| 1. | Sandstones are sedimentary rocks of wide distribution. Their crushing strengths from Calcareous stones to Quartzites, vary from ? | |
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2500 kg/cm² to 3000 kg/cm²
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600 kg/cm² to 2500 kg/cm²
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3500 kg/cm² to 2500 kg/cm²
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1600 kg/cm² to 800 kg/cm²
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Report Question| 2. | Isoseismals are the lines passing through values of "same intensity" in ? | |
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earthquake record
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rainfall record
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temperature record
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none of the above
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| 3. | A syncline is a fold in which ? | |
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the strata becomes concave upwards
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the younger rocks usually occupy a position in the interior
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all the above
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none of the above
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| 4. | A rain intervening the movement of a dust-ladden wind causes there finer sediments to settle down on the ground below. Loess is the term for the aeolian deposits which occur in many parts of the world. There known example can be found in ? | |
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north India
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central Asia
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north China
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none of the above
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| 5. | Malacnite has got a ......... structure ? | |
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mammillary
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fibrous
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globular
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radiating
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| 6. | Boghead coal is a variety of ? | |
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Anthracite
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Lignite
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Bituminous coal
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none of the above
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| 7. | Stones used for the construction of retaining walls must be ? | |
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soft
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hard
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light
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heavy
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| 8. | Maximum permissible water absorption values for Slate & Quartzite (in that order) are ? | |
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3% & 1%
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1% & 3%
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5% & 8%
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8% & 7%
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| 9. | Calcium Carbonate is found in two mineral forms (i.e., Calcite & Aragonite); the former crystallizing in hexagonal system and the later in orthorhombic one. This phenomenon is specially described as ? | |
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Isomorphism
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Dimorphism
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Pseudomorphism
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none of the above
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| 10. | Isomorphism is a character exhibited by some minerals which have analogous chemical composition and which crystallize in closely related crystal forms. Examples of isomorphous series is (are) the ? | |
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calcite group
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barite group
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argaonite group
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all the above
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