Top 80+ Solved Engineering Geology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Crystals which are better developed in two directions than third direction are knownas
a. equidimensional
b. tabular
c. none of these
d. any of these
Q. The rock which is composed of entirely of crystals is known as
a. holocrystalline
b. holohyaline
c. mesocrystalline
d. none of these
Q. The rock which completely consist of glass is known as
a. holocrystalline
b. holohyaline
c. mesocrystalline
d. none of these
Q. The rock which consists of partly of crystals and partly of glass is known as
a. holocryslalline
b. holohyaline
c. mesocrystalline
d. none of these
Q. Small pieces of rock moved from one part to other by wind and water, glacier iscalled as
a. erosion
b. rock flow
c. weathering
d. cementation
Q. What is the molten rock under the earth's surface called ?
a. magma
b. lava
c. both lava and magma
d. none of these
Q. naturally occurring, inorganic substance that does not have orderly arrangement ofatoms is called as
a. lava
b. sediment
c. magma
d. meeraloid
Q. Igneous rock changes to metamorphic rock by process of
a. magma cooling
b. compaction
c. heat & pressure
d. weathering and erosion
Q. The method of rock forming is called as
a. weathering cycle
b. rock cycle
c. magma cycle
d. rock formation
Q. Which classification of rock is not found in rock cycle ?
a. cemented rock
b. metamorphic rock
c. semdimentary rock
d. igneous rock
Q. Igneous rocks are formed by
a. weathering and erosion
b. heat and pressure
c. compaction and cementation
d. cooling of magma
Q. Large inverted mushroom–shaped intrusions that sag down in the middle due todense rocks are called as
a. laccoliths
b. lopoliths
c. balnoliths
d. dikes
Q. How thick is the crust of the earth ?
a. about 4 miles
b. about 4 km
c. about 40 km
d. about 400 km