IFS-2001: Geology
Paper-I
Section A

1. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following:
a. Magnitude of an earthquake
b. Importance of the study of meteorites
c. Syntectonic crystallization
d. Drainage patterns
e. Criteria for determining the top and bottom of the beds
2. Discuss how seismic studies help in knowing the interior of the earth
3. Answer the following questions
a. Give the geomorphic classification of the Indian subcontinent
b. Discuss the application of Remote Sensing to geological investigations
4. Describe each of the following with examples:
a. Strike-slip fault
b. Mineral Lineation
c. Graben
d. Joints

Section B
1. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following:
a. Modes of preservation of fossils
b. Causes of landslides
c. Singhbhum Shear Zone
d. Neogene-Quarternary boundary
e. Salt water intrusion in coastal areas
2. Discuss the evolutionary trends in Cephalopoda. Give the geologic history of ammonoids
3. Answer the following questions
a. Give a stratigraphic palaeontologic and palaeogeographic account of the rocks of the Vindhyan Supergroup
b. How are transgressions and regressions of sea reflected in the stratigraphic column
4. Discuss with examples:
a. Types of dams
b. Rainwater harvesting