Civil Engineering – Page 12 – HI MCQ!

Small rock sediments lying in the path of abrading winds become faceted and polished in one or more directions. Such wind-carved fragments in the deserts are called:?

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Solidified or semi-solidified clots of lava which gets thrown out along with other materials at the time of volcanic eruptions are known as:?

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Slate is resulted from the metamorphic transformation of?

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When the induced pressure is due to depth factor, the process of metamorphism is defined as the:?

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Ionosphere is the:?

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The idea of the wandering continents was first pictured by Wagner (1912) in his:?

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A mineral may sometimes show a definite and characteristic arrangement in its outer appearance or physical shape which is expressed by the form structure. Gypsum, as such, has got a ……. structure.?

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The maximum angle of slope of a bed (or layer of rock) with the horizontal is known as:?

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Rocks resulting from the deterioration of massive magmatic or sedimentary rocks are known as?

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The most suitable road material out of the following would be:?

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