Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Cusplike corrugations that form at the contact between units of different competencies in a deformed multilayered are called...
A)
Mullions
B)
Boudins
C)
Crenulation hinges
D)
Intersection hinges
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Intersection hinges' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The Upper Condwana rocks formed under dry and hotter climate and are characterised by the presence of ......
A)
Glossopteris flora
B)
Ptilophyllum flora
C)
Gondwanidium validum
D)
Buriadia heterophylla
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Glossopteris flora' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Strain in which the incremental strain axes remain parallel to the finite strain axes during progressive strain is ....
A)
Heterogeneous strain
B)
Homogeneous strain
C)
Coaxial strain
D)
Incremental strain
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Incremental strain' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The continents are composed of a patchwork of crustal blocks that combined into geologic collages known as ...
A)
Terranes
B)
Orogen
C)
Accretionary
D)
Orogenic collapse
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Accretionary' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The smallest facies units of depositional sequences and range in thickness from about 10 to 100m.
A)
Concordance
B)
Parasequences
C)
Toplap
D)
Onlap
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Parasequences' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The slice of oceanic crust that was thrust over continental crust during collisional orogeny, and thus exposed on dry land is called ..
A)
Asthenosphere
B)
Ophiolite
C)
Xenoliths
D)
Migmatite
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Migmatite' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Which anomaly, is defined as the Bouguer anomaly minus the gravity anomaly of the subsurface compensation.
A)
Seismic anomaly
B)
Isostatic anomaly
C)
Electric anomaly
D)
Velocity anomaly
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Electric anomaly' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Transpressional boundaries and Transtensional boundaries are the components of
A)
Divergent plate boundaries
B)
Convergent plate boundaries
C)
Transform plate boundaries
D)
Diffuse plate boundaries
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Transform plate boundaries' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Oldest mountain ranges in India is..
A)
Himalayas
B)
Vindhya range
C)
Satpura range
D)
Aravalli range
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Himalayas' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
In geological time unit of ages, and the chronostratigraphic equivalent is called ..
A)
Series
B)
Group
C)
Stage
D)
System
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Series' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The only molluscs able to swim for a sustained period is..
A)
Gastropoda
B)
Cephalopods
C)
Scaphopods
D)
Rostroconchia
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Scaphopods' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Plants fossils found in the Lower Gondwana is called ....
A)
Ptilophyllum
B)
Lycopodiites
C)
Dicynodon
D)
Glossopteris
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Lycopodiites' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
How types of convergent plate boundaries are recognized...
A)
Three types
B)
Four types
C)
Five types
D)
None of these
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Five types' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The vector component parallel to the plane is called ....
A)
Stress tensor
B)
Principal stress
C)
Normal stress
D)
Shear stress
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Principal stress' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The horizontal angle measured clockwise from true north is called ..
A)
Plunge
B)
Azimuth
C)
Trend
D)
Inclination
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Plunge' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The process of inheritance was first outlined over a century ago by ...
A)
Sir Ian Wilmut
B)
Gregor Mendel
C)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
D)
Charles Darwin
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Charles Darwin' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
In measuring of True Dip and Apparent Dip in line of plane, Apparent dip is
A)
same with True dip
B)
always more than True dip
C)
always less than True dip
D)
perpendicular to True dip
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'perpendicular to True dip' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The species or other taxa which appear to become extinct at one interval, but reappear at a much later date and clearly demonstrate gaps in our knowledge from imperfections in the fossil record is called ..
A)
Taxonomy
B)
Type specimens
C)
Lazarus taxa
D)
Cladism
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Lazarus taxa' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Multispectral remote sensing refers to the measurement of the reflected spectrum ranging..
A)
100 - 20000 nm
B)
200 - 25000 nm
C)
300 - 30000 nm
D)
400 - 35000 nm
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is '300 - 30000 nm' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Any two planes tangent to a folded surface intersect in a line that is parallel to the fold axis. Such a line is called a ....
A)
beta axis
B)
pi axis
C)
vertical axis
D)
horizontal axis
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'vertical axis' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The term facies was introduced into the geological literature by ..... in 1669
A)
Charles Lyell
B)
Alfred Wenger
C)
James Hutton
D)
Nicolas Steno
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'James Hutton' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The Palaeoecology are divided into two branch viz, palaeosynecology and .......
A)
palaeoecosystem
B)
palaeoautecology
C)
palaeobiotic
D)
palaeopedology
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'palaeopedology' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Faults that have a steep dip close to the Earth’s surface and have a shallow dip at depth is..
A)
Vertical faults
B)
Listric faults
C)
Horizontal faults
D)
Strike-slip fault
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Horizontal faults' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The second major upheaval (impulse) of the Himalaya took place during ....
A)
Late Miocene
B)
Late Oligocene
C)
Late Eocene
D)
Late Palaeocene
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Late Eocene' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
In the processes of fossillization, actual soft-part preservation are rapid burial associated with a high sedimentation rate associated with the conditions of ..
A)
anaerobic
B)
aerobic
C)
authigenesis
D)
diagenesis
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'aerobic' (Option B).
