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Common Entrance Examination for Admission to P.G. Courses under CSS 2009

GEOLOGY

Time: 2 Hours

Max. Marks: 100

Instruction Questions under all Parts are to be answered in the booklet itself.
To be filled in by the candidate Register Number
In figures In words

Time: 1 Hour

Marks: 50

PART I Answer all questions choosing the most appropriate answer. No negative marks : 1. Powder colour of the mineral is called a) Streak b) Luster c) Tarnish d) Pleochroism 2. Mineral with six directional cleavages a) Beryl b) Galena c) Sphalerite d) Fluorite 3. The device used to measure the Birefringence of the mineral a) Bereck Compensator b) Quartz Wedge c) Gypsum Plate d) Bertrand Lens 4. Which one of the following is an ortho-pyroxene ? a) Hypersthene b) Augite c) Diopside d) Acmite
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5. An over turned fold with horizontal axial plane a) Conjugate fold b) Recumbent fold c) Fan fold d) Chevron fold 6. Rubellite is a verity of a) Tourmaline c) Beryl b) Ruby d) Rutile

7. Mineral with maximum extinction angle in oriented thin section a) Hornblende c) Augite b) Diopside d) Agate

8. Peritectic temperature of Olivine-Pyroxene conversion is at a) 1553C c) 1889C b) 1557C d) 1274C

9. The volcanic equivalent Nepheline Syenite is a) Trachyte c) Phonolite b) Andesite d) Nephelinite

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b) Limburgite d) Commendite

b) Arkose d) Ganister

b) Marl d) Caliche

13. Nematoblastic texture is characteristic of a) Amphibolite c) Carbonotite b) Basalt d) Dolerite

14. The intergrowth texture produced between Quartz and Sodic plagioclase is a) Symplectitic c) Myrmekitic b) Eutaxitic d) Perthitic

15. A rock found in subduction zone with Almandine and Omphacite a) Ophiolite c) Eclogite b) Spilite d) Melanche

16. Which one of the following fossils is bivalved, equivalved and inequilateral ? a) Turritella c) Terebratula b) Turrilites d) Trigonia

17. Which one of the following is not related to oil fields of Assam ? a) Digboi c) Moran b) Lakwa d) Ankaleswar

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b) Molybdenite d) Gaphite

19. Pick out the copper ore mineral that do not occur as supergene enrichment a) Chalcopyrite b) Bornite c) Chalcocite d) Cuprite 20. Example of iron ore deposit formed by early-magmatic injection a) Bendigo-Australia b) Sudbury-Canada c) Kiruna-Sweden d) Singbhum-India 21. The Earths seismic shadow zone is falling between a) 103 and 143 c) 103 and 134 b) 103 and 144 d) 103 and 133

22. Stratigraphically a non marine formation a) Karewa formation c) Uttathur formation 23. The primitive cephalopod a) Ammonites c) Ceratite 24. Quartz bearing syenite is called a) Nordmarkite c) Larvikite 25. Leucotonalite is called a) Trondhjemite c) Charnockite b) Adamellite d) Enderbite b) Pulaskite d) Shonkinite b) Belemnites d) Desmocerus b) Umaria bed d) Valudavur bed

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27. Arrange the following fossils according to their age from older to younger : (I) Pliopithecus (II) Monograptus (III) Pardoxides (IV) Ceratites a) I, II, III, IV b) III, IV, II, I c) III, II, IV, I d) I, IV, II, III 28. Water intertrapped in sediments during their deposition is called a) Connate c) Meteoric b) Juvenile d) Spring

29. The lower and middle Triassic deposits were dominated by ammonoids of a) Goniatite suture c) Nautiloid suture 30. Pardoxides is an example of a) Protoparian c) Opisthoparian b) Hypoparian d) Proparian b) Ceratite suture d) Ammonitic suture

31. The Ordovician is known as the age of a) Brachiopods b) Dinosaurs c) Fishes d) Graptolites 32. Which of the following is not of marine habitat ? a) Pelecypods c) Crinoids b) Cephalopods d) Brachiopods

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33. Joints which are parallel to the axial planes of folds are described as a) Extension Joints c) Cross Joints b) Release Joints d) Columnar Joints

34. A reverse fault dipping less than 45 is known as a) Overthurst c) Upthurst 35. Pahoehoe is a type of a) Ropy Lava c) Migma 36. Pyroxene is a a) Single Chain Silicate c) Sheet Silicate b) Double Chain Silicate d) Orthosilicate b) Blocky Lava d) Magma b) Underthurst d) Thurst

37. Pick out the Lead Carbonate from the following ores a) Galena c) Anglesite b) Cerussite d) Smithsonite

38. Among the following, which mineral has highest specific gravity ? a) Baryte c) Cinnabar b) Chromite d) Galena

39. The mineral epidote is formed due to the process of a) Serpentinisation b) Saussuritisation c) Sericitisation d) Kaolinisation 40. The line joining the points of equal atmospheric pressure is called a) Isohyets b) Isobars c) Isotherms d) Isochron

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41. Fossils of Dinosaurian excreta are called a) Coprolites b) Oolites c) Guano d) Diatom 42. Hornfelsic rocks are characteristically formed due to a) Regional Metamorphism b) Contact metamorphism c) Cataclastic Metamorphism d) Plutonic metamorphism 43. Gold deposit of Bendigo in Australia is an example of a) Stock Work c) Saddle Reef b) Ladder Vein d) Box Work

44. The device used to measure the hardness of a mineral is called a) Sclerometer b) Goniometer c) Clinometer d) Pedometer 45. Swallow-tail twinning is characteristic of a) Gypsum b) Rutile c) Staurolite d) Magnetite 46. Pick out the twinning law that is not shown by Quartz a) Brazillion law b) Dauphine law c) Japanese law d) Pericline law 47. Which one of the following crystal forms has (hll) symbol ? a) Trisoctahedron b) Trapezohedron c) Tetrahexahedron d) Hexoctahedron

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49. Which of the following is not a mantle rock ? a) Lherzolite b) Peridotite c) Chondrite d) Eclogite 50. Plagioclase crystals are exhibiting a) Dimorphism b) Polymorphism c) Isomorphism d) Pseudomorphism

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ANSWER SHEET PART I

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GEOLOGY Time: 1 Hour Marks: 50

PART II Answer any ten questions in the space provided. All questions carry equal marks. (10 5=50 Marks) I. Explain Nebular hypothesis. II. List the causes and evidences of sea level changes. III. Outline the global distribution of Volcanoes and Earthquakes. IV. Give the axial characters and symmetry elements of normal class of cubic system. V. Distinguish between Pyroxenes and Amphiboles. VI. State Brewsters Law and explain double refraction. VII. Write the stratigraphic succession of Cuddapah System. VIII. Sketch and lable the parts of Murex and Arca. IX. How do you recognize folds in the field and on a map ? X. Differentiate the faults from unconformities. XI. What are Gossans ? How are they used in mineral explorations ? XII. Bring out the conditions prevailing during Eutectic and Peritectic crystallization. XIII. Enlist the various bases considered during the classification of igneous rocks ? XIV. Briefly write the Mineralogy and Texture of Arkose and Phyllite. XV. Comment up on the mineral wealth of Kerala.

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