State Eligibility Test Geology Question Paper 2017 : lbscentre.info
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Subject : Geology
Year : 2017 Feb
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1. What is the mean density of the continental crust?
A) 2.5 g/cc
B) 2.7 g/cc
C) 3.1 g/cc
D) 3.3 g/cc
2. Which phase is inferred to be typically occurring in the D-layer just above the coremantle boundary?
A) Diamond
B) Stishovite
C) Perovskite
D) Post-perovskite
3. What type of feature is the ‘Allah Bund’ of Gujarat?
A) Fault scarp
B) Fault-line scarp
C) Triangular facet
D) Alluvial fan
4. Which of the following is the correct arrangement in the increasing geologic age?
A) Burdigalian – Danian – Turonian – Cenomanian – Albian
B) Turonian – Cenomanian – Albian – Burdigalian – Danian
C) Danian – Burdigalian – Turonian – Cenomanian – Albian
D) Albian – Burdigalian – Danian – Turonian – Cenomanian
5. What is the age of the Gorur gneiss?
A) 2.8 – 3.0 Ga
B) 3.0 – 3.2 Ga
C) 3.2 – 3.3 Ga
D) 3.4 – 3.5 Ga
6. Which is the predominant rock unit in the Sargur Schist Belt?
A) Amphibolites
B) Ultramafic rocks
C) Metapelites
D) Banded Iron formations
7. Which sediments are exposed along the Pranhita-Godavari Basin?
A) Paleozoic and Mesozoic
B) Mesozoic and Cenozoic
C) Proterozoic to Cenozoic
D) Gondwana and Mesozoic
8. What is the age of the sediments in the Sabari Basin?
A) Paleozoic
B) Proterozoic
C) Gondwana
D) Mesozoic
9. Which is the correct arrangement of the quartzites of the Cuddapah Supergroup in the order of decreasing age ?
A) Pulivendla – Gulcheru – Nagari – Bairenkonda – Srisailam
B) Nagari – Bairenkonda – Gulcheru – Pulivendla – Srisailam
C) Gulcheru – Pulivendla – Bairenkonda – Nagari – Srisailam
D) Gulcheru – Pulivendla – Nagari – Bairenkonda – Srisailam
10. Match the following earthquakes with their magnitudes
A) 1-a; 2-b; 3-c; 4-d; 5-e
B) 1-e; 2-d ; 3-c; 4-b; 5-a
C) 1-c; 2-b; 3-a; 4-d; 5-e
D) 1-c; 2-a; 3-b; 4-d; 5-e
11. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of formations of the Gondwana succession in the order of increasing geological age?
A) Panchet – Karharbari – Raniganj – Barren Measures – Barakar
B) Barren Measures – Barakar – Karharbari – Panchet – Raniganj
C) Panchet – Raniganj – Barren Measures – Barakar – Karharbari
D) Raniganj – Barren Measures – Barakar – Panchet – Karharbari
12. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of fossils in the order of increasing body size?
A) Globigerina – Nautilus – Physa – Trachodon – Stegodon
B) Physa – Globigerina – Nautilus – Trachodon – Stegodon
C) Globigerina – Physa – Nautilus – Trachodon – Stegodon
D) Globigerina – Physa – Nautilus – Stegodon – Trachodon
13. Which of the Mesozoic animals continue to exist in the modern seas?
A) Nautilus
B) Goniatites
C) Ammonites
D) Ceratites
14. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of formations of the Vindhyan Supergroup in the order of decreasing age?
A) Suket Shale – Sasram Sandstone – Panna Shale – Sirbu Shale
B) Sasram Sandstone – Suket Shale – Panna Shale – Sirbu Shale
C) Suket Shale – Panna Shale – Sasram Sandstone – Sirbu Shale
D) Suket Shale – Panna Shale – Sirbu Shale – Sasram Sandstone
15. Which is the correct order of dinosaur genera arranged according to their decreasing Geological age?
A) Thecodonts – Quadropeds – Sauropods – Saurischians
B) Thecodonts – Saurischians – Sauropods – Quadropeds
C) Quadropeds – Saurischians – Thecodonts – Sauropods
D) Thecodonts – Sauropods – Quadropeds – Saurischians
16. With which of the following, the terms ‘red boles’ and ‘green boles’ are associated?
A) Vindhyans
B) Gondwanas
C) Deccan traps
D) Lametas
17. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of formations of the Cretaceous succession of Trichy in the order of increasing age ?
A) Kulakkanattam – Sillakudi – Ottakovil – Kallankurichi – Kallamedu – Niniyur
B) Kulakkanattam – Sillakudi – Kallankurichi – Ottakovil – Kallamedu – Niniyur
C) Kallankurichi – Kulakkanattam – Sillakudi – Ottakovil – Kallamedu – Niniyur
D) Sillakudi – Kulakkanattam – Kallankurichi – Ottakovil – Kallamedu – Niniyur
18. Which is the correct sequence of seismic discontinuities as per the increasing depth from the Earth’s surface?
A) Mohorovicic – Conrad – Lehman – Gutenberg
B) Conrad – Mohorovicic –Gutenberg – Lehman
C) Conrad – Lehman – Mohorovicic –Gutenberg
D) Conrad – Mohorovicic –Lehman – Gutenberg
19. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of formations of the Deccan Traps in the order of increasing geological age ?
A) Ratangad – Indrayani – Karla – Mahabaleshwar
B) Karla – Ratangad – Indrayani – Mahabaleshwar
C) Mahabaleshwar – Ratangad – Indrayani-Karla
D) Ratangad – Karla – Indrayani – Mahabaleshwar
20. Match the igneous rocks in Group I with their corresponding type in Group II. Group I Group II
P. Websterite 1. Felsic
Q. Alaskite 2. Mafic
R. Dolerite 3. Intermediate
S. Diorite 4. Ultramafic
A) P-4, Q-2,R-3, S-1
B) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3
C) P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3
D) P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4