geosocindia.org National / International Earth Science Olympiad Entrance Test 2017 Question Paper

Name of the Organisation : Geological Society of India
Name of the paper : National / International Earth Science Olympiad Entrance Test
Year : 2017
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Geological Society IESO Entrance Test Paper

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Time: 10.30 pm to 12.00 pm

Instructions

1. You have to be present in the examination hall well before the commencement of the test.

2. You will not be permitted to enter the examination hall 20 minutes after the commencement of the test.
3. You will not be permitted to leave the examination hall until after 30 minutes of commencement of the test.

4. If you have any paper/chit with you, surrender them to the invigilator.
5. All are multiple-choice questions.
6. Please use a BLACK/BLUE ball point pen to mark your answers. DO NOT use pencil.

7. This sheet should not be folded or crushed
8. Choose the MOST appropriate answer.
9 Darken the circle corresponding to the answer of your choice.

10. Do not use stray marks on the sheet. See the given example below.
11. Marks will not be awarded if more than one answer is chosen.
12.Your answer must be given only in the answer sheet (overleaf) and handover the answer sheet to the invigilator

13. Please enter your Registration No. and affix your signature on the answer sheet before starting to answer the questions.
14. The answer keys will be published in MoES Geological Society’s Website.geosocindia.org/index.php/ieso on 24th January 2017
15. Any complaints abou the questions/correction to be sorted out before Exam

Sample Questions

Total Marks : 100
Note : No Negative markings
1. Rift basin is formed by which of the following crustal processes
a. Compression
b. Extension
c. Both a & b
d. Thrust

2. Slicken sides are a type of
a. Foliation
b. Bedding
c. Lineation
d. Fault plane.

3. Repetition of beds on a geological map may be due to
a. Folding
b. Erosion
c. Unconformity
d. (a and b) both

4. Which of the following is associated with fluvial system
a. Mud crack
b. Ripple marks
c. Sand dunes
d. Hammada

5. Which show highest strain level value among all the Himalayan thrusts
a. Main Boundary Thrust
b. Main Central Thrust
c. Main Frontal Thrust
d. Panjal Thrust

6. Primary foliation forms
a. During crystallisation of magma
b. After crystallisation of a magma
c. During folding
d. During jointing

7. If you are flying a plane and you look down at the landscape, you are seeing a ……… view of the earth
a. Map
b. Cross-sectional
c. Lateral
d. Horizontal

8. Which of the following tectonic forces tend to push the objects in such a way so that they slide
past one another
a. Tensional
b. Compressive
c. Shearing
d. Extension

9. At convergent plate boundaries one would expect to find
a. Folds
b. Faults
c. Folds and faults
d. Neither folds nor faults

10. Upfolds or arches of layered rocks are called
a. Antiforms
b. Faults
c. Synforms
d. Unconformities

11. Chemical weathering of rocks will produce
a. Granite
b. Limestone
c. Bauxite
d. Sandstone

12. Most appropriate example of Geomagnetic reversal is imprinted on the
a. Rift basins
b. Orogenic belts
c. MORs
d. Trenches

13. In case of a structural basin, dips are
a. Centripetal
b. Centrifugal
c. Vertical
d. Horizontal

14. The ability of a rock to transmit water is known as
a. Infiltration
b. Percolation
c. Porosity
d. Permeability

15. Cooling joints are …………….. in cross-section
a. Hexagonal
b. Circular
c. Rectangular
d. Pentagonal

16. Which of the following process is not associated with diagenesis
a. Albitization
b. Burial
c. Cementation
d. Recrystallization

17. Isoclinal folds have an interlimb angle of
a. 80-90°
b. 50-60°
c. 0-10°
d. 0-40°

18. Continental drift theory was given by
a. Harry Hess
b. A. Wagner
c. Vine and Mathews
d.W. Condie

19. Meandering of rivers takes place in the
a. Young stage
b. Mature stage
c. Old stage
d. Both (a and b)

20. The planet Mercury is nearest to the sun, its revolution period is.
a. 66 days
b. 77 days
c. 88 days
d. 99 days

21. Arrange the following in increasing order of grain size
a. Sand b. Boulder c. Pebble d. Silt
a. a,c,d,b
b. b,c,a,d
c. d,a,c,b
d. d,a,b,c

22. Which of the following sedimentary structure can be used as Plaeocurrent direction indicator
a. Rainprints
b. Mud cracks
c. Flute marks
d. Symmetric ripples

23. A right side up sedimentary sequence will have
a. Coarse grains at the top
b. Mixed grain size throughout the sequence
c. Finest at the top
d. Fossils at the top

24. Symmetric folds with straight limbs and sharp hinges are called
a. Kink folds
b. Chevron folds
c. Ptygmatic folds
d. Recumbent folds

25. Lithospheric plates are composed of
a. Crust
b. Mantle
c. Crust and Mantle both
d. Crust mantle and core

26. During evaporation, ocean
a. gets fresher
b. gets saltier
c. salt concentration does not change
d. salt concentration doubles

27. Deep ocean circulation is driven by:
a. Winds
b. temperature and salinity
c. Coriolis force
d. Gravitational force

28. Density of mean ocean water
a. is maximum at 8°C
b. is maximum at 4°C
c. is minimum at 4°C
d. does not show an anomalous behavior

29. Which of the following colors penetrate deepest in the open ocean
a. Red
b. Green
c. Blue
d. Yellow

30. Oxygen concentration at the intermediate ocean (between 200-500 m) is lower in the Pacific than that in the Atlantic, because
a. Pacific water is older than Atlantic
b. Pacific water is newer than Atlantic
c. Pacific is productive than Atlantic
d. Deep water of the Pacific is warm