AUG - 35211/II

Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

Paper II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question
carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.

1. ........................ is a plutonic igneous 3. The singhbhum mobile belt is

body that has an areal extent
delimited by the copper belt thrust
greater than 100 km 2 and was
zone in the south and the ..................
originally thought to extend to
considerable depth. on the north.

(A) Plug (A) Chotanagpur granite-gneiss

(B) Batholith
(B) Sukinda thrust
(C) Lopolith
(C) Great boundary fault
(D) Laccolith
(D) Singhbhum granite
2. Which of the following is not true
of REEs ? 4. An overdraft of groundwater causes
(A) Most of the REEs from stable ......................... of ground surface
3+ ions of same size over the depleted aquifer constituted
(B) REEs with even atomic of unconsolidated or poorly
numbers are less stable than
consolidated sediments.
those with odd atomic numbers
(A) Sinking
(C) REEs with even atomic nos. are
more abundant than those with (B) Rupture
odd atomic numbers
(C) Depression
(D) Ce and Eu exist in other than
3+ oxidation state (D) Subsidence or sagging

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5. Slow downslope movement of the 7. Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) in

slope forming material is known the Archaean greenstone belts are

as : best witness for :

(A) Creep
(A) Archaean sedimentary basin

(B) Flow development

(C) Topple
(B) Shift from anoxic to oxygenated

(D) Slide environments

6. One of the following properties is not (C) Archaean tectonics

applicable to braided rivers :

(D) Archaean weathering processes

(A) Bedload to total load is high

8. The true distribution of mass inside

(B) Suspended load to total load is

the earth is expressed by :
high
(A) Gravity Anomaly
(C) The bedload is dominated by
(B) Density
silt and clay

(C) Topography
(D) The bedload to suspended load

ratio is less than 1 (D) Geoid

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9. Functions of a compass, clinometer 12. A dam composed of a single concrete

and hand level are combined
wall curved in plan with its convex
in which of the following
face upstream, and where the parts
instruments ?
of the water load is transmitted to
(A) Clinometer
the adjacent rock abutments is
(B) Altimeter
called :
(C) Hand held GPS

(D) Brunton Compass (A) Buttress dam

10. A thrust is a : (B) Gravity dam

(A) Low-angle reverse fault

(C) Arch dam
(B) Normal fault
(D) Penstocks
(C) Wrench fault
13. Chambers are arranged in a
(D) Transform fault
...................... fashion as in the genus
11. Mangrove forests fall in one of

the following coastal regulation spiroloculina.

zones (CRZs) :
(A) Triloculine
(A) CRZ-I
(B) Spiroloculine
(B) CRZ-II
(C) Biserial
(C) CRZ-III

(D) CRZ-IV (D) Triserial

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14. Snow ball garnet is a good 16. Glaucophane-Lawsonite association

...................... indicator. is the characteristic of :

(A) Pre-tectonic (A) Blueschist facies

(B) Post-tectonic (B) Amphibolite facies

(C) Syntectonic (C) Hornfels facies

(D) Eclogite facies

(D) Inter-tectonic
17. SiO2 and Al2O3 in shale constitute
15. Indicate the correct heavy mineral
nearly .......................... respectively.
assemblages of the major source

rocks : (A) 58.10% and 15.40%

(B) 45.2% and 10.3%

(A) Fluorite, garnet, muscovite,

monazite, topaz, kyanite (C) 10.3% and 26.4%

Granite pegmatite (D) 14.6% and 10.3%

(B) Rounded grain common, barite, 18. The ratio of quartz to the relatively
rutile, hematite, olivine unstable components, feldspar and

Basalt rock fragments is used as an

indicator of :
(C) Augite, diopside, hypersthene,

chromite, olivine, quartz (A) Petrographic criteria

Basic Igneous rock (B) Mineralogical maturity of

sandstone
(D) Andalusite, garnet, staurolite,

zoisite, epidote, kyanite, (C) Source of the minerals

sillimanite Metamorphic rock (D) Diagenetic process of sandstone

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19. Metaluminous granites in which 21. Moving objects on the rotating

the mole proportions of Al2O3/(K2O

Earth experience additional
+ Na2O + CaO) < 1 appear to have
accelerations related to the velocity
formed from the melting of mafic
at which they are moving is
igneous rocks and may even involve
explained by :
a mantle derived component are

designated as : (A) Geoid acceleration

(A) S-type granites (B) Nutation

(B) A-type granites (C) Angular drift

(C) M-type granites

(D) Coriolis effect

(D) I-type granites

22. The region of overlap between the
20. In the seismic body waves, the
epivalve and hypovalve of a frustule
surface in which all particles vibrate
is called :
with the same phase is called :
(A) Polar nodule
(A) Wave front

(B) Epivalve
(B) Wave length

(C) Attenuation surface (C) Raphe

(D) Rayleigh surface (D) Girdle

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23. The earliest member of our own 25. Aseismic or passive margins are
genus Homo is Homo habilis, which
also called as ..................... continental
lived ...................... million years ago.
margins.
(A) 2.0 to 3.0
(A) Atlantic type
(B) 1.6 to 1.8

(C) 0.8 to 1.0 (B) Pacific type

(D) 2.5 to 1.6 (C) Mariana type

24. Arrange the following flood basalt

(D) Chilean type
provinces in the right chronological

order (oldest to youngest) : 26. A zone in the Earth extending

(a) Deccan Basalt Province from depths of approximately 70 to

(b) Siberian Traps 250 km in which shear-wave

(c) Parana Province velocities markedly decrease; this

(d) Columbia River Basalt zone is known as the :

(A) a b c d (A) D"

(B) b c a d
(B) Mohorovicic discontinuity
(C) d a b c
(C) Low-velocity layer
(D) d c b a
(D) Brittle-ductile transition

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27. The following is the correct 29. The modified mercalli scale used in

stratigraphic order for the expressing intensity of Earthquake

Paleozoic Tethyan sequence in the

varies between :

Spiti basin :
(A) 1 and +1

(A) HaimantaVaikritaLilang
(B) 0 and 10
(B) VaikritaHaimantaLilang
(C) 1 and 12
(C) LilangKulingHaimanta
(D) 10 and +10
(D) HaimantaLilangKuling
30. Stream that does not exhibit any
28. The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary
control of the underlying bed rock
in the Kachchh basin is represented
structures is known as :
by :

(A) Subsequent stream

(A) Katrol-Umia F.

(B) Consequent stream

(B) Pachcham-Chari F.

(C) Insequent stream

(C) Chari-Katrol F.

(D) Katrol-Chari F. (D) Obsequent stream

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31. One of the following drainage 33. Soils containing large amount of

patterns is generally associated with

clay which shrink upon drying
folded sedimentary rocks :
and swell with addition of water
(A) Dendritic
belongs to one of the following world
(B) Trellis
soil orders :
(C) Rectangular
(A) Oxisols
(D) Barbed

32. BOD represents the activity of (B) Spodosols

dissolved oxygen :
(C) Ultisols

(A) Required during oxidation of

(D) Vertisols
decomposable organic matter

34. One of the following is not a

(B) Released during reduction of

non-decomposable organic mechanical weathering process :

matter
(A) Frost wedging

(C) Released during chemical

(B) Hydration
reaction

(C) Salt Crystal Growth

(D) Absorbed during decomposition

of non-organic matter (D) Unloading

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35. Rock bursts during tunnel 37. During winter, the northern regions

excavations is an evidence of : of India receive precipitation due

to :
(A) Pressure relief

(A) Tropical Cyclones

(B) Temperature relief

(B) Western Disturbances

(C) Microseismicity
(C) Mid Tropospheric Cyclones
(D) Faulting
(D) Easterly Waves

36. The region of India which receives

38. As per Koppens climatic
enhanced rainfall during break
classification, the tropical regions

monsoon is :
are designated as :

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(A) Region C

(B) Tamil Nadu (B) Region A

(C) Rajasthan (C) Region F

(D) Orissa (D) Region E

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39. A piezometric surface is found 41. The mass difference between any

in : two pairs of radiogenic isotopes is :

(A) too big

(A) Unconfined aquifer

(B) too small

(B) Confined aquifer

(C) no mass difference

(C) Perched aquifer

(D) mass changes

(D) Leaky aquifer

42. Which of the following group of

40. Excessive rain within a short period
elements is known as alkaline

is called :
earth ?

(A) Thunder burst

(A) Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra

(B) Cloud burst

(B) Na, K, Al, Rb, Si and Th

(C) Cloud fall (C) Mn, Fe, Cu, B, Br and I

(D) Flash flood (D) Co, Zr, Y, La, Ce and Nd

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45. Pratt and Airys models of isostasy

43. Sukinda Complex is famous for :
had serious deficiencies for regional

(A) Cu-Zn deposits compensation as the equalization is

made by :
(B) Diamond
(A) Vertical columns under

(C) Chromite topographic load

(B) Vertical columns of density

(D) Gold
(C) Mantle substratum

44. The only working gold mine in

(D) Crustal Roots

India is : 46. Material in which magnetization

develops in the opposite direction to

(A) Kolar Gold Field
the applied field is called :

(B) Hutti Gold Mine (A) Diamagnetic

(B) Paramagnetic
(C) Ajjanahalli Gold Mine
(C) Ferromagnetic

(D) G.R. Halli Gold Mine

(D) Antiferromagnetic

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47. Identify the uniaxial (+ve) mineral 49. Which of the following is not a type

from those listed below : of resolution that is important in

image analysis ?
(A) Quartz

(A) Spatial
(B) Calcite

(B) Spectral
(C) Chlorite
(C) Temporal

(D) Olivine
(D) Parallax

48. The magnesium rich variety of

50. Which of the following is the best

olivine is called :
measure of central tendency ?

(A) Larnite
(A) Mean

(B) Tephroite
(B) Mode

(C) Fayalite (C) Standard Deviation

(D) Forsterite (D) Range

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ROUGH WORK

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ROUGH WORK

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