Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A region where the rocks of that age occur that could act as a reference for other occurrences of similar rocks is called ..
A)
Index rocks
B)
Type area
C)
Marker area
D)
Indicator rocks
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Index rocks' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A subtle roughness on the surface of some joints that macroscopically resembles the imprint of a feather is..
A)
Plumose structure
B)
Twist hackle
C)
Systematic joints
D)
Mist region
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Twist hackle' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Who proposed a process known as seafloor spreading
A)
George Lemaitre
B)
Alfred Wegener
C)
Robert S. Dietz
D)
Harry Hess
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Robert S. Dietz' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
In the study of paleoclimatology, aluminum and iron oxides (Bauxite and laterite) only form in the environment of a
A)
Strongly oxidizing
B)
Strongly reducing
C)
Deep water
D)
Arid zone
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Arid zone' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Tectonic fabrics are named according to the shape and organization of the fabric elements, those showing a pronounced planar fabric are called...
A)
L-tectonites
B)
S-tectonites
C)
LS-tectonites
D)
SL-tectonites
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'S-tectonites' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The vise created when two continents converge may cause blocks of crust caught between the colliding masses to be squeezed laterally out of the zone of collision, a process called ...
A)
Lateral escape
B)
Lateral ramps
C)
Oblique collision
D)
Oblique convergence
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Oblique convergence' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Folds of smaller wavelength and amplitude which usually occurs in a systematic form superimposed on folds of larger wavelength is called ...
A)
Passive folding
B)
Flexural folding
C)
Parasitic folds
D)
Chevron folds
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Passive folding' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The existence of Late Proterozoic supercontinent Rodinia is proved with help of ...
A)
Plants Fossil
B)
Animals Fossil
C)
Sonar test
D)
Paleomagnetic test
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Paleomagnetic test' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
In a convergent plate margin, a sediment-filled depression that forms between the accretionary prism and the volcanic arc is called..
A)
Arc-trench gap
B)
Retroarc basin
C)
Backarc basin
D)
Forearc basin
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Retroarc basin' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A supercontinents have formed, broken up and formed up at roughly with the intervals of
A)
200 my
B)
500 my
C)
700 my
D)
900 my
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is '900 my' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The most common ichnogenera of the Skolithos ichnofacies are Skolithos, Ophiomorpha, Arenicolites, and .....
A)
Diplocraterion
B)
Thalassinoides
C)
Cruziana
D)
Psilonichnus
Based on established principles in Geology & Mining, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Diplocraterion' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Recrystallization occurring under isotropic stress conditions or when the differential stress is removed is called ...
A)
Rotation recrystallization
B)
Static recrystallization
C)
Dynamic recrystallization
D)
Migration recrystallization
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Dynamic recrystallization' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A fault that dies out in the subsurface, and thus does not intersect the ground surface, is called a...
A)
blind fault
B)
exhumed fault
C)
emergent fault
D)
fault gouge
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'fault gouge' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The Black smokers form at temperatures about
A)
200 degree
B)
250 degree
C)
300 degree
D)
350 degree
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is '200 degree' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The sole thrust, which separates the entire stack of thrust nappes from a less deformed or undeformed basement, is also called...
A)
decollement
B)
thrust nappe
C)
duplex structure
D)
fault propagation
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'thrust nappe' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Point of maximum curvature on a folded surface is called...
A)
Inflection point
B)
Axial plane
C)
Hinge point
D)
Anticline
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Anticline' (Option D).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The Chronotratigraphical Units boundary is defined by Internatinal agreement at specific localities on Earth’s crust called...
A)
Stratotype
B)
Stratigraphic type
C)
Correlating succession
D)
Beds
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Correlating succession' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A diapirs exposed or very shallow diapirs that rise continually at a rate that more or less keeps pace with sedimentationis called ...
A)
Active diapirism
B)
Passive diapirism
C)
Reactive diapirism
D)
Teardrop diapirs
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Reactive diapirism' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A Collision of the Indian continent with Central Asia occurred in the ......
A)
Early Tertiary
B)
Late Tertiary
C)
Early Cretaceous
D)
Late Cretaceous
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Early Tertiary' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
A secondary fabric element, formed under low-temperature conditions, that imparts to the rock a tendency to split along planes is called ...
A)
Fabric
B)
Foliation
C)
Cleavage
D)
Gneissosity
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Fabric' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The activity of plastic deformation mechanisms below this brittle-plastic transition yields a fine-grained and foliated fault-zone rock, called ..
A)
slickenlines
B)
slickolites
C)
cataclasite
D)
mylonite
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'cataclasite' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Stress study in Geology, Sign conventions of Compressive normal forces are always ...
A)
Positive
B)
Negative
C)
Zero
D)
None of these
Based on established principles in Civil Engineering, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Negative' (Option B).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Nonstratiform bodies of rock are called ..
A)
Stratiform units
B)
Strata-bound units
C)
Podiform units
D)
Lithodemic units
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Podiform units' (Option C).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
The movement of a shoreline in a landward direction is refers as
A)
Transgression
B)
Regression
C)
Accomodation
D)
Progradation
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Transgression' (Option A).
Geologist Junior • Geology Paper-I
Which seismic waves can travel through both the outer core and the inner core ?
A)
S-waves
B)
P-waves
C)
Shear waves
D)
None of these
Based on established principles in the relevant subject area, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'None of these' (Option D).
