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Note about the test format: On the NDDC Scholarship aptitude test you’ll face 4 test sections: Mathematics, English language, General knowledge, and the Skill test section (Geology based questions).
Sample NDDC Scholarship Geology Aptitude Test Past Questions and answers
1. Pick the option which is not the cause of folding.
a) Folding due to tangential tension
b) Folding due to tangential compression
c) Folding due to intrusions
d) Folding due to differential compression
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The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
The various causes of folding that are studied are, folding due to- tangential compression, intrusions and differential compression. Hence first option is not correct.
2. The rock mass which is capable of yielding the contained water economically
a) Aquifer
b) Aquiclude
c) Aquifuge
d) Aquitard
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The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
Aquifer is defined as a rock mass, layer or formation which is saturated with groundwater and which virtue of its properties is capable of yielding the contained water at economical costs when tapped.
3. Which among the following is not an example of good aquifer?
a) Granite
b) Gravels
c) Limestones
d) Sandstones
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The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
Gravels, limestones and sandstones generally form good aquifers when occurring in suitable geological conditions and geographic situations.
4. The formation which may be porous enough to hold enough quantity of water is
a) Aquifer
b) Aquiclude
c) Aquifuge
d) Aquitard
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The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
A rock body or formation which may be porous enough to hold enough quantity of water which by virtue of its other properties does not allow an easy and quick flow through it, is called an aquiclude.
5. Example for best aquiclude is
a) Granites
b) Gravels
c) Compacted clay
d) Sandstone
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The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Aquiclude is to be treated as a practically impermeable rock mass. Compacted clay formation are the best examples of aquicludes
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6. Which rock formation is absolutely impermeable?
a) Aquifer
b) Aquiclude
c) Aquifuge
d) Aquitard
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The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Aquifuge is an absolutely impermeable rock formation through which there is no possibility of storage or movement of water.
7. The branch or study which deals with behaviour of rocks under applied forces is called
a) Soil mechanics
b) Rock mechanics
c) Lithology
d) Geology
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The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
Rock mechanics deals essentially with behavior of rocks under applied force fields in natural as well as in laboratory conditions. Rock mechanics has developed at such a fast pace during last it has already become a compulsory part of advanced civil engineering practice.
8. Which material can be used as a roofing material among the following?
a) Slate
b) Granite
c) Marble
d) Gneiss
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The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
Slates used in many areas as roofing material for ordinary constructions and in pavements also fall in the category of building stones.
9. Which type of compressive strength is taken as the most important index property of stones?
a) Confined
b) Drained
c) Undrained
d) Unconfined
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The correct answer is D.
Explanation:
Stones like all other solids fail when subjected to loads beyond their strength. The failure takes place under compressive, tensile and shear forces at different values. It is however, the unconfined compressive strength, which is taken as the most important index property of stones.
10. What is the maximum force expressed per unit area, which a stone can withstand without rupturing?
a) Shear strength
b) Tensile strength
c) Compressive strength
d) Bending strength
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The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Compressive strength is also sometimes referred as crushing strength of a stone and may be defined as the maximum force expressed per unit area, which a stone can withstand without rupturing.
