MH SET 2011: 7 August, 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. ........................ is a plutonic igneous 3. The singhbhum mobile belt is
body that has an areal extent
delimited by the copper belt thrust
greater than 100 km 2 and was
zone in the south and the ..................
originally thought to extend to
considerable depth. on the north.
(A) Plug (A) Chotanagpur granite-gneiss
(B) Batholith
(B) Sukinda thrust
(C) Lopolith
(C) Great boundary fault
(D) Laccolith
(D) Singhbhum granite
2. Which of the following is not true
of REEs ? 4. An overdraft of groundwater causes
(A) Most of the REEs from stable ......................... of ground surface
3+ ions of same size over the depleted aquifer constituted
(B) REEs with even atomic of unconsolidated or poorly
numbers are less stable than
consolidated sediments.
those with odd atomic numbers
(A) Sinking
(C) REEs with even atomic nos. are
more abundant than those with (B) Rupture
odd atomic numbers
(C) Depression
(D) Ce and Eu exist in “other than”
3+ oxidation state (D) Subsidence or sagging
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5. Slow downslope movement of the 7. Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) in
slope forming material is known the Archaean greenstone belts are
as : best witness for :
(A) Creep
(A) Archaean sedimentary basin
(B) Flow development
(C) Topple
(B) Shift from anoxic to oxygenated
(D) Slide environments
6. One of the following properties is not (C) Archaean tectonics
applicable to braided rivers :
(D) Archaean weathering processes
(A) Bedload to total load is high
8. The true distribution of mass inside
(B) Suspended load to total load is
the earth is expressed by :
high
(A) Gravity Anomaly
(C) The bedload is dominated by
(B) Density
silt and clay
(C) Topography
(D) The bedload to suspended load
ratio is less than 1 (D) Geoid
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9. Functions of a compass, clinometer 12. A dam composed of a single concrete
and hand level are combined
wall curved in plan with its convex
in which of the following
face upstream, and where the parts
instruments ?
of the water load is transmitted to
(A) Clinometer
the adjacent rock abutments is
(B) Altimeter
called :
(C) Hand held GPS
(D) Brunton Compass (A) Buttress dam
10. A thrust is a : (B) Gravity dam
(A) Low-angle reverse fault
(C) Arch dam
(B) Normal fault
(D) Penstocks
(C) Wrench fault
13. Chambers are arranged in a
(D) Transform fault
...................... fashion as in the genus
11. Mangrove forests fall in one of
the following coastal regulation spiroloculina.
zones (CRZs) :
(A) Triloculine
(A) CRZ-I
(B) Spiroloculine
(B) CRZ-II
(C) Biserial
(C) CRZ-III
(D) CRZ-IV (D) Triserial
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14. ‘Snow ball garnet’ is a good 16. Glaucophane-Lawsonite association
...................... indicator. is the characteristic of :
(A) Pre-tectonic (A) Blueschist facies
(B) Post-tectonic (B) Amphibolite facies
(C) Syntectonic (C) Hornfels facies
(D) Eclogite facies
(D) Inter-tectonic
17. SiO2 and Al2O3 in shale constitute
15. Indicate the correct heavy mineral
nearly .......................... respectively.
assemblages of the major source
rocks : (A) 58.10% and 15.40%
(B) 45.2% and 10.3%
(A) Fluorite, garnet, muscovite,
monazite, topaz, kyanite — (C) 10.3% and 26.4%
Granite pegmatite (D) 14.6% and 10.3%
(B) Rounded grain common, barite, 18. The ratio of quartz to the relatively
rutile, hematite, olivine — unstable components, feldspar and
Basalt rock fragments is used as an
indicator of :
(C) Augite, diopside, hypersthene,
chromite, olivine, quartz — (A) Petrographic criteria
Basic Igneous rock (B) Mineralogical maturity of
sandstone
(D) Andalusite, garnet, staurolite,
zoisite, epidote, kyanite, (C) Source of the minerals
sillimanite — Metamorphic rock (D) Diagenetic process of sandstone
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19. Metaluminous granites in which 21. Moving objects on the rotating
the mole proportions of Al2O3/(K2O
Earth experience additional
+ Na2O + CaO) < 1 appear to have
accelerations related to the velocity
formed from the melting of mafic
at which they are moving is
igneous rocks and may even involve
explained by :
a mantle derived component are
designated as : (A) Geoid acceleration
(A) S-type granites (B) Nutation
(B) A-type granites (C) Angular drift
(C) M-type granites
(D) Coriolis effect
(D) I-type granites
22. The region of overlap between the
20. In the seismic body waves, the
epivalve and hypovalve of a frustule
surface in which all particles vibrate
is called :
with the same phase is called :
(A) Polar nodule
(A) Wave front
(B) Epivalve
(B) Wave length
(C) Attenuation surface (C) Raphe
(D) Rayleigh surface (D) Girdle
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23. The earliest member of our own 25. Aseismic or passive margins are
genus Homo is Homo habilis, which
also called as ..................... continental
lived ...................... million years ago.
margins.
