Tunnelling MCQ Practice Questions (Civil Engineering)

Tunnels are civil engineering structures that create an underground passage that may pass through a hill, under buildings or roads, under water or even under entire cities. They might be required to traverse an obstacle, create a mass transit systems, provide connections beneath the sea, accommodate pipelines, provide sewage systems and so on.

There are a wide range of methods that can used for the design and construction of tunnels, depending on the scale of the tunnel required, the specific ground and groundwater conditions, the depth, the availability of space and so on. The main considerations include:

The purpose of the tunnelling: This will influence the size and cross-section of the tunnel

The type of ground: This will influence the selection of the route for the tunnel and whether it is economical or feasible to construct where there may be poor conditions or defects in strata

The construction method: This will alter depending on the type of tunnel, the ground conditions, the tunnel length required and the project time pressures

Removal of debris: The size and length of the tunnel will determine the equipment required for ‘mucking out’ debris

Control of water: Pumping is the most common technique for dealing with the presence of water whilst tunnelling

These questions will give you basic idea for Examination Preparation and/or interview on Tunnelling Practice questions for Civil Engineering.

Please Note:

1. These questions are only for practice and understanding level of knowledge only. It is not necessary that these questions may or may not appear for examinations and/or interview questions

2. In this practice test, because of large amount of questions (around 43 questions) some of questions may have repeated

3. I had to put as 70% pass rate because there may also be wrong answers from my side.