University : Mother Teresa Women’s University
Exam : TNSET – Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test 2017
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2017
Subject : Earth Sciences
Website : http://www.motherteresawomenuniv.ac.in/
Set E : https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/11750-EARTHSCIENCES.pdf
Set F : https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/11750-EARTHSCIENCESE.pdf
Set G : https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/11750-EarthSciencesG.pdf
Set H : https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/11750-EarthSciencesH.pdf
TNSET Earth Sciences Question Paper :
Note :
a. Attempt all the questions.
b. Each question carries two (2) marks.
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Earth Sciences Paper – I :
1. Which among the following constitute the moon’s crust
1) Andesite and Granite
2) Andesite and Basalt
3) Anorthosite and Basalt
4) Anorthosite and Granite
2. Within which spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, our Solar System is situated?
1) Orion arm
2) Perseus arm
3) Sagittarius arm
4) White arm
3. The Earth is nearest to the Sun during its orbital motion on
1) September 23
2) December 21
3) March 21
4) January 3
4. Kepler’s second law states that
1) The orbital radius of a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time
2) Gravitational force between two objects decreases as the distance squared
3) Planets move on elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus
4) Inner planets orbit in a different direction than outer ones
5. Which geologic period ended with the second largest extinction event in the Earth’s history?
1) Cambrian
2) Ordovician
3) Cretaceous
4) Permian
6. Which of the following radioactive isotopes has the shortest half-life?
1) Uranium-238
2) Rubidium-87
3) Potassium-40
4) Carbon-14
7. The Foraminifers belong to the Class
1) Sporozoa
2) Mastigophora
3) Flagelleta
4) Sarcodina
8. The rate of heat flow in areas of active volcanism is
1) 10 J (cm2 s)
2) 50 J (cm2 s)
3) 15 J (cm2 s)
4) 5 J (cm2 s)
9. What is the average density of crustal rocks above sea level?
1) 3.30 g/cm3
2) 2.67 g/cm3
3) 5.50 g/cm3
4) 4.56 g/cm3
10. The term “Isostasy” was coined by
1) Bradley
2) Newton
3) Dutton
4) Kepler
11. Which of the following mineral is harder than knife blade?
1) gypsum
2) calcite
3) fluorite
4) quartz
12. The dominant process of heat transport in the lithosphere is
1) advection
2) conduction
3) convection
4) radiation
13. The crystal system of Chlorite is
1) hexagonal
2) monoclinic
3) orthorhombic
4) tetragonal
14. Which of the following mineral cannot be used as abrasive?
1) garnet
2) corundum
3) quartz
4) gypsum
15. The age of the most bituminous coal seams of India is
1) Silurian
2) Miocene
3) Permain
4) Carboniferrous
16. Drainage pattern in which major streams are parallel and short tributaries join the main stream at nearly right angle is called
1) Dendritic
2) Trellis
3) Rectangular
4) Parallel
17. The concept of cycle of erosion was formulated by
1) J. Hutton
2) G.B Pratt
3) W.M Davis
4) Dutton
18. Amount of the sun’s energy that is absorbed by the earth’s surface, clouds, and atmosphere causes warming in percentage
1) 60
2) 65
3) 80
4) 70
19. Earth’s average albedo is about
1) 0.30
2) 0.45
3) 0.030
4) 0.20
20. Example of antecedent river is
1) Yamuna
2) Ganga
3) Brahmaputra
4) Godavari
Earth Sciences Paper – II :
Note : Attempt all the questions. Each question carries two (2) marks.
