GK Engineering Geology Test Paper
Geology Practice Solved Test
Q. 1: Pressure tunnels are also known as:
(a) Hydropower tunnels
(b) Discharge tunnels
(c) Diversion tunnels
(d) None of these.
Answer: (a)
Q.2: In which case the over break in tunneling occurs less:
(a) Tunnel through heterogeneous bed.
(b) Tunnel through homogeneous bed.
(c) Tunnel in thin beds.
(d) Tunnel through more no of beds and parallel to strike of strata.
Answer: (b)
Q.3: The lining of a pressure tunnel is subject to:
(a) Internal hydrostatic pressure
(b) External hydraulic pressure.
(c) External rock pressure
(d) All the above.
Answer: (d)
Q.4: ln deep tunnels the roof load is:
(a) Very high
(b) Medium
(c) Insignificant
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Q.5: The first submarine tunnel in the country is:
(a) Kalpakkam tunnel
(b) Bandar tunnel
(C) Hire malaria tunnel
(d) Nirad tunnel
Answer: (a)
Q.6: The Konkan railway is lying from:
(a) Mangalore in Karnataka to Rocha in Maharashtra.
(b) Mangalore in Karnataka to Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
(c) Banglore to Bombay
(d) Banglore to Ratnagiri.
Answer: (a)
Q7: The Jawahar tunnel in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is a:
(a) Railway tunnel
(b) Highway tunnel
(c) Irrigation tunnel
(d) Hydropower tunnel.
Answer: (b)
Q.8: Length of the Jawahar tunnel is:
(a) 2000 m.
(b) 2200 m
(c) 2440 m
(d) 2880 m.
Answer: (c)
Q.9: The terminal support of the bridge is known as:
(a) Abutment
(b) Pier
(c) Span
(d) Deck
Answer: (a)
Q.10: The bridge across the Hooghly river Calcutta is a:
(a) Suspension bridge
(b) Cable – stayed bridge
(c) Balanced cantilever bridge.
(d) Level bridge.
Answer: (b)
Q.11: The flowing water, on the bed of the channel exerts:
(a) A shear stress
(b) A compressive stress
(C) A tensional stress
(d) All the above.
Answer: (a)
Q.12: River training is a process involving construction of structures:
(a) Across a strum
(b) Along a strum
(c) Across or along a strum
(d) ln middle of the stream.
Answer: (c)
Q.13: Flood control can be done by:
(a) Construction of levees
(b) Straightening, widening or deepening of the stream.
(c) Diversion of water from the main channel into an auxiliary channel.
(d) All the above methods.
Answer: (d)
Q.14: The ratio of arc distance to neck distance in a meander is known as:
(a) Pool ratio
(b) Cutoff ratio
(c) Meander ratio
(d) Pilot cur ratio.
Answer: (b)
Q.15: The purpose/s of river training is/ are:
(a) Flood control
(b) Altering the local flow conditions
(c) Guiding the flow
(d) All the above.
Answer: (d)
Q.16: Mark the correct statement/s about the incised stream:
(a) lncised stream forms its channel by the process of degradation.
(b) The transported material by incised stream comes from erosion of the catchment.
(c) The bed and banks of an incised stream are quite resistant to erosion.
(d) All the above are correct.
Answer. (d)
Q.17: Boulder streams are characterised by:
(a) Steep slopes
(b) Their beds consist of sand, gravel and boulders
(c) Their straight courses with wide shallow beds and shifting.
(d) All the above.
Answer. (d)
Q.18: Streams in flood plain exhibit great freedom in meandering within their permanent
banks which are commonly known as:
(a) Khadirs
(b) Groynes
(c) Levees
(d) Peneplain
Answer. (a)
Q.19: The line of maximum depth in a stream channel is known as:
(a) Gamine
(b) Levees
(c) Talweg
(d) Riffle
Answer. (c)
Q.20: "Sinuosity" of a stream is defined as:
(a) Ratio of Talweg length to the valley width
(b) Ratio of Talweg length to the valley length.
(c) Ratio of meander length to the valley length.
(d) None of these.
Answer. (b)
Q.21: Landslides are the:
(a) Downward movement of slope materials
(b) Outward movement of slope materials
(c) Downward and outward movement of slope materials
(d) Downward and inward movement of slope materials.
Answer. (c)
Q. 22: External causes of slope failures are those which produce:
(a) An increase in the shearing stresses at unaltered shearing resistance of the material.
(b) A decrease in the shearing stresses at unaltered shearing resistance of the material
(c) There is no change in the existing condition.
(d) None of these.
ANSWER:(a)
Q. 23 : Head excavation in a sloping area :
(a) Provokes slide
(b) Increases stability
(c) No effect on sliding
(d) lt is not certain.
ANSWER:(b)
Q. 24 :A slope is said to be stable when :
(a) Mobilized strength is less than the available strength.
(b) Mobilized strength is more than the available strength
(c) Mobilized an available strength is equal.
(d) None of these.
ANSWER:(a)
Q. 25: Grouting material may be:
(a) Cement
(b) Chemical
(c) Bituminous
(d) All the above.
ANSWER: (d)
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