MH SET 2011: 27 November, Paper II, Earth Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary Science
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Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
Paper II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question
carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
1. Basalts containing more than 5%
3. The Panjal volcanics in Kashmir
normative nepheline are named :
basin, stratigraphically represents :
(A) Beforsite
(B) Nephelinite (A) Lower Permian
(C) Ankaramites
(B) Lower Carboniferous
(D) Basanite
2. Masuda-Coryell diagram is a (C) Devonian
diagram that plots :
(D) Cambrian
(A) Chondrite normalised REE
concentrations Vs. atomic nos.
4. NTU is the unit for :
(B) REE conc. normalised to MORB
reference values Vs. atomic nos. (A) Turbidity
(C) REE concentrations normalised
(B) Total Hardness
to NASC values Vs. atomic nos.
(D) Any trace element concentrations (C) Electrical conductivity
normalised to chondrite
reference values Vs. atomic nos. (D) pH
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5. The porous or fractured and 7. Uvarovite is a type of :
permeable zone of soil or rock (A) Mica
saturated with freely flowing
(B) Olivine
interstitial water capable of
(C) Garnet
supplying adequate quantities of
(D) Pyroxenoid
water to wells and springs is
8. The single largest bedded type
called :
deposit of baryte in India is located
(A) Subsurface spring
at .......................... in A.P.
(B) Aquiclude
(A) Mangampetta
(C) Aquifer
(B) Khetri
(D) Interstitial water
(C) Hyderabad
6. Graded conditions along a coast are (D) Secunderabad
reflected by :
9. The depth at which the P-wave
(A) Continuous sea cliffs. velocity exceeds 7.6 km/s is called :
(B) Multiple wave-cut platforms on (A) Seismological Moho
headlands (B) Gutenberg Seismic discontinuity
(C) Continuous beaches (C) Conrad discontinuity
(D) Water level weathering (D) D11 layer
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10. Apparent dip of a bed is ..................
13. Mullite-Cordierite-orthopyroxene
the true dip.
(A) more than association is characterised by :
(B) less than
(A) Sanidinite
(C) either more or less than
(D) equal to (B) Pyroxene hornfels
11. Ostracod appendages bear fine
(C) Hornblende hornfels
chitinous bristles are called..............
(A) expoda (D) Albite-Epidote hornfels
(B) podia
14. Features typical of karst topography
(C) setae
(D) flagellae are :
12. Characteristic mineral pair of
(A) Cavities, caves, sinkholes and
kimberlites is :
(A) Olivine—chrome diopside— disappearing stream
phlogophite
(B) K-feldspar—garnet—ortho- (B) Saltwater incursions and cone
pyroxene
of depression
(C) Plagioclase—clinopyroxene—
garnet (C) Aquiclude and artesian spring
(D) C o r d i e r i t e — s i l l i m a n i t e —
orthopyroxene (D) Duricrusts and arid landscape
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15. The rift basins of Kutch, Cambay
17. Feldspathoids are typically present
and Narmada are supposed to have
opened up successively as a result
in a magmatic rock that is :
of drifting ................... of the Indian
craton after its detachment from
(A) Silica-oversaturated
Gondwana land in the :
(A) anticlockwise, Late Triassic,
(B) Silica-saturated
Early Jurassic
(B) clockwise, Early Cretaceous (C) Silica-undersaturated
(C) Counter clockwise, Late
Triassic, Early Jurassic (D) Rich in magnesium
(D) Rift apart and continental
drifting, Early Quaternary 18. The passage of seismic wave
16. Quartz wacke can be defined as :
through a medium and across
(A) Calcareous marl with greater
than 15% of quartz interfaces between adjacent media
(B) Sandstone with a fairly large
is well explained by :
proportion (say >12.5%) of fine
grained matrix, wide range of
grain size variation, lack of (A) Snails law
rounding and sorting of the
frame work grains (B) Huygen’s Principle
(C) Dominated by quartz and
feldspar but of volcanic origin (C) Fresnd Diffraction
(D) Mud with clay enrichment and
(D) Bath’s Equation
porosity >10%
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19. If ‘T’ is the planet’s period of orbit 21. The first hominids to migrate out of
Africa were :
and ‘a’ is the semi-major axis of the
(A) Homo erectus about 50 Ka
orbit then the Kepler’s law of
(B) Homo sapiens sapiens 1 million
planetary motion states :
years ago
(A) a = T3
(C) Homo habilis about 1.8 million
(B) T2 = a3
years ago
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(C) T = (D) Australopithecus robustus
a2
1 1.3 million years ago
(D) a = (T)2
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22. The greatest recorded mass
20. The study of organic walled
extinction to affect earth occurred at
microfossils is called as :
the end of ................... period.
