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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.
| 51. |
Pegmatites are formed due to displacement reactions. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 52. |
Syenites belong to which mode of occurrence? |
| A. | Volcanic rocks |
| B. | Plutonic |
| C. | Hypabyssal |
| D. | Concordant |
| Answer» C. Hypabyssal | |
| 53. |
Gneissose is indicative of advance degree of metamorphism. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 54. |
What is a metamorphosed sedimentary rocks? |
| A. | Shale |
| B. | Limestone |
| C. | Coal |
| D. | Dolomite |
| Answer» D. Dolomite | |
| 55. |
Dynamothermal or thermodynamic metamorphism involves action of ____________ |
| A. | Temperature |
| B. | Pressure |
| C. | Fluids |
| D. | Temperature, pressure and fluids |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
The temperature up to which minerals in rocks are stable is ____________ |
| A. | 100° C |
| B. | 50° C |
| C. | 500° C |
| D. | 200° C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
A civil engineer has to deal with which rock in the majority of cases? |
| A. | Igneous rocks |
| B. | Sedimentary rocks |
| C. | Metamorphic rocks |
| D. | Ultra-basic igneous rocks |
| Answer» C. Metamorphic rocks | |
| 58. |
The type of Breccia which is also called crush-breccia is ____________ |
| A. | Basal Breccia |
| B. | Faulted Breccia |
| C. | Agglomeratic Breccia |
| D. | Rudite Breccia |
| Answer» C. Agglomeratic Breccia | |
| 59. |
Which kind of metamorphism is also called dislocation metamorphism? |
| A. | Dynamic metamorphism |
| B. | Thermal metamorphism |
| C. | Thermodynamic metamorphism |
| D. | Barometric metamorphism |
| Answer» B. Thermal metamorphism | |
| 60. |
What is the average grain size of rudaceous rocks? |
| 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 | |
| 61. |
The texture of granite is ___________ |
| A. | Equigranular |
| B. | Directive |
| C. | Inequigranular |
| D. | Intergrowth |
| Answer» B. Directive | |
| 62. |
The non-clastic sedimentary rock chiefly made of carbonate of calcium is ____________ |
| A. | Limestone |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Shale |
| D. | Breccia |
| Answer» B. Sandstone | |
| 63. |
Pick the type of concordant body among the following. |
| A. | Batholith |
| B. | Extrusion |
| C. | Dykes |
| D. | Phacolith |
| Answer» E. | |
| 64. |
The igneous rock with glassy texture is ___________ |
| A. | Gabbro |
| B. | Pumice |
| C. | Obsidian |
| D. | Pegmatite |
| Answer» D. Pegmatite | |
| 65. |
Which type of limestone is non-marine is origin among the following? |
| A. | Chalk |
| B. | Kankar |
| C. | Shelly-limestone |
| D. | Argillaceous limestone |
| Answer» C. Shelly-limestone | |
| 66. |
Any given rock at some depth below the surface is subjected to pressure from how many sources? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 3 | |
| 67. |
Pick the organically formed sedimentary rock. |
| A. | Shale |
| B. | Sandstone |
| C. | Breccia |
| D. | Limestone |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
What is the colour of biotite schist? |
| A. | White |
| B. | Black |
| C. | Red |
| D. | Blue |
| Answer» C. Red | |
| 69. |
What should be the area and depth respectively, for an igneous body to be called a batholith? |
| A. | 100 square km and depth not traceable |
| B. | 10 square km and depth up to 100km |
| C. | Not traceable and depth 10 km |
| D. | 50 km and depth 10 km |
| Answer» B. 10 square km and depth up to 100km | |
| 70. |
The type of sandstone where cementing material is clay is ______________ |
| A. | Siliceous sandstone |
| B. | Calcareous sandstone |
| C. | Argillaceous sandstone |
| D. | Ferruginous sandstone |
| Answer» D. Ferruginous sandstone | |
| 71. |
The structure which also has flaky appearance and bands other than schistose is ____________ |
| A. | Cataclastic structure |
| B. | Schistose structure |
| C. | Gneissose structure |
| D. | Maculose structure |
| Answer» D. Maculose structure | |
| 72. |
Pore fluids play important role metamorphism. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 73. |
A sill is not considered to be a sill when two or more injections of different types of magma are involved. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 74. |
Give an example for rudaceous rock. |
| A. | Breccia |
| B. | Shale |
| C. | Limestone |
| D. | Sandstone |
| Answer» B. Shale | |
| 75. |
When fluids in the gaseous form, the metasomatism is called ____________ |
| A. | Hydrothermal |
| B. | Pneumatolytic |
| C. | Additive |
| D. | Expulsive |
| Answer» C. Additive | |
| 76. |
The slatic cleavages are shown by slate. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 77. |
The layered arrangement in sedimentary rocks is called ____________ |
| A. | Mud cracks |
| B. | Stratification |
| C. | Rain prints |
| D. | Ripple marks |
| Answer» C. Rain prints | |
| 78. |
High grade schist is formed under what conditions? |
| A. | Local metamorphism |
| B. | Regional metamorphism |
| C. | Displacement metamorphism |
| D. | Chain metamorphism |
| Answer» C. Displacement metamorphism | |
| 79. |
Pick the wrong statement about granitization. |
| A. | It is a set of processes rather than a single step |
| B. | It involves already existing sedimentary and other rocks |
| C. | It involves magmatic stage |
| D. | It doesn’t actually require magmatic stage |
| Answer» D. It doesn’t actually require magmatic stage | |
| 80. |
Most prevalent kind of metamorphism is ____________ |
| A. | Dynamic metamorphism |
| B. | Thermal metamorphism |
| C. | Thermodynamic metamorphism |
| D. | Barometric metamorphism |
| Answer» D. Barometric metamorphism | |
| 81. |
Which of the following does not provide evidence of shallow water environment? |
| A. | Lamination |
| B. | Rain prints |
| C. | Ripple marks |
| D. | Mud cracks |
| Answer» B. Rain prints | |
| 82. |
The kind metamorphism which occurs in the direction of mineralogical reconstitution is ____________ |
| A. | Dynamic metamorphism |
| B. | Thermal metamorphism |
| C. | Thermodynamic metamorphism |
| D. | Barometric metamorphism |
| Answer» C. Thermodynamic metamorphism | |
| 83. |
The grade of coal with very low calorific value is ____________ |
| A. | Peat |
| B. | Lignite |
| C. | Bituminous |
| D. | Anthracite |
| Answer» B. Lignite | |
| 84. |
The important phenomenon that happens during deposition is ________________ |
| A. | Settling |
| B. | Erosion |
| C. | Sorting |
| D. | Blowing |
| Answer» D. Blowing | |
| 85. |
Pick the type of sedimentary not belonging to chemically formed rocks. |
| A. | Oxide rocks |
| B. | Carbonaceous rocks |
| C. | Ferruginous deposits |
| D. | Siliceous deposits |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
The texture of sandstone is ____________ |
| A. | Fine-medium |
| B. | Medium-coarse |
| C. | Coarse |
| D. | Fine-coarse |
| Answer» B. Medium-coarse | |
| 87. |
The example not belonging to discordant body is ______________ |
| A. | Dykes |
| B. | Volcanic necks |
| C. | Bysmaliths |
| D. | Batholiths |
| Answer» D. Batholiths | |
| 88. |
Rock salt may be formed by ____________ |
| A. | Erosion |
| B. | Winds |
| C. | Continued evaporation |
| D. | Continued precipitation |
| Answer» D. Continued precipitation | |
| 89. |
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 | |
| 90. |
The process other than welding which is studied under diagenesis is ____________ |
| A. | Co-welding |
| B. | Cementation |
| C. | Pressurising |
| D. | Unloading |
| Answer» C. Pressurising | |
| 91. |
Metamorphism involving both temperature and load is ____________ |
| A. | Contact metamorphism |
| B. | Pyrometamorphism |
| C. | Plutonic metamorphism |
| D. | Dyke metamorphism |
| Answer» D. Dyke metamorphism | |
| 92. |
Dykes tend to occur individually. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 93. |
The type of concordant body whose thickness is much smaller than its length and width is ______________ |
| A. | Sill |
| B. | Phacolith |
| C. | Dyke |
| D. | Laccolith |
| Answer» B. Phacolith | |
| 94. |
Pick the igneous rock whose mode of occurrence is volcanic. |
| A. | Basalt |
| B. | Granite |
| C. | Gabbro |
| D. | Syenite |
| Answer» B. Granite | |
| 95. |
Granite belongs to which mode of occurrence of igneous rock? |
| A. | Volcanic rocks |
| B. | Plutonic |
| C. | Hypabyssal |
| D. | Volcanic and hypabyssal |
| Answer» C. Hypabyssal | |
| 96. |
Each layer of a laminated structure of sedimentary rock is called ____________ |
| A. | Strata |
| B. | Leaf |
| C. | Lamina |
| D. | Layer |
| Answer» D. Layer | |
| 97. |
What is not true about silts? |
| A. | They are coarser than sand |
| B. | They are finer than sand |
| C. | They are further divided into fine, medium and fine silts |
| D. | They are major constituents of shale |
| Answer» B. They are finer than sand | |
| 98. |
The metamorphic rocks showing granulose structure is __________ |
| A. | Gneiss |
| B. | Slate |
| C. | Schist |
| D. | Marble |
| Answer» E. | |
| 99. |
The term quartzite is associated with which type of sandstone? |
| A. | Siliceous sandstone |
| B. | Calcareous sandstone |
| C. | Argillaceous sandstone |
| D. | Ferruginous sandstone |
| Answer» B. Calcareous sandstone | |
| 100. |
Which among the following is not a type of dip? |
| A. | Widespread dip |
| B. | Primary dip |
| C. | Secondary dip |
| D. | Local and regional dip |
| Answer» B. Primary dip | |