Geo-tech

  • The soil transported by wind is called
  1. Aeolian soil
  2. Marine soil
  3. Alluvial soil
  4. Lacustrine soil

Ans:1

  • Soils are derived from
  1. Metamorphic rocks
  2. Sedimentary rocks
  3. Igneous rocks
  4. All of the above

Ans: 4

  • Lacustrine soils are
  1. Deposited in sea
  2. Deposited at the bottom of the lakes
  3. Transported by running water
  4. Transported by wind

Ans: 2

  • Chemical weathering of the rock is due to
  1. Oxidation
  2. Hydration
  3. None
  4. Both 1 and 2

Ans: 4

  • The soil transported by glaciers is
  1. Talus
  2. Loess
  3. Drift
  4. All

Ans: 3

  • Mechanical weathering of the rock is due to
  1. Temperature variation
  2. Frost action
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None of the above

Ans; 3

  • The maximum size of silt particle is
  1. 02mm
  2. 06mm
  3. 002mm
  4. 0002mm

Ans: 2

  • Silt is a
  1. Material deposited by a glacier
  2. Fine grained soil with negligible plasticity
  3. Fine grained soil with higher plasticity
  4. Soil composed of two or more types of soils

Ans: 2

  • Black cotton soil
  1. is inorganic in nature
  2. contains large percentage of clay materials
  3. has higher compressibility
  4. all of the above

Ans: 4

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