(A) 2.0 to 3.0
(A) Atlantic type
(B) 1.6 to 1.8
(C) 0.8 to 1.0 (B) Pacific type
(D) 2.5 to 1.6 (C) Mariana type
24. Arrange the following flood basalt
(D) Chilean type
provinces in the right chronological
order (oldest to youngest) : 26. A zone in the Earth extending
(a) Deccan Basalt Province from depths of approximately 70 to
(b) Siberian Traps 250 km in which shear-wave
(c) Parana Province velocities markedly decrease; this
(d) Columbia River Basalt zone is known as the :
(A) a b c d (A) D"
(B) b c a d
(B) Mohorovicic discontinuity
(C) d a b c
(C) Low-velocity layer
(D) d c b a
(D) Brittle-ductile transition
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27. The following is the correct 29. The modified mercalli scale used in
stratigraphic order for the expressing intensity of Earthquake
Paleozoic Tethyan sequence in the
varies between :
Spiti basin :
(A) –1 and +1
(A) Haimanta—Vaikrita—Lilang
(B) 0 and 10
(B) Vaikrita—Haimanta—Lilang
(C) 1 and 12
(C) Lilang—Kuling—Haimanta
(D) –10 and +10
(D) Haimanta—Lilang—Kuling
30. Stream that does not exhibit any
28. The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary
control of the underlying bed rock
in the Kachchh basin is represented
structures is known as :
by :
(A) Subsequent stream
(A) Katrol-Umia F.
(B) Consequent stream
(B) Pachcham-Chari F.
(C) Insequent stream
(C) Chari-Katrol F.
(D) Katrol-Chari F. (D) Obsequent stream
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31. One of the following drainage 33. Soils containing large amount of
patterns is generally associated with
clay which shrink upon drying
folded sedimentary rocks :
and swell with addition of water
(A) Dendritic
belongs to one of the following world
(B) Trellis
soil orders :
(C) Rectangular
(A) Oxisols
(D) Barbed
32. BOD represents the activity of (B) Spodosols
dissolved oxygen :
(C) Ultisols
(A) Required during oxidation of
(D) Vertisols
decomposable organic matter
34. One of the following is not a
(B) Released during reduction of
non-decomposable organic mechanical weathering process :
matter
(A) Frost wedging
(C) Released during chemical
(B) Hydration
reaction
(C) Salt Crystal Growth
(D) Absorbed during decomposition
of non-organic matter (D) Unloading
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35. Rock bursts during tunnel 37. During winter, the northern regions
excavations is an evidence of : of India receive precipitation due
to :
(A) Pressure relief
(A) Tropical Cyclones
(B) Temperature relief
(B) Western Disturbances
(C) Microseismicity
(C) Mid Tropospheric Cyclones
(D) Faulting
(D) Easterly Waves
36. The region of India which receives
38. As per Koppen’s climatic
enhanced rainfall during break
classification, the tropical regions
monsoon is :
are designated as :
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Region C
(B) Tamil Nadu (B) Region A
(C) Rajasthan (C) Region F
(D) Orissa (D) Region E
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39. A piezometric surface is found 41. The mass difference between any
in : two pairs of radiogenic isotopes is :
(A) too big
(A) Unconfined aquifer
(B) too small
(B) Confined aquifer
(C) no mass difference
(C) Perched aquifer
(D) mass changes
(D) Leaky aquifer
42. Which of the following group of
40. Excessive rain within a short period
elements is known as alkaline
is called :
earth ?
(A) Thunder burst
(A) Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra
(B) Cloud burst
(B) Na, K, Al, Rb, Si and Th
(C) Cloud fall (C) Mn, Fe, Cu, B, Br and I
(D) Flash flood (D) Co, Zr, Y, La, Ce and Nd
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45. Pratt and Airy’s models of isostasy
43. Sukinda Complex is famous for :
had serious deficiencies for regional
(A) Cu-Zn deposits compensation as the equalization is
made by :
(B) Diamond
(A) Vertical columns under
(C) Chromite topographic load
(B) Vertical columns of density
(D) Gold
(C) Mantle substratum
44. The only working gold mine in
(D) Crustal Roots
India is : 46. Material in which magnetization
develops in the opposite direction to
(A) Kolar Gold Field
the applied field is called :
(B) Hutti Gold Mine (A) Diamagnetic
(B) Paramagnetic
(C) Ajjanahalli Gold Mine
(C) Ferromagnetic
(D) G.R. Halli Gold Mine
(D) Antiferromagnetic
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47. Identify the uniaxial (+ve) mineral 49. Which of the following is not a type
from those listed below : of resolution that is important in
image analysis ?
(A) Quartz
(A) Spatial
(B) Calcite
(B) Spectral
(C) Chlorite
(C) Temporal
(D) Olivine
(D) Parallax
48. The magnesium rich variety of
50. Which of the following is the best
olivine is called :
measure of central tendency ?
(A) Larnite
(A) Mean
(B) Tephroite
(B) Mode
(C) Fayalite (C) Standard Deviation
(D) Forsterite (D) Range
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