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1999
GEOLOGY
Paper 1
l/u/frsJ [i.1Iaximum J1arks 300

INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed both in English and in Kannada.
A.n:c;u.Jers must be written In the medium specified (English or Kannada) in the Admission Ticket issued to you, [ohich m us! be stated clearly on the cover of the anSlDer book in the space provided lor this purpose. iVa credit will be gwen lor the anSUH'TS written In a medium other than that specified in the Admisswn Ticf:et.
Candidates should attempt questions 1 and 5 whleh arc compulsory, and any three of the remaining qllestrons, selecting at least one question from each Section.
Ail questions carry equal marks.
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SECTION A
1. Vrite notes on any three of the following irL about 200 words each
Interior of the earth
GeUD10rphlC cycles and theIr interpreWtion


J Linear and Planar" structures
(dj Age of the

2. Wnte an essay l!Il Volcanot.'.s and thelt" proa:lcrs Add a note OIl th.elI' causes.
.'3. \'rite notes on

CI Dldnl1Utlun ut" earthquakes and features of Irrdia .lid-ocenmc ndges theIr relation to volcanic belts
On;;in of COlltlIlent.s and oceans
4. Gi"e an the mechoDic.') of f3ulting

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16/1 SECTION B
5. Give an account of any three of the following ill about 200 words each (al Morphology of echinoids

Gondwana flora


Classification of Dharwar Super-group
(dJ :Micro-fossils and their usefulness in petroleum exploration



6.
Give an account of the morphology of gastropods. Add a note on their geological history.

7.
Classify and describe the Siwalik Super-group of rocks. Add a note on their mammalian fauna.

8.
VritE, on Pennian-Triasslc boundary problem


Standard Stratigraphic Scale


Evolution of elephants




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1999
GEOLOGY
Paper 2

I 11011T8] [.i.lIaximum 300

LVSTRUCTIONS
Each questlOll IS printed both in English and in Kannada.
A..nSiL'i:'TS must be l1Hitten In the medium speclfied (EnglIsh or Kannada) In the Adrnisswn Tici?et issued to rnust he stated clearly on the coueT Of the anSiCCT' baole in the provided lor tIns purpose. 1.'0 credit u'ill he gwen the answers Luritten In a nlpdium (jthcr than that ,spec!j"1cd In the AdrnrsslOn Tlchet.
Crrnduiutes shouLd attempt questwns 1 and 5 which are "'Jlripdsory, and Clny three the remaining qW.:'.SZions, of lcust one questIOn from each SectIOn.
t,wns carry equa I mark.. 5.


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1. Vrlte OIl :lny three of the follov..ing in about :2CO each
Lunce Symmetry
f b.1 Inwdercnce colours and extinctlOl1
Ie) P:;;cudoIDorphlsm

Types of metamorphism
2. Descnbe the feldspar group of lTImerals,

d. G]c :lccount of the structures and textures rocks

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Vnte J1utes on three of the following in about 200 vv'Ords each
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inJ Copper deposits of IndIa
J Ret'ractones
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(Cj Ore benetiClation tecDnrques
tdl Types of 5mb
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Give an account of the c:J.uses of landslides and suggest suitable remedial measures.

7.
D.n essay on the Important oil and natural gas fields In India.



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