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University of Hyderabad
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2010-2011
M.Tech Advanced P.G Diploma in Mineral Exploration

DatelDay: 05.06.2010, Saturday Time: 2.00-4.00 P.M Marks: 75
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All questions carry equal marks.

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Write your Hall Ticket Number in the OMR answer sheet given to you. Also write the Hall Ticket Number in the space provided on the question paper booklet.

3.
The question paper consists of Objective Type questions of one mark each. For each question, there are four answers and the answers are to be indicated with capital letters ofalphabets viz., C and D.

4.
Thequestionpaperconsists ofpart'A'andpart

5.
There is negative marking. Each wrong answer carries 0.33 mark.

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Answers are to be marked on the OMR answer sheet following the instructions provided there upon.

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Hand over both the question paper booklet and the OMR answer sheet at the end of the examination.

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9.
Non-programmable calculators are allowed.


PART A
1. Seasons on Earth occur because of:

Disproportionate distribution of land mass in northern and southern hemispheres


Tilt ofthe Earth's axis ofrotation


Changes in the specific heat of water and land mass and the wind circulation that is a consequence ofthe changes in the temperature


Changes in the circulation ofGreen house gases


2. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheorigin ofoceantidesonEarth?

Tides are caused on the side of the Earth nearest to the Moon because the Moon's gravity attracts water and so water (than the land) is pulled up as it is less dense than rock


Tides are caused by the 23.5° tilt ofthe rotation axis to the ecliptic plane


Tides are caused by the difference in the force of gravity exerted by the Moon across the sphere ofthe Earth


(D)Tides are caused primarily by the gravitational force ofthe
3. Which ofthe following statement is false?

Green house gases are good because they keep the earth warm, but their increase causes global warming


Chloro-fluoro-carbons reduce ozone concentration in the atmosphere


Ozone in the troposphere protects life on the Earth by absorbing UV radiation


(D)More oceanic water in the southern hemisphere helps to keep the global temperature at manageable levels
4. What process converts sediments to sedimentary rocks

Metamorphism


Metasomatism


Intrusion


Diagenesis


5. The portion ofthe sea enclosed within an Atoll

Bay


Coral lake


Fringing reef


Lagoon


6. The mohorovicic discontinuity is a

compositional boundary


Phase-change boundary


Compositional as well as phase change boundary


None ofthe above


7. Colour ofthin film results from

Absorption of light


Interference of light


Scattering of light


Dispersion oflight


8. The resultant of two equal forces acting at right angles to each other is 1414 dynes. The magnitude ofeach force is

1414 dynes


1000 dynes


2828 dynes


707 dynes


9. Bernouli's theorem states that the sum ofgravitational head is constant. This means that

Energy is conserved


Mass offluid is conserved


Momentum is conserved


Velocity is conserved


10. Critical angle for light passing from glass to air is minimum for

Red


Blue
(C)Orange



Violet


11. A mass m issuspendedbymeans oftwosprings offorceconstantk1andk2 respectively. These springs are of equal length and are joined in parallel. When set into vibration, the
period will be
(A)2TI


k2
(C)2TI



(D)2TI


12. The energy corresponding to the highest energy level in the conduction band occupied by electrons at absolute zero is called

Conduction energy


Fermi energy


Valence energy
(D)Excitation energy



13. The energy required to remove an electron from a gaseous atom in the ground state to form a gaseous ion is called

Ionisation


Ionization energy


Ionization potential


Electrons affinity


14. Modem periodic law states

The properties ofelements depend upon the atomic weight


The properties of elements depend upon the atomic value


The properties ofelements depend upon the electronic configuration


(D)The properties ofelements are periodic function oftheir atomic number

15. The structure for H20 or HzS is

Linear


Triangular


V-shaped


Tetrahedral


16. The number of unpaired electrons is related to magnetic moment by the relation

pB

n
pB
17. Silver halides are used in photographic plates. The chemical reaction is by influence of

Contact


Heat
(C)Light



Water


18. Penetrating power is greatest in case of

a-rays


13-rays
(C)y-rays
(D)X-rays



19. The focus ofthe parabola is












20. Geometric mean of the series is

2


4


8


16


3
21. Jpdx
I-x8

Sin-1 x4+ C


Sin-1x4 C


Sin-1x C


4
C
22. The minimum value of 5 Sinx -12 Cosx 3 is



8


23. Circum Centre ofthe triangle formed by the vertices and is












24. The general solution of dy y is
dx
X

Y


y =y2





X
X
y
Y =x2
X
25. Value of[a b is
0
b
2 b
b e]2

PART-B
26. The scientist who discovered neutron:

Rutherford


Millikan
(C)Bohr



Chadwick


27. A solution ofa pH of 11 is
(A)More alkaline than a solution ofpH 8

(B)Lessalkaline thana solution ofpH8
More acidic than a solution ofpH 8
(D)Neither acidic nor alkaline

28. At the magnetic poles, the angle ofdip is

900


00


1800
(D)2700



29. When milk is churned, the cream separates from it due to

Cohesive force


Centrifugal force


Frictional force


Gravitational force


30. The mass ofearth is oforder of
1027 gm
1020 gm
1023 gm
1035 gm
31. Mach number is used in connection with the speed of

Spacecraft


Aircraft
(C)Sound



Ships


32. According to Kepler's law of planetary motion the square of periods of planets are
proportional to

The mean distances from the sun


The square ofthe masses ofthe planets


Squares oftheir mean distances from the sun
(D)The cube oftheir mean distances from the sun



