |
| Answer» C. Fine cleavage | |
| 16. |
Which structure resembles fish eggs? |
| A. | Pisolitic |
| B. | Felsitic |
| C. | Oolitic |
| D. | Granitic |
| Answer» D. Granitic | |
| 17. |
Foliation generally results due to which metamorphism? |
| A. | Dynamic |
| B. | Thermal |
| C. | Thermodynamic |
| D. | Barometric |
| Answer» D. Barometric | |
| 18. |
Metamorphism can also happen about 850° C. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 19. |
Detrital rocks refer to which type of sedimentary rocks? |
| A. | Mechanically formed |
| B. | Organically formed |
| C. | Chemically formed |
| D. | Residual |
| Answer» B. Organically formed | |
| 20. |
What is the size required for a particle to be called gravel? |
| A. | Greater than 1 mm |
| B. | Lesser 1 mm |
| C. | Greater than 2 mm |
| D. | Lesser than 1 mm |
| Answer» D. Lesser than 1 mm | |
| 21. |
What is the direction of pressure exertion in load metamorphism? |
| A. | Vertical |
| B. | Horizontal |
| C. | Inclined |
| D. | Horizontal or inclined |
| Answer» B. Horizontal | |
| 22. |
Majority of batholiths show which composition? |
| A. | Felsitic |
| B. | Granitic |
| C. | Ophitic |
| D. | Directive |
| Answer» C. Ophitic | |
| 23. |
The concordant bodies associated with structural basins are ______________ |
| A. | Sills |
| B. | Lopolith |
| C. | Laccolith |
| D. | Phacolith |
| Answer» C. Laccolith | |
| 24. |
Examples of high grade schist is ___________ |
| A. | Talc- schist |
| B. | Garnet-schist |
| C. | Chlorite-schist |
| D. | Mica-schist |
| Answer» C. Chlorite-schist | |
| 25. |
Structure involving porphyroblasts is ____________ |
| A. | Cataclastic structure |
| B. | Schistose structure |
| C. | Gneissose structure |
| D. | Maculose structure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Slate is originated from which rock? |
| A. | Sandstone |
| B. | Granite |
| C. | Shale |
| D. | Basalt |
| Answer» D. Basalt | |
| 27. |
What is the special property test for identification of marble? |
| A. | Scratch test |
| B. | Alkali test |
| C. | Acid test |
| D. | pH test |
| Answer» D. pH test | |
| 28. |
The mineralogical composition of shale is clearly understood. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 29. |
What is the term used to express the process responsible for all the changes that take place in an original rock under the influence of changes? |
| A. | Hibernation |
| B. | Herbination |
| C. | Metamorphism |
| D. | Metagenesis |
| Answer» D. Metagenesis | |
| 30. |
Most common rocks composing the sills are ______________ |
| A. | Marbles |
| B. | Shales |
| C. | Gabbros |
| D. | Granites |
| Answer» D. Granites | |
| 31. |
Pick the characteristic of gneiss which is wrong. |
| A. | Gneiss does not take polish |
| B. | Gneiss also comes in banded structure or texture |
| C. | Pink gneiss is also observed at many places |
| D. | Gneiss takes polish well |
| Answer» B. Gneiss also comes in banded structure or texture | |
| 32. |
Rudites are also called as ____________ |
| A. | Arenites |
| B. | Psamites |
| C. | Lutites |
| D. | Psephites |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
The volcanic sheets may vertical. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 34. |
The structure similar to maculose is __________ |
| A. | Cataclastic structure |
| B. | Schistose structure |
| C. | Augen structure |
| D. | Maculose structure |
| Answer» D. Maculose structure | |
| 35. |
What is the term used for a batholith when surface area is less than 100 km? |
| A. | Dykes |
| B. | Stock |
| C. | Sock |
| D. | Sillets |
| Answer» C. Sock | |
| 36. |
The two most common mineral found in granites are ___________ |
| A. | Diamond and mica |
| B. | Mica and orthoclase |
| C. | Quartz and felspar |
| D. | Felspar and corundum |
| Answer» D. Felspar and corundum | |
| 37. |
The colour of sandstone not found commonly is ____________ |
| A. | Blue |
| B. | Red |
| C. | Brown |
| D. | White |
| Answer» B. Red | |
| 38. |
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 | |
| 39. |
The small sized intrusives that occupy bends in the folds are called ______________ |
| A. | Sills |
| B. | Lopolith |
| C. | Laccolith |
| D. | Phacolith |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Which structure has lens-like shaped structure? |
| A. | Cataclastic structure |
| B. | Schistose structure |
| C. | Augen structure |
| D. | Maculose structure |
| Answer» D. Maculose structure | |
| 41. |
It is easy to distinguish two types of cleavages in hand specimen. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 42. |
The igneous rock with very low specific gravity is ___________ |
| A. | Granite |
| B. | Pumice |
| C. | Gabbro |
| D. | Basalt |
| Answer» C. Gabbro | |
| 43. |
What is the type of lava which leads to the formation of laccolith? |
| A. | Viscous |
| B. | Non-viscous |
| C. | Partially crystallized |
| D. | Gaseous lava |
| Answer» B. Non-viscous | |
| 44. |
In which metamorphism there is almost no or little new mineral is formed? |
| A. | Dynamic metamorphism |
| B. | Thermal metamorphism |
| C. | Thermodynamic metamorphism |
| D. | Barometric metamorphism |
| Answer» B. Thermal metamorphism | |
| 45. |
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 | |
| 46. |
The similar type of rock to quartzite which is sedimentary is __________ |
| A. | Compound quartzite |
| B. | Orthoquartzite |
| C. | Holo-quartzite |
| D. | Accu-quartzite |
| Answer» C. Holo-quartzite | |
| 47. |
Which of the following are finest grain sized? |
| A. | Rudaceous rocks |
| B. | Arenaceous rocks |
| C. | Argillaceous rocks |
| D. | Psephites |
| Answer» D. Psephites | |
| 48. |
Metasomatism occurs at which level and state? |
| A. | Molecular level and solid state |
| B. | Molecular level and liquid state |
| C. | Atomic level and liquid state |
| D. | Atomic level and solid state |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Sills in length are restricted to hundreds of metres. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 50. |
What is the hardness of the lignite grade of coal? |
| A. | 0.5 |
| B. | 2.5 |
| C. | 5.5 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» C. 5.5 | |