1. Physical weathering is not characteristic of

Polar regions Hot deserts


Cold deserts Semi-arid regions


2. The environment between the high tide and low tide levels of the sea is known as

Neritic Littoral


Bathyal Abyssal


3. Sinkhole, doline and dripstone are characteristic of
Aeolian landforms Fluvial landforms Glacial landforms Karst topography
4. The ozone layer is located in The troposphere The ionosphere The stratosphere The exosphere
5. Incised meanders develop in


The mountainous region of youthful rivers


The flood plain areas of mature rivers


The deltaic regions of old age rivers


Any stage of rivers


6. Mechanical wear by rivers, wind etc. are called

Degradation Saltation


Deflation Corrosion


7. Which of the following is formed by glacial erosion

Yardang Potholes


Cuesta Arête


8. The Richter's scale is used for measuring the

Relative humidity of atmosphere


Intensity of earth's tremor


Electric conductivity of water


Speed of wind


9. The mature stage feature of the river is

Alluvial fan V-shaped Valley


Meanders Ox-bow lake


10. Which one among the following is a depositional feature produced by underground water

Barchans Loess


Delta Stalagmites


11. Part of the Tidal Flats occurring near the high water line is known as

Mixedflat Sandflat


Mudflat Tidal Flat


12. The process in which the glacial wastage takes place by the double process of evaporation and melting is known as

Nivation Calvation


Ablation Plucking


13. Soils which show good development of all the layers are

Podzols Pedocals


Chernozems Loam


14. Low lying lands where the water table has just reached the land surface are called

Oasis Swamps


Marshes Lagoons


15. A desert consisting of extensive sheet of gravel and boulders is known as

Erg Hamada


Koum Reg


16. Which one of the following is known as intermount plateau

Dissected by streams Surrounded by highlands


Surrounded by lakes Between the two ridges


17. Which one of the following topographic features can be formed by either erosion or deposition

Hook Stream terrace


Loess Stalactite


18. Which one of the following term refers to the maximum particle size that a stream can move

Competency Capacity


Saltation Abrasion


19. Nearly the whole land surface of the earth was covered by great sheet of ice during

Cambrian Jurassic


Precambrian Pleistocene


20. The earth's most stable environment is found in

High mountain Deep sea floor


Semi arid region Coastal region


21. A group of faults appear emerging outward from a common central region

Parallel faults Radial faults


Enechelon faults Peripheral faults


22. Heterolithic unconformity is also known as

Non-conformity Parallel Unconformity


Angular Unconformity Disconformity


23. The angle between any line and its horizontal projection, measured in a vertical plane is

Pitch Plunge


Dip Strike


24. Joints perpendicular to the axis of fold more common in orogenic belts are termed as

Columnar joints Release joints


Extension joints Cross joints


25. An arrangement of elongated mineral grains along continuous lines are called

Lithification Crenulation


Lineation Petrofabrication


26. Slaty cleavage is best developed in the rocks rich in

Arenaceous minerals Micaceous minerals


Calcareous minerals Chloritic minerals


27. Faults striking across structures like fold axes, schistosity, lineation etc are known as

Transverse faults Longitudinal faults


Diagonal faults Bedding faults


28. When two folds plunging away from each other are joined, then they form

Basin Dome


Culmination Depression


29. Omission of beds takes place generally in the case of
Reverse fault Wrench fault Normal fault Strike slip fault
30. Flexure folding is also termed as Buckle folding Neutral folding False folding True folding

31. Crystal face with Miller indices is known as

Parametral face Unit face


Solid face Inclined face


32. The normal class of monoclinic system is of

Beryl type Barite type


Gypsum type Galena type


33. Which of the following crystals have least number of faces

Cube Octahedron


Tetrahedron Dodecahedron


34. The highest grade of symmetry in the Isometric system is found in
Pyritohedral class Plagiohedral class Tetrahedral class Normal class
35. "Skew" twin is characteristic of
Staurolite Calcite Spinel Microcline

36. Line perpendicular to a circular section of an indicatrix is

Twin axis Optic axis


Rotational axis Axis of symmetry


37. Choose the odd one out

Macroprism Brachy prism


Macro dome Cube


38. Out of the 32 crystal classes, how many classes do not have a centre of symmetry
39. Twenty one Twenty four A crystal of rhombic sulphur is Octahedral Hexagonal Twenty two Twenty Cube Dodecahedral
40. The space lattice of diamond is Body centered cubic Free centered cubic Simple cubic Hexagonal closed packed
41. Augite shows 1st order interference colours 3rd order interference colours 2nd order interference colours 4th order interference colours

42. Which of the following is the precious variety of beryl

Emerald Ruby


Sapphire Citrine


43. Which of the following mineral exhibits the property of magnetism 46. Which one is non-pleochroic mineral
Pyrrhotite Orthoclase Biotite Albite
44. Muscovite exhibits ......... luster.
Silky Pearly Vitreous Dull
45. Plagioclase group of minerals exhibit Isomorphism Polytypism Polymorphism Heteromorphism


Biotite Olivine


Garnet Tourmaline


47. Irregular or asymmetrical dispersion is found in

Monoclinic System Orthoclinic System


Triclinic System Tetragonal System


48. Epigenetic minerals are generally formed by

Mountain building process Crustal movement


Dislocation Igneous intrusion


49. The chemical composition of Orthoclase is
K Al Si K Al Si O
24 38
K Al Si K Al Si O
36 48
50. Chromite is a member mineral of

Spinel group Epidote group


Olivine group Mellilite group


51. Cu and pb of Agnigundala belong to which group of Cuddapah Supergroup

Papaghani Cheyair


Nallamalai Kistna


52. Kolar Gold deposit is an example of

Fissure vein deposit Shear zone deposit


Ladder vein deposit Stockwork


53. Which one of the following does not belong to mica group

Oxide Silicate


Carbonate Phosphate


54. The most common impurity in iron ore is

Muscovite Hornblende


Biotite Lepidotite


55. Ajabgarh Formation is associated with Iron Manganese Zinc Copper
56. Rutile is source for
Tin Titanium Tungston Iron
57. Plaster of Paris is obtained from
Bauxite Kaolin Gypsum Limestone
58. Which type of coal is costly to mine Peat Bituminous Lignite Anthracite
59. Bornite is an ore of
Iron Lead Copper Nickel
60. Diamond is found in ......... region. Kolar Panna Baster Singhbhum

61. Which of the following mineral displays twinkling

Calcite Gypsum


Augite Talc


62. The rock without feldspars essentially having olivine and pyroxenes in abundance is

Eucrite Troctolite


Dunite Picrite


63. The gabbroic rock without pyroxenes containing mainly feldspars and olivine is

Troctolite Andesite


Dacite Basalt


64. A typical monomineralic rock containing labradorite is

Anarthosite Gabbro


Granite Norite


65. Batholiths are usually associated with

Earthquake zone Island arcs


Orogenic belt Folds and faults


66. In a contour map, if higher contours are closely placed, it indicates

Steep slope Uniform slope


Concave slope Convex slope


67. Concordant intrusive igneous plutons found in folded terrains as

Phacolith Batholith


Laccolith Plug


68. Ophitic texture is commonly exhibited by

Lamprophyres Andesite


Dolerite Trachyte


69. Lamprophyres exhibit the following texture

Panidiomorphic Allotriomorphic


Hypidiomorphic Polymorphic


70. The structure of myrmekite is commonly found in

Granitic rock Alkaline rock


Schorl rock Monomineralic rock


71. Which one is a rudaceous rock

Sandstone Limestone


Conglomerate Shale


72. Bauma Sequence is the product of

Debris flow process Turbidity flow process


Mass flow process Rock flow process


73. Tidal bundles form in

Rivers Glaciers


Mountains Shallow sea


74. When top and bottom sets of a cross bedding meet at an acute angle such cross bedding is known as

Trough Planer


Torrential Wedge trough


75. Sediments precipitated from solutions within the basin of deposition and having later moved within the basin are

Orthochemical Allochemical


Epiclastic Euxinic


76. Silt and clay deposit formed by the sediments carried in suspension by air current is

Marlites Novaculites


Loess Delta


77. Black shale facies is characterized by the presence of

Large volume of stagnant water Running water


Salty water Alkaline frozen water


78. The red shale or Arkosic facies are

Non-marine one Marine one


Both Marine and Non-marine Metamorphic one


79. Lagoonal deposits are deposited in ......... environment.


Estuarine Euxinic


Littoral Lacustrine


80. The sedimentary rock without stratification is

Sandstone Limestone


Tillite Shale


81. What type of metamorphism is responsible for the formation of hornfelsic rocks

Burial Regional


Contact Cataclastic


82. The facies which is developed in the deepest part of geosynclinal environment

Amphibolite facies Granulite facies


Green schist facies Sanidinite facies


83. During metamorphism the mineral graphite is changed to

Pure carbon Pure iron


Pure copper Pure lead


84. A line joining the points where the rocks have the same grade of metamorphism is called

Isogyre Isograde


Isopach Isochore


85. Complete destruction of original texture is due to

Regional metamorphism Contact metamorphism


Dynamothermal metamorphism Metasomatism


86. The typical product of contact metamorphism with maculose structure

Granulose Cataclastic


Hornfels Schistose


87. Migmatite is formed due to

Anatexis Metasomatism


Palingenesis Pneumatolysis


88. The process of complete melting of rock is known as 92. The exoskeleton of sponges is made up of
Anatexis Palingenesis Assimilation Metasomatism
89. Khondalite is a ......... rock.
90. Metamorphic Sedimentary Find odd one out Igneous Igneous and sedimentary
Schist Sandstone Shale Limestone
91. Homo sapiens belong to order Primates Chiroptera Rodentia Mollusca


Silica Calcite


Aragonite Calcium phosphate


93. Find odd one out

Nautilus Lingula


Nucula Paradoxides


94. The cephalopod suture with smooth rounded saddles and finely divided lobes is

Ammonitic Goniatitic


Ceratitic Nautilitic


95. What name has been assigned to tooth like phosphatic microfossils

Conodonts Thecodont


Bathydont Coprolites


96. Which one is a Cephalopoda with simple suture

Ceratites Nautilus


Goniatites Ammonites


97. Those bottom dwellers living between low tide and high tide are termed

Vagile Sessile


Nektonic Littoral


98. Which of these Protozoans is not a member of Foraminifera group

Radiolaria Globigerina


Nummulites Lagena


99. Which out of these is a Planktonic micro-fossil

Lagena Nummulite


Globigerina Rotalia


100. Delthyrium is found in which class of Brachiopods

Inarticulata Articulata


Both of the above None of the above


101. Which group provides fastest moving invertebrates

Brachiopoda Echinoidermata


Cephalopoda Gastropoda


102. The bivalvia shells are jointed together at dorsal side by

Adductor muscle Hinge plate


Ligament Delthyrium


103. When did the Trilobite disappear from the earth

Silurian Early Miocene


Devonian End of Permian


104. Coral reefs are generally found in

Polar regions Tropical regions


Subtropical regions Mid latitude region


105. Find odd one out

Lathi Formation Chari Formation


Katrol Formation Umia Formation


106. Dinosaurs are reported from the rocks of

Paleozoic Tertiary


Mesozoic Quaternary


107. Trilobites appeared for the first time in the geological record in

Devonian Triassic


Cambrian Paleocene


108. The strike of Dharwar Supergroup is

NNW-SSE NNE-SSW


NE-SW SE-NW


109. Lower Gondwana sediments are of great economic significance because of presence of

Iron Petroleum


Coal Plant fossils


110. Mount Everest Limestone belong to

Ordovician Silurian


Devonian Carboniferous


111. Zewan beds belong to

Devonian


Middle carboniferous


Upper carboniferous to Permocarboniferous


Middle and upper Permian


112. What is the age of Muth Quartzite

Silurian Devonian


Ordovician Archean


113. Hercynian orogeny occurred in

Silurian End of Silurian


Permian Carboniferous and Permian


114. The primary chronostratigraphic unit of worldwide major rank is

Supergroup Era


Series System


115. The Siwalik deposits give an evidence of ........ climate.

Arid Cold
Warm humid Both and
116. Makrana marble is equivalent to
Upper Dharwar Middle Dharwar
Lower Dharwar None of the above

117. Total duration of Siwalik system is from

Lower Miocene to lower Pleistocene


Middle Miocene to lower Pleistocene


Middle Miocene to lower Pliocene


Lower Miocene to upper Pliocene


118. The basic unit in biostratigraphic unit is

Subzone Zone


Zonule None of the above


119. The oldest and longest era in Earth's history is the

Precambrian Cenozoic


Mesozoic Paleozoic


120. The age of Barakar formation is

Upper Carboniferous Middle Permian


Lower Permian Upper Permian


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