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This set of Engineering Geology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Causes of
Folding – 01”.
3. The cause of folding which does not occur due to the tangential stresses is
a) Flexural folding
b) Flexural creeping
c) Flowage folding
d) Shear folding
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Answer: b
Explanation: Under the influence of tangential stresses, folding may develop in either of the three ways: flexural
folding, flowage folding and shear folding.
Answer: c
Explanation: Thickness of the layers and nature of the contact are important factors on which the amount of slip
depends. Thicker the layer, greater is the slip.
6. In which cause of folding, the thickness of fold does not remain uniform?
a) Flexural folding
b) Shear folding
c) Flowage folding
d) Flexural tension
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Answer: c
Explanation: During the compression due to flowage folding, the material of the involved layers behaves almost as
a viscous or plastic mass and gets buckled up and deformed at varying rates suffering unequal distortion. In such
cases the thickness of the resulting fold does not remain uniform.
8. How does the distance from hinge point affect displacement due to folding?
a) Greater the distance, larger is the displacement
b) Lesser the distance, larger is the displacement
c) Doesn’t depend on the distance from hinge point
d) Greater the distance, smaller is the displacement
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Answer: a
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Explanation: Distance from hinge point is also an important 2/3
factor on which displacement of folding depends.
Greater the distance from the hinge points, larger is the displacement.
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12. The displacement at the hinge point is maximum. State true or false.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: Greater the distance from the hinge points, larger is the displacement, so much that it may be
negligible at the hinge point. Hence the statement above is not true.
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