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MH SET 2024: 7 April, Paper II, Earth Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary Science

  • Date: 7 April 2024
  • Paper code: APR-35224
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 24 pages
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     Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Science
                                     Paper II
Time Allowed : 120 Minutes]                                  [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
        carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.

1.   Which of the following minerals            4.   Pb isotopic data from southern
     contains Barium ?                               hemisphere shows compositional
     (A) Corundum                                    similarity to EM type of mantle
     (B) Apatite                                     reservoir is known as :

     (C) Gypsum                                      (A) HIMU
     (D) Celsian                                     (B) NHRL
2.   New metamorphic mineral due to
                                                     (C) FOZO
     chemical reaction changes its :
                                                     (D) DUPAL
     (A) Phase

     (B) Texture                                5.   Higher ratios of 87Sr/ 86Sr and lower
                                                     values of epsilon Nd ( Nd) are
     (C) Form
                                                     observed in continental flood basalts
     (D) Size
                                                     because of :
3.   What is a concentration of Ni in an
     olivine crystal, in equilibrium with            (A) Its derivation from deeper

     a melt having 150 ppm Ni and                        mantle source

                Ni
                     D01 liq.   12                   (B) Due to lower amounts of partial
                                                         melting
     (A) 0.18 wt%
     (B) 12.5 wt%                                    (C) Entrainment of mantle material

     (C) 18 wt%                                      (D) Assimilation of continental

     (D) 1.25 wt%                                        crust

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6.   Which one of the following Uranium         9.   Consider the following statements :
     isotopes is not occurring in the
                                                     Statement–1 : The radius of Cr+3
     nature ?
                                                     ion is close to Fe+3 ion but chromium
     (A) U235
                                                     show a high degree of preferential
     (B) U234
                                                     concentration relative to ferric ion.
     (C) U238
     (D) U232                                        Statement–2 : Cr+3 ion has strong

7.   Composition of the resultant partial            crystal field stabilisation energy
     melts is different from the                