33. A bullet of mass 150 gm strikes a target at 600 mls velocity which is reduced to 150m/s. The loss ofenergy is

3000 J


8437 J


18400 J


5400 J


34. The length of second's pendulum on the surface ofthe earth is 1 meter. The length ofthe second's pendulum on the moon, where g is 1/6 th the value of "g" on the surface of the earth is

1/6 m

m



3 m


35. A solution ofwashing soda in water is

Acidic


Neutral


Bleaching


Alkaline


36. Enamelware has a coating of (A)Red lead

Borosilicates
(C)Tin



Glass


37. Two electric bulbs have 40 watt and 60 watt rating at 220 volts their resistances are in the ratio

3/2


3/8




9/4


38. of a radioactive material decays in 2.5 days. How long will it take for 15/16 of the
material to decay
(A)7.5 days


5 days


10 days


15 days


39. Energy in a Atomic bomb is produced by the process of (A)Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fission


Combination ofhydrogen atoms


Combination ofelectrons and protons


40. "Gober gas" mainly

Carbon dioxide


Acetylene


Ethylene


Methane


41. According to Moseley's method for determination ofatomic number of an element is given by the relation

v


v 2


.JV


(D).JV where v is the frequency of line in the spectrum, a is the proportionality constant and b is the constant for all lines in the given series.
42. Units ofrate ofreaction in

Moles litre


Moles litre sec-1
(C)Moles sec-1
(D)None ofthese



43. The phenomenon of ejection of electrons from a metal surface by the action of light is called

Compton effect


Photoelectric effect


Zeeman effect
(D)None ofthese



44. Richter's scale indicates

Intensity ofmagnetic field


Gravity


Intensity ofEarthquakes
(D)None ofthe above



45. Transition elements are

s block elements


p block elements


d block elements


d or f-block elements


46.
Castner-Kellner cell is used for the manufacture of

(B)LiOH
(C)NaOH
(D)NaCI


47.
Chile saltpetre is a compound of
(A)NaCI



NaN03


Na2C03
(D)NaHC03




48.
Chromite is an ore of

Fe





49.
Nitrolim, a fertilizer is a mixture of


Calcium cyanide and graphite


Calcium cyanamide and graphite


Calcium carbide and graphite


Calcium cyanamide and calcium cyanide



50.
Electromagnetic radiation with maximum wavelength is (A)Ultraviolet


Radiowave




Infrared



51.
Dry ice is so called because


It does not wet the surface


It does not melt


At atmospheric pressure solid C02 changes directly into gas and liquid phase is




not found
is gaseous in nature

52. Balmer series of lines are visible in (A)U.V spectra

I.R spectra


Visible spectra


Hydrogen spectra


53. Lakes formed by cut-offmeanders are called

Kayals


Playas


Oxbow lakes


Tarns


54. Which ofthe crystal systems has four crystallographic axes?
(A)Monoclinic


Triclinic


Hexagonal
(D)Tetragonal



55. What is the average specific gravity ofthe continental crust?

1.5


2.5


3.5


4.5


56. Flat topped seamounts are known as

Submarine volcanoes


Guyots
(C)Groynes
(D)Terraces



57. What is "ash"?

Derived from sedimentary rocks


Derived from rivers


Derived from sea water


Derived from volcanoes


58. The polar wandering theory

Supports the continental drift theory


Shows polar migration path ofdifferent continents


Traces ofcoherent movement paths ofmajor continents


(0)Explains the contraction theory
59. Kohinoor diamond was found at

Panna


Golconda


Khetri


Krishna gravels


60. Seismicity associated with mid oceanic ridges is (A)Shallow focus

Intermediate focus


Deep focus


Randomly focused


61. Reef building corals flourish best in the zone lying between
(A)400N and400Slatitudes
and 600 S latitudes
(C)800N and800Slatitudes
(D)300N and 300S latitudes
62. The most abundant light element present in the core is (A)Either S or 0

Either S or Al


Potassium


Sodium


63. In India, the broadest continental shelf is found in

Gujarat


Maharastra


Tamilnadu
(D)A.P



64. Which ofthe following planets have the least density (A)Earth
Mars
(C)Satum
(D)Pluto

10 65.If tan(8-60) tan 60) then

30


60


90


45

66. JSin3x. Cos4 x dx o

35

2

35





35
4
35
67. From the top of a cliff, the angle of depression of a boat is found to be 30°. The height of the cliff is 50m. What is the distance ofthe boat from the foot ofthe cliff?
.J3 m
.J3m


.J3

.J3
68. 10gb a.1og c b.loga
Zero
1
(C)abc


69. The points forms a

Right angle


Equilateral


Scalene


Isosceles


70. The slope ofthe line joining the points is

5/7


7/5





71. The angle between the planes 2x z=11 andx y 2z= 3 is

45°


30°




60°


72. A large quantity ofdata from a geological exploration can best be summarized pictorially by means of:

The range


A histogram


The frequency table


Mean and variance


73.
dx
1
2.Jx-x2
1
2.Jx+x2

2.Jx-x2

2.Jx+x2
74. Consider the following data:
6
The mean and median for this data are:

and 6
4.5 and 4.5
and 3
(D)4.5 and 3

75. Ina group of 10 scores, the largest score is increased by 30 points. What effect will this have on the mean ofthe scores?

It will be increased by 10 points


It will remain unchanged


It will be increased by 3 points


It will increase by 30 points


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