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Friday, December 9, 2011

Geology Model Test Paper

Geology Model Test Paper
Sample Paper Geology
Q.1 : Mount Everest is located in :
(a) Sub-Himalaya
(b) Lesser Himalaya
(c) Higher Himalaya
(d) Trans-Himalaya.
Answer (C)


Q.2: Indian plate has travelled about - 5 - after first with meeting Eurasian plate :
(a) 500 km
(b) 1000 km
(C) 1500 km
(d) 2000 km
Answer (C)

Q. 3: According to the ‘Tetrahedral hypothesis’, the faces of the tetrahedron represent to
the :
(a) Oceans.
(b) Continents.
(c) Partly continent and partly oceans.
(d) Mountains.
Answer (a)

Q.4 : The Indian ocean formed due to :
(a) Westward drift of the Africa.
(b) Westward drift of the Asia.
(c) Equatorward drift of the Asia.
(d) Equatorward drift of the Australia.
Answer (C)

Q.5 : The main types of structural elements characterising the oceanic bottoms are :
(a) Mid-oceanic ridges, '
(b) Oceanic trenches.
(c) Transform faults.
(d) All the above.
Answer ( D)

Q. 6: Choose the odd one out :
(a) Oceans
(b) Seans
(c) Lakes
(d) Rivers.
Answer (D)

Q. 7 :What is average depth of the ocean :
(a) 4000 m
(b) 3729 m
(c) 3252 m
(d) 3065 m
Answer (B)


Q. 8 : The Indian and pacific oceans are separated by :
(a) Bering strait
(b) Cape agulhas
(c) Andman and nicobar island.
(d) Laccadive and Amindivi island.
Answer (C)

Q9 :What is the contribution of igneous rocks in formation of the lithosphere :
(a) 85%
(b) 90%
(c) 95%
(d) 99%
Answer (C)

10 : The bottom environment from the shore line to the deepest area in known as:
(a) Berm environment
(b) Benthic environment
(c) Fetch environment
(d) None of these.
Answer ( B )

Q.11 : The paleomangetism has extensive application in the problem of :
(a) Polar wondering
(b) Continental drift
(c) Pole reversals
(d) All of these.
Answer (D)

Q.12: The paleomagnetic study on the Deccan plateau-basalt shows that the average rate
movement with reference to India is about:
(a) 3 cm/year
(b) 7 cm/year
(c) 10 cm/year
(d) 12 cm/year
Answer ( B )

Q. 13 : The best rocks for paleomagnetic studies are :
(a) Ferruginous sedimentary rocks
(b) Magic igneous rocks
(c) Metamorphic rocks
(d) Both a and b.
Answer (D)

Q. 14 : One or two parallel garlands of the leading and trailing arcs with a narrow
intervening trough is called as :
(a) Mid oceanic ridge
(b) Island arc
(c) Circum-pacitlc belt
(d) Deep sea trench
Answer (B)


Q. 15 : The earth’s crust under the Island arc is of :
(a) Continental type
(b) Oceanic type
(c) Suboceanlc type
(d) All the above.
Answer (A )

Q. 16 : Geosynclinal areas are generally formed by :
(a) Island arcs
(b) Deeps
(c) Trenches
(d) All the above.
Answer (D)

Q. 17 : Deep-sea trenches are the major features of the :
(a) Indian ocean floor
(b) Atlantic ocean floor
(c) Arctic ocean tloor
(d) Pacitic ocean floor.
Answer (D)

Q. 18 : Mid-oceanic ridges are the basic features of the oceanic topography and
associated with :
(a) Volcanism
(b) Seismicity.
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Answer ( C)

Q. 19 : The mid-oceans ridges are related in origin to the:
(a) Longitudinal faults
(b) Transform faults
(c) Step faults
(d) Both a and b.
Answer ( D)

Q. 20 : Mid oceanic ridges are considered to have great heat flow because of :
(a) At the centre of mid-oceanic ridges magma is found. _
(b) Mid-oceanic ridges are associated with volcanoes.
(c) The rising convection currents are considered to be restricted to mid-oceanic ridges.
(d) The descending currents occur beneath them.
Answer ( C)

Q. 21: Coral reefs are :
(a) Inorganic deposits
(b) Sub-organic deposits
(c) Organic deposits
(d) All the above.
Answer (C)

Q. 22: Which statement is correct regarding formation of coral reefs :
(a) Coral reefs are formed only between 30° N and 30° S attitudes. _
(b) Clear water is necessary for the growth of corals
(c) The water must be shallow generally 150 ft.
(d) All statements are correct.
Answer (D)

Q. 23 : The Great Barrier Reef of the east west coast of Australia is an example of :
(a) Fringing reef
(b) Barrier reef
(c) Atolls
(d) Both a and b.
Answer (B)

Q. 24 : The Andaman Nicobar Island are characterised by :
(a) Varrier reefs
(b) Fringing reefs
(c) Atolls
(d) None of these.
Answer ( B )

Q. 25: Which one of the following best prqves that the earth is an oblate spheroid:
(a) A clock with a pendulum measures time correctly in Alahabad, when taken to Delhi the clock
loses a few minutes each day.
(b) A lead weight dropped into a mine shaft drilled perpendicularly to the spheroidal surface stnkes
the side of the shaft before hitting bottom.
(c) A lead weight dropped into a mine shaft drilled perpendicularly to the surface strikes the side of
the shah before hitting the bottom.
(d) A clock with a pendulum measures time correctly at manaus when taken 'to Montreal the clock
Losses a few minute each day.
Answer (a)

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