(A) Micropalaeontology
(A) Ordovician
(B) Palynology
(B) Cretaceous
(C) Ichinology (C) Permian
(D) Palaeontology (D) Pleistocene
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23. The cambrian invertebrate 25. Ocean Island Basalt (OIB)
community was dominated by three
represents :
major group :
(A) Hotspot magmatism associated
(A) Trilobites, corals, echinoderms
with plume
(B) Trilobites, brachiopods and
archaeocyathids (B) Magmatism in subduction zone
(C) Gastropods, corals, beachrocks, (C) Magmatism in rift setting
belemnites
(D) Island arc
(D) B r a c h i o p o d s , c o r a l s ,
26. The southern junction between the
archaeocyathids
Indian and Eurasian plates in the
24. The rates of sea floor spreading can
be determined based on magnetic Himalaya has been designated as :
anomalies by :
(A) Central Indian tectonic zone
(A) Width of the anomaly
(B) Indus Tsangpo Suture zone
(B) Frequency of the anomaly
(C) Main Central thrust
(C) Period of the anomaly
(D) Tso Morari Crystalline
(D) Width × length of anomaly
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29. Which one of the following
27. The Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic
statements about stream velocity is
sedimentary basins in the correct :
(A) Along straight stream stretches
Peninsular India are known as :
stream velocity is highest along
(A) Purana the banks.
(B) The zone of highest velocity is
(B) Dharwars
located along the inner bank in
a meandering stream.
(C) Indo-Gangetic plains
(C) The zone of highest velocity is
(D) Siwalik located along the outer bank in
a meandering stream.
28. Which one of the following formation
(D) The zone of highest velocity is
does not represent the Cretaceous of located at the centre in a
meandering stream.
Gondwanas :
30. One of the following is certainly not
associated with hammada type of
(A) Jabalpur Formation.
desert :
(B) Chikiala Formation. (A) Yardang
(B) Pediment
(C) Gangapur Formation.
(C) Inselberg
(D) Panchet Formation. (D) Barchan dunes
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31. Abundance of nitrates and 33. Identify the correct sequence of
soil horizons from the surface
phosphates in water encourages the
downward :
growth of plants including algae.
(A) O—A—E—B—C
This condition is known as :
(B) A—O—B—E—C
(A) Eutrophication
(C) O—A—B—C—E
(B) Degeneration (D) A—B—C—E—O
(C) Stagnation 34. A wall made of earth materials of
steel or timber sheet piling or of a
(D) Decomposition
combination of various materials, to
32. Lahars belong to one of the following cover an engineering structure to be
types of mass movements : built in an area covered with water
is called :
(A) Slump
(A) Caissons
(B) Rock slide
(B) Cofferdams
(C) Debris flow
(C) Spillway
(D) Creep (D) Jetties
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35. The rapid movement of shallow
37. The magnitude of Coriolis force :
non-cohesive or loose material
(A) Increases with latitude
down a steep slope following heavy
rainfall is called :
(B) Remains constant with latitude
(A) Creep
(C) Decreases with latitude
(B) Debris flow
(C) Debris flood (D) Does not depend on latitude
(D) Debris slide
38. The concentration of ozone is
36. The most important aviation hazard
maximum in :
during summer season over North-
West India is : (A) Troposphere
(A) Dust storm
(B) Mesosphere
(B) Fog
(C) Stratosphere
(C) Heavy Rain
(D) Icing (D) Thermosphere
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39. Capillary rise is maximum in : 41. What is electronegativity :
(A) The ability of an atom to attract
(A) Silt
electrons
(B) Fine sand
(B) The ability of an atom to attract
(C) Medium sand
protons
(D) Coarse sand (C) The ability of an atom to attract
neutrons
40. Clay and humus have :
(D) The ability of an atom to repell
(A) Higher water holding capacity
protons
(B) Lesser water holding capacity
42. 143Nd produced by decay of :
(C) Higher water transmitting
(A) 147Sm
capacity
(B) 144Nd
(D) Lesser water transmitting (C) 149Nd
capacity (D) 142Nd
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43. Belka Pahad in the Sirohi 45. The study of Palaeomagnetism is
based on the assumption that the
district, where weak wollastonite
time-averaged geomagnetic field
is reported is considered to be a
corresponds to :
typical :
(A) Modern field of the earth
(A) Skarn deposit
(B) Geomagnetic quadrupole
(B) Sedex type deposit
(C) Geocentric monopole
(C) Cumulate deposit
(D) An axial geocentric dipole
(D) Massive Volcanic deposit 46. Amongst sandstone, alluvium,
granites, graphites and quartzites;
44. Bailadilla Iron ore deposit is
the highest electrical resistivity is
situated in :
often shown by :
(A) Bihar
(A) Granites
(B) Maharashtra
(B) Graphites
(C) Chhattisgarh
(C) Alluvium
(D) Jharkhand (D) Quartzites
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47. Crystals having a single 3-fold, 3 , 49. Healthy vegetation appears on false-
or 6-fold axis belong to ..................... colour composite image as :
crystal system. (A) Blue
(B) Red
(A) Cubic
(C) Green
(B) Orthorhombic
(D) Black
(C) Tetragonal
50. If there are more number of higher
(D) Hexagonal
values in the dataset than the
48. Ankermanite is an example of :
distribution is :
(A) Cyclosilicate
(A) Symmetric
(B) Tectosilicate
(B) Positively skewed
(C) Sorosilicate (C) Negatively skewed
(D) Nesosilicate (D) Leptokurtic
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