Geological Society of India Earth Science Olympiad Entrance Test 2016

Name of the Organisation : Geological Society of India
Name of the paper : Earth Science Olympiad Entrance Test
Year : 2016

Website : https://www.geosocindia.org/GSI/
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Earth Science Olympiad Entrance Test :

Date : January 16, 2016;
Time : 10.30 am to 12.00 noon

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Instructions :
1. You have to be present in the examination hall well before the commencement of the test.
2. You will not be permitted to enter the examination hall 30 minutes after the commencement of the test.
3. You will not be permitted to leave the examination hall until after 30 minutes of commencement of the test.
4. If you have any paper/chit with you, surrender them to the invigilator now.
5. All are multiple-choice questions.
6. Please use a BLACK/BLUE ball point pen to mark your answers. DO NOT use pencil.
7. This sheet should not be folded or crushed
8. Choose the MOST appropriate answer.
9 Darken the circle corresponding to the answer of your choice.
10. Do not use stray marks on the sheet. An Example

Answer All Questions :
1. What is the thickness of the Earth’s atmosphere?
a. 100 km b. 50 km c. 10 km d 1000 km
2. What is the third largest constituent of Earth’s atmosphere?
a. Oxygen b. Nitrogen c. Argon d. Krypton
3. What is the largest constituent of the atmosphere of Venus and Mars?
a. Oxygen b. Nitrogen c. Argon. d. Carbon-dioxide
4. What is the maximum water vapour content of Earth’s atmosphere?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 25% d. 3%
5. What is the typical monsoon rainfall over India?
a. 100cm b. 50cm c. 100mm d. 50mm
6. Which of the following states receives the maximum monsoon rainfall?
a. Meghalaya b. Kerala c. Tamil Nadu d. Karnataka
7. Western disturbance occurs during…
a. March b. June c. August d. September
8. Most depression that causes rain over the Indo-Gangetic belt form in the
a. Southern Bay of Bengal b. Northern Bay of Bengal
c. Southern Arabian Sea d. Northern Arabian Sea
9. An anemometer measures
a. rainfall b. humidity c. wind speed d. wind direction
10. Sun emits maximum power at the wavelength of
a. green b. blue c. red d. ultraviolet
11. The average value of the Solar Constant is
a. 1400 W/m2 b. 1300 W/m2 c. 1360 W/m2 d. 1460 W/m2
12. Wien’s displacement law is useful in calculating the
a. Surface temperature of stars b. total power radiated by stars
c. core temperature of stars d. Planck’s constant
13. Power radiated by a star is proportional to the ______ power of its surface temperature
a. First b. second c. third d. fourth
14. Typical glaciated forms are
a. Cuestas and hogbacks b. Horns and Arêtes
c. Alluvial fans and cones d. Strath and fill terraces
15. A small flat-topped hill bounded by cliffs is known as
a. Plateau b. Terrace c. Mesa d. Abrasion platform
16. Given the same climatic conditions, drainage density values will be lowest on
a. Shale b. Phyllite c. Granite d. Gabbro
17. Sea cliffs are not associated with
a. Shore platform b. Caves c. Natural Arches d. Pediments
18. A broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover is
a. Hamada b. Bajada c. Erg d. Playa
19. The Dead Sea, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa (Malawi) are examples of
a. Volcanic lakes b. Lakes formed by landslides
c. Lakes of tectonic origin d. Artificial lakes
20. Frost action is a type of
a. Physical weathering b. Chemical weathering
c. Biological weathering d. Bio-chemical weathering

21. One of the following rivers does not flow into the Atlantic Ocean
a. Zambezi
b. Congo or Zaire
c. Orinoco
d. Orange

22. The best example of bird’s foot or digitate delta is provided by_______river
a. Nile
b. Rhine
c. Mississippi
d. Niger

23. One of the following drainage patterns provides an evidence of river capture
a. Annual pattern
b. Barbed pattern
c. Trellis pattern
d. Radial pattern

24. One of the following is not associated with accelerated soil erosion.
a. development of rills
b. development of gullies
c. thickening of soils horizons
d. increase in sediment yield

25. The marine influence upon climate acts to
a. increase the annual temperature range.
b. increase the annual precipitation total.
c. suppress the annual temperature range.
d. cause extreme aridity.