1. Kepler’s second law states that
1) The orbital radius of a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time
2) Gravitational force between two objects decreases as the distance squared
3) Planets move on elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus
4) Inner planets orbit in a different direction than outer ones
2. Which geologic period ended with the second largest extinction event in the Earth’s history?
1) Cambrian
2) Ordovician
3) Cretaceous
4) Permian
3. Which of the following radioactive isotopes has the shortest half-life?
1) Uranium-238
2) Rubidium-87
3) Potassium-40
4) Carbon-14
4. The Foraminifers belong to the Class
1) Sporozoa
2) Mastigophora
3) Flagelleta
4) Sarcodina
5. The crystal system of Chlorite is
1) hexagonal
2) monoclinic
3) orthorhombic
4) tetragonal
6. Which of the following mineral cannot be used as abrasive?
1) garnet
2) corundum
3) quartz
4) gypsum
7. The age of the most bituminous coal seams of India is
1) Silurian
2) Miocene
3) Permain
4) Carboniferrous
8. Drainage pattern in which major streams are parallel and short tributaries join the main stream at nearly right angle is called
1) Dendritic
2) Trellis
3) Rectangular
4) Parallel
9. The concept of cycle of erosion was formulated by
1) J. Hutton
2) G.B Pratt
3) W.M Davis
4) Dutton
10. Find the correct match
i) Aquifer – e) clay lenses in sand
ii) Aquiclude – f) sandstone
iii) Aqitard – g) basalt
iv) Aquifuge – h) shale
1) i) – h), ii) – g), iii) – f), iv) – e) ;
2) i) – f), ii) – h), iii) – g), iv) – e) ;
3) i) – f), ii) – g), iii) – e), iv) – h) ;
4) i) – f), ii) – h), iii) – e), iv) – g) ;
11. Any change in natural ecosystem is counterbalanced by responses of the system to change is
1) homeostatic
2) ecobalance
3) lumbering
4) Jhuming
12. The term dead lakes refers to
1) dried lake
2) salty water
3) no biota
4) encroached
13. Cupola like elevations above salt plugs is a
1) Oil trap in anticline
2) Near –fault oil traps
3) Stratigraphic trap
4) Envelope structure
14. Shuttle radar Topographic mission was meant to generate
1) map of drought prone area
2) digital elevation model
3) forest cover map
4) cloud cover map
15. Which is the largest sea in the World
1) Arabian Sea
2) Bay of Bengal
3) South China Sea
4) Black sea
16. Hawaiian islands are located in
1) Indian Ocean
2) Atlantic Ocean
3) North Pacific Ocean
4) Red Sea
17. Movement of Air through troposphere of atmosphere on a large scale is known as
1) Infrared circulation
2) Radioactive circulation
3) Sound circulation
4) Atmospheric circulation
18. Atmospheric density decreases with the
1) Increase in longitude
2) Decrease in altitude
3) Increase in altitude
4) Increase in latitude
19. Which one of the following is not a relief features of ocean floor?
1) seamount
2) guyots
3) atoll
4) beach
20. Which is the highest lake above the sea level in the world?
1) lake superior
2) lake panchpokhari
3) lake Titicaca
4) lake Tsomoriri
21. The most accurately known physical parameter in the deep Earth is
1) Density
2) Elastic moduli
3) Seismic wave velocity
4) Gravity
22. Which one of the following layers of the Earth has the largest volume?
1) Upper Mantle
2) Outer core
3) Lower Mantle
4) Inner Core
23. The minimum number of seismic stations needed to locate an earthquake is
1) 8
2) 2
3) 3
4) 1
24. The Richter scale is used to determine the
1) Intensity of earthquakes
2) Magnitude of earthquakes
3) Damage from earthquakes
4) Number of casualties in an earthquake
25. The plate boundary at western Pacific Ocean is
1) Consuming plate
2) Divergent plate
3) Accreting plate
4) Convergent plate
26. Plates are essentially –––––––––– regions of the Earth
1) Inert / aseismic
2) Active / mobile
3) Oldest / tectonic
4) Recent / active
27. Which among the following constitute the moon’s crust
1) Andesite and Granite
2) Andesite and Basalt
3) Anorthosite and Basalt
4) Anorthosite and Granite
28. Within which spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, our Solar System is situated?
1) Orion arm
2) Perseus arm
3) Sagittarius arm
4) White arm
29. The Earth is nearest to the Sun during its orbital motion on
1) September 23
2) December 21
3) March 21
4) January 3
30. The rate of heat flow in areas of active volcanism is
1) 10 J (cm2 s)
2) 50 J (cm2 s)
3) 15 J (cm2 s)
4) 5 J (cm2 s)