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    Engineering Geology Set 3

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    This document contains 75 multiple choice questions about engineering geology and rock types. The questions cover topics such as the definition of terms like magma, sediment, and mineraloid. They also ask about different types of rocks like igneous and metamorphic rocks, and the rock cycle. Additional questions cover the structure and composition of the Earth's crust, properties of minerals, and concepts in structural geology.

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    This document contains 75 multiple choice questions about engineering geology and rock types. The questions cover topics such as the definition of terms like magma, sediment, and mineraloid. They also ask about different types of rocks like igneous and metamorphic rocks, and the rock cycle. Additional questions cover the structure and composition of the Earth's crust, properties of minerals, and concepts in structural geology.

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    Engineering Geology MCQs [set-3]

    51. Small pieces of rock moved from one part to other by wind and water, glacier is
    called as
    A. erosion
    B. rock flow
    C. weathering
    D. cementation
    Answer: C

    52. What is the molten rock under the earth's surface called ?
    A. magma
    B. lava
    o m
    C. both lava and magma
    . c
    D. none of these te
    Answer: A a
    q M
    c
    53. naturally occurring, inorganic substance that does not have orderly
    M
    arrangement of atoms is called as
    A. lava
    B. sediment
    C. magma
    D. meeraloid
    Answer: D

    54. Small pieces of rocks are called as


    A. pebbles
    B. particles
    C. sediments
    D. chips
    Answer: C

    55. Igneous rock changes to metamorphic rock by process of


    A. magma cooling
    B. compaction
    C. heat & pressure
    D. weathering and erosion
    Answer: D

    56. The method of rock forming is called as


    A. weathering cycle
    B. rock cycle
    C. magma cycle
    D. rock formation
    Answer: B

    57. Which classification of rock is not found in rock cycle ?


    A. cemented rock
    B. metamorphic rock
    C. semdimentary rock
    D. igneous rock
    Answer: A

    58. Igneous rocks are formed by


    A. weathering and erosion
    B. heat and pressure
    C. compaction and cementation
    D. cooling of magma
    Answer: D

    59. Large inverted mushroom–shaped intrusions that sag down in the middle due
    to dense rocks are called as
    A. laccoliths
    B. lopoliths
    C. balnoliths
    D. dikes
    Answer: B

    60. How thick is the crust of the earth ?


    A. about 4 miles
    B. about 4 km

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    C. about 40 km
    D. about 400 km
    Answer: C

    61. What drives the internal heat of earth ?


    A. volcanoes
    B. radioactive elements
    C. solar energy
    D. ocean hides
    Answer: B

    62. Which will be the parental rock for metamorphic rock ?


    A. sedimentary
    B. igneous
    C. metamorphic
    D. all of these
    Answer: D

    63. Type of texture formed due to rapid cooling is


    A. aphanitic
    B. phaneritic
    C. course grained
    D. none of these
    Answer: A

    64. Crust and lithosphere are having same meaning.


    A. true
    B. false
    C. none
    D. none
    Answer: B

    65. The curst of earth is static and stable.


    A. true
    B. false
    C. none
    D. none
    Answer: B

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    66. The earth's external heat engine is not responsible for
    A. climate
    B. erosion
    C. tides
    D. winds
    Answer: C

    67. The lithosphere is approximately thick.


    A. 50-100 km
    B. 100-200 km
    C. 5-10 km
    D. 1-2 km
    Answer: A

    68. The element which is having highest volume per cent in the continental crust of
    earth is
    A. aluminium
    B. oxygen
    C. iron
    D. sodium
    Answer: B

    69. What is the most common structural element of group silicate mineral ?
    A. a silicon ? aluminium tetrahedron
    B. a silicon ? nitrogen tetrahedron
    C. a silicon ? oxygen tetrahedron
    D. a silicon ? oxygen octahedron
    Answer: C

    70. Diamond is having hardness number


    A. 10
    B. 7
    C. 1
    D. 2
    Answer: A
    Explanation:- The hardness of diamond is 10 according to Mohn hardness scale

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    71. Plutonic type of rocks generally shows
    A. fine grained texture
    B. course grained texture
    C. both b
    D. none
    Answer: C

    72. The study of rock deformation and geometry is known as


    A. structural geology
    B. geophysics
    C. engineering geology
    D. petrology
    Answer: A

    73. Gatens shows lusture.


    A. sub-metallic
    B. metallic
    C. viterious
    D. pall
    Answer: B

    74. Clacite shows sets of cleavage.


    A. one set
    B. two set
    C. three set
    D. four set
    Answer: C

    75. The light coloured minerals shows lesser specific gravity than dark coloured
    minerals.
    A. true
    B. false
    C. none
    D. none
    Answer: A

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