Explore topic-wise MCQs in Civil Engineering.

This section includes 25 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

A commercially manufactured, vermin-proof _________ is the only type of cap designed to keep animals, insects and contaminants from entering your well.

A. animal cap
B. security cap
C. danger cap
D. well cap
Answer» E.
2.

There are two primary methods of drilling cable tool and ________

A. Rotary
B. Rotatory
C. Penetrating
D. Insertion
Answer» B. Rotatory
3.

__________ wells are constructed when low yielding groundwater sources are found relatively close to the surface, usually under 30 m (100 ft.). These are constructed using a rotary bucket auger.

A. Cap
B. Drilling
C. Bored
D. Surface
Answer» D. Surface
4.

In the following figure, Part 2 represents?

A. cut-out
B. generator
C. jet pump with pressure switch
D. power source
Answer» D. power source
5.

In the following figure, Part 3 represents?

A. rigid wall
B. water storage tank
C. garbage tank
D. water treatment tank
Answer» C. garbage tank
6.

In the following figure, Part 1 represents?

A. inlet pipe
B. well
C. drainage pipe
D. outlet pipe
Answer» C. drainage pipe
7.

Sealing the well protects the well’s producing zone from contamination.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
8.

Drilled wells are smaller in diameter, usually ranging from 10-20 cm (4-8 in.).

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
9.

Water wells typically range from 3 to 18 metres (10–60 ft) deep, but in some areas can go deeper than 200 metre.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
10.

Production or pumping wells, are often smaller diameter wells used to monitor the hydraulic head or sample the groundwater for chemical constituents.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
11.

An _________ is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well.

A. Aquitard
B. Aqifuge
C. Aquiclude
D. Aquifer
Answer» E.
12.

SEALING_THE_WELL_PROTECTS_THE_WELL‚ÄÖ√Ñ√∂‚ÀÖ√Ë‚ÀÖ¬•S_PRODUCING_ZONE_FROM_CONTAMINATION.?$#

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
13.

Part 1 represents_________$

A. inlet pipe
B. well
C. drainage pipe
D. outlet pipe
Answer» C. drainage pipe
14.

There are two primary methods of drilling cable tool and________

A. Rotary
B. Rotatory
C. Penetrating
D. Insertion
Answer» E.
15.

__________wells are constructed when low yielding groundwater sources are found relatively close to the surface, usually under 30 m (100 ft.). These are constructed using a rotary bucket auger.

A. Cap
B. Drilling
C. Bored
D. Surface
Answer» B. Drilling
16.

Part 2 represents ________________

A. cut-out
B. generator
C. jet pump with pressure switch
D. power source
Answer» D. power source
17.

Part_3_represents______________

A. rigid wall
B. water storage tank
C. garbage tank
D. water treatment tank
Answer» D. water treatment tank
18.

Drilled wells are smaller in diameter, usually ranging from 10-20 cm (4-8 in.)?

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
19.

Well development is the process of removing fine sediment and drilling fluid from the area immediately surrounding the perforations.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
20.

Water wells typically range from 3 to 18 metres (10–60 ft) deep, but in some areas can go deeper than 200 metre.$

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
21.

Drilled wells can be excavated by simple hand drilling methods.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
22.

Production or pumping wells, are often smaller diameter wells used to monitor the hydraulic head or sample the groundwater for chemical constituents

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
23.

Shallow or unconfined wells are completed in the uppermost saturated aquifer at that location (the upper unconfined aquifer).

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
24.

If the impermeable area overlies the aquifer, pressure could cause it to become a confined aquifer.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
25.

An _________is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well.

A. Aquitard
B. Aqifuge
C. Aquiclude
D. Aquifer
Answer» E.