What type of stress occurs when a rock mass is pushed in opposite directions? compression

faulting

shearing

tension

shearing

Stress can be defined as the force that is applied to the rock. However, shear stress is known to be kind of force that is applied and push one side of a body of rock in one direction while the opposite side of the body of rock in the opposite direction. Thus, shear forces that push in opposite direction.

The correct answer is C. shearing