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Serial No. D-VSF-L-TYA)
GEOLOGY
Paper-1 ·
[Time Allowed: Three Hours} (Maximum Marks: 200]
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should attempt questions 1 and s·
which are compulsory, and any THREE of the·
remaining questions selecting at least ONE
· question from each Section.
All questions carry equal marks.
Marks allotted to parts of a question are
indicated against each.
Answers must be written in ENGLJSH only.
Suitable sketches may be drawn, ·
wherever required.
SECTION-A
I. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any
FOUR of the following
(a)Mid-oceanic Ridge
(b)Transform Fault
(c)Digital Image Processing
(d)Mountain Building Processes
(e)Weathering and Mass Wasting

2.(a)Write notes on Island Arcs. 20
(b)What are hot spots Discuss causes and products
of volcanoes. 20
3.Write notes on 10x4=40
(a)Loess
(b)Morains
(c)Electromagnetic Spectrum.
(d)Ox-bow Lake.

4.What are different types of unconformities Why are
they significant in the. study of geological history of
an area? 20+20
SECTION-B

5.Write notes, within 150 words each, on any FOUR of
the following 10x4=40
(a)Principles of Stratigraphy
(b)Hard part morphology of a typical gastropod
(c)Megafossils and Microfossils
(d)Pleistocene glaciation
(e)Groundwater management.

6.Discuss the following: 20x2=40
(a)Goniatitic suture pattern
(b)Role of Foraminifers in Biostratigraphic Correlation.

7.Discuss the following
(a)Cuddapah Supergroup of type area 20
(b)Discuss criteria for the correlation of Archaean rocks of India. 20
8.Write notes on
(a)Geological investigations required for selection of
a dam site. 20
(b)Porosity and permeability of rocks and their
significance. 20