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Engineering Geology: Geological Disasters and Control Measures
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Engineering Geology: Geological Disasters and Control Measures
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1. What type of landslide may undergo landslide?
2. The number of classes of earthquakes based on magnitude of Ritcher scale are __________
3. What is the location of maximum damage caused due to an earthquake?
4. When might the retaining walls prove to be not costly?
5. 60 - 300 km focus distance is seen in which type of earthquake?
6. Removal of water is done only by subsurface drainage.
7. What is the downgrade movement of mass along no definite surface called?
8. What is a type of mass failure in which a superficial mass fails by moving as a whole along a definite surface of failure called?
9. The causes which tend to reduce the shearing strength of the soil are __________
10. While devising a monitoring system, what has to be kept in mind?
11. What is the character of the surface of shear in hard, brittle and coherent mass?
12. Which of the following is not a method of slope treatment?
13. Type of landslide where surface of failure is planar is __________
14. What is the characteristic sloping surface in rotational slides?
15. Which class of earthquakes are most destructive?
16. What is the depth of focus in the shallow earthquakes?
17. Pneumatically applied mortar or concrete is called __________
18. How many types on the basis of depth of focus are present?
19. In which type of flowage, failure is not easily perceptible?
20. What is the character of the surface of shear in loose, inherently weak rocks?
21. What is the maximum depth of focus observed till date?
22. The point vertically above the focus is __________
23. The seismic waves which are longitudinal __________
24. In the recent times what other aspect of the slope is considered for its stability?
25. The angle of slope up to which the materials are stable in a slope is called __________

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