1.


Favourable conditions for the formation of
blanket type bauxite deposits,



Grade of iron ore from Singhbhum area.


Association of REEs and R are metals in
carbonatite.



Time-distance relation for horizontal layers in
seismic refraction survey.


Methods of sampling of porphyry copper

deposit.



Biogeochemical and geobotanical surveys.


Broad stratigraphic succession of Jharia coal

field.


Geology and hydrocarbon reservoirs of

Bombay High oil field.


Investigation of foundation rocks in a dam

site using electrical resistivity method.


Overbreak in tunnelling in relation to

different rock types.


2. Compare the geological set up of Khetri and

Malanjkhand copper deposits.


With appropriate examples, write the genesis

of gold deposit associated with the greenstone

belts in Dharwar craton of South India.


3. W hat are the major economically useful rocks

belonging to 'Vindhyan Supergroup'



W hat are prospecting licence and mining

leases for mineral Investigation and

exploitation?



Explain the legal aspects o f seabed mining

with special reference to India.




4. How stratiform and podiform chromite

deposits differ in geological age, lithological

association, structure and tectonics?

Describe with diagram the details of profiling

and sounding methods of rcsis1ivity survey.

Add a note on their applications.




5. What do you mean by reduction of gravi


data Describe the correction to be applied to

the gravity data.


How M S D and E D E X type

deposits differ from each other


How is fluid inclusion study helpful in

geothermometry?




6. Describe the different stages in mineral

exploration.


Describe the estimation or ore reserves in

blanket type bauxite deposit using surface

trenching and pitting.



7. Write on the procedure of core logging in a

drilling site.


Calculate ore reserve of a 5 m thick ore

blocked out between two levels, separated by

30 and ready for im mediate extraction. The

length o f the ore block is 40 m and the bulk

density o f the ore is 2-73 gm/cc. A ssum ing

0.63% average grade of copper, how much

copper metal can be obtained from the block

with 90% recovery


How geochemical soil survey is earned out



8. Describe the processes of migration and

accumulation of hydrocarbon.


Describe the major Tertiary coal deposits of

India.



9. Write on the occurrence and distribution of

major radioactive mineral deposits Th) of

India.



Describe the proximate analysis of coal and its

industrial application.


Give an account of the geology and

hydrocarbon occurrence in any one of the

major producing oil fields of upper Assam

shelf.


10. Give an account of the field procedures

for the estimation of compressive and shear strengths

of rocks used for stable foundation.



W hat is grouting Describe the typical

grouting applications in tunnelling.





11. Discuss the seismic vulnerability of the India

sub-continent and propose the rca1ures of an

earthquake resistant dam in a high risk seismic

zone.


Explain the various factors that influence the

life of a reservoir.


Describe the different types o f tunnel

supports and their usefulness in different rock types

while tunnelling.