A-IGQ-0-JHA e GEOLOGY Paper I Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 260 INSTRUCTIONS Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting the questions : Candidates should attempt SIX questions in ALL including Question No. 1, which is compulsory, from Part I, and attempt ONE question each from Sections A, B. 2, D and E from Part Il. The number of merks carried by each question is indicated against each. Answers must be written only in ENGL'SH. Symbols and abbreviations are as usuas. Neat sketches are to be drawn to iliustrate answers, wherever required. All parts and sub-parts of a question >eing attempted are to be completed before moving on to the next question. AIGQ-O-JHA 1 {Contd.]| Sl 1. Describe the following in abcut 100 words each, with e brief sketches, wherever necessa-y : 10x5=50 a) Weathering Index (b) Vertical exaggeration in 2e-ial photographs (c) Harmoric folds (a) Types of tectonites (e) River ter-aces (Active continental margin (g) Retrograde evolution (bh) Krol formation (i) Fossil record of vertebrates in Upper Siwalik i) Ecology of Radiolaria ’ A-1GQ-O-JHA 2 [Contd.] { {PART I SECTION A e 2 (a) Give a detailed account of morphometric analysis of drainage basins and explain its significance. 15 (b) What do you understand >y Digital Image Processing (DIP) ? Des:ribe its application in mine-al exploration. 15 3. Write no-es on each of the following 5x6=30 (a) Glacial erosion and associatec landforms (b) Landforms associated with mature and old stege of a river (©) Spelecthems and their ut:lity (d) Geostationary end Polar crbiti:g satellites (e) Use of Digital Elevaticn Model (DEM) in lani-use planning A-IGQ-O-JHA 3 [Contd]SECTION B 4, (a) Usirg neat sketches, d:scuss the mecharism of e@ emp-acement >f igneous intrusions Add a note on their economic signif cance. 15 (b) Give a detailed account of the measurement of strain in deformed rocss. Br.efy write the significance of such measaremer.ts 15 5. Write noves on each of the follow.ng : 5x6=30 (a) Formation of Daplex structure (b) Superposed folding (©) Brittle ~ ductile deformation of the lithosphere (d) Landforms associated with faults (e) Stress regime during formtion of Boudinaze A-IGQ-O-JHA 4 [Contd]SECTION C How do the earthquakes help us in unde-standing the internal structure of the Earth ? dE (b) Describe the driving mechanism fo- lithospaeric plate motion, asing suiteble illustrations. iE 7. Write notes on each of the following : B=30 (a) Palaeomagnetism (b) Submarine Vcleanism aad its geolcgical impact (©) Caaracteristic features cf Island Are (d) Pall-apart basins (e) Geophysical anomalies ia mid-oceanic ridges A-IGQ-O-JHA 5 [Contd.](b) SECTION D Name the Cretaceous basins of the weste-n coast of India and describe their salient features. id Using the features A ~ H anc m ~ q in the given geological cross-section, deseribe the sequeace of geological events. 15 9. Write notes on each of the following : 6x5=30 (a) Ariyalur Formation (b) Permo-Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Kashmir (©) Holocene climatic changes (4) Ophiolites cf the Himalaya (e) Banded Gneissic Complex ( — Lameta Formation AIGQ-0-JHA 6 [Contd.]@ 10. (a) SECTION E Disecss the use o> Foraminifera in biostratigraphy. 15 (b) D:scuss the concept “Oat:geny recapitulates phylogeny” in case of Amman idea. 15 11. Write nctes on / Answer each of the following : 6xE=30 (a) Biostratigraph:c classificat'on of Gondwana Supersroup based on flora. records. (b) Discuss the evolutionary trend of reptiles ducing the Mesozoic and Tertiary. Add notes on the role of plate tectonics 01 (©) Enmmerate the various facters which he'p in the intercontinental migrati:n of animals and plaats. (d) Mention the characteristic fe:tures of placental mammals. (c) What is iterative evolution ? Give exarples from Cephalopods. (f) Evolutionary trend in Apical dise of Palaeczoic echinoids. A-IGQ-O-JHA 7