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M.Sc Applied Geology

1. Hydrothermal ore deposits often occur in the form of:-
Vein
Bed
Dyke
Stock

2 In constriction type of strain, ?2 is:-
< 1
= 0
>1
= 1

3 Which is the correct sequence of terrestrial planets from sun?
Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

4 In case of single and round hinged multi-layer buckle fold, the competent and incompetent layer will show respectively:-
Class 1 & Class 2
Class 1B and Class 1C – fold of Ramsay
Class 2 and Class 3 fold
Class 1 & Class 3

5 Which one of the followings could not be used to find out depositional top of a bed?
Pillow lavas
Contact between two lithologies
Ripple marks
Cross bedding

6 Pyroclastic deposits are usually found associated with:-
Shield volcano
Pahoehoe flow
Explosive volcano
Ropy lava

7 Lingula is an example of:-
Index fossils
Ichnofossils
body fossils
Living fossils

8 Which of the following mineral combination cannot exist in thermodynamic equilibrium?
Quartz, feldspar and tourmaline
Quartz, olivine and pyroxene
Kynite, sillimanite and andalusite
Plagioclase, augite and magnetite

9 India is a major producer of one of the following metals:-
Gold
Uranium
Aluminium
Lead

10 If the water table in a well is constant due to no flow, the condition is known as:-
Equilibrium
Hydrostatic
Hydrophilic
Hydrodynamics

11 In 2015, World’ most polluted city is identified as:-
Beijing
Dhaka
Delhi
Karachi

12 Pull apart basin is developed due to:-
Reverse faulting
Strike slip faulting
Normal faulting
Oblique faulting

13 Elongation (e) is measured as the ratio between:-
final length to initial length
change in length to initial length
change in length to final length
initial length to final length

14 Light year is a unit of:-
distance
time
light
light intensity

15 Hybrid joint is developed by:-
mode II & Mode III
mode-I
Mode I & Mode III
Mode II – fracture propagation

16 One of the following sulphide minerals can be transluscent or transparent:-
Galena
Chalcopyrite
Sphalerite
Pyrite

17 In a lateritic bauxite deposit, the uppermost litho-unit is:-
laterite
bauxite
lithomarge
partially weathered bedrock

18 The Deccan traps shows maximum thickness towards:-
North
East
West
South

19 Belemnite belongs to:-
Cephalopoda
Brachiopoda
Trilobita
Gastropoda

20 A hand specimen of a rock contains quartz and garnet. What lustre they show?
Resinous and vitreous
Vitreous and adamantine
Adamantine and vitreous
Vitreous and resinous

21 Which of the following Mollusca are entirely marine organisms?
Cephalopoda
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
none

22 One of the following metals is generally extracted as a byproduct from sulphide ore of copper.
Gold
Silver
Cadmium
Gallium

23 One of the following economic minerals is commonly associated with high grade metamorphic rocks.
Magnetite
Talc
Chromite
Graphite

24 The largest carbon reservoir on earth is:-
oceans
limestone
soil
atmosphere

25 Which one of the following is not produced by organic activity?
Chalk
Gypsum
Coral
Chert

26. One of the following oxide minerals can be transluscent or transparent.
Chromite
Pyrolusite
Cassiterite
Wolframite

27 Sound waves in air are:-
electromagnetic
transverse
polarised
longitudinal

28 Why do magmas rise toward Earth’s surface?
Magmas have higher content of pyroxenes than the surrounding rocks
Most magmas are richer in silica than most crustal and upper mantle rocks
Magmas are more viscous than solid rocks in the crust and upper mantle
Magmas, being melts and having gases, are less dense than the adjacent solid rock

29 A coarse grained rock mainly composed of orthopyroxene and plagioclase is called as:-
Lherzolite
Norite
Harzburgite
Gabbro

30 The youngest succession of Jurassic rocks in Kachchh basin is known as ____ Formation.
Patcham
Katrol
Chari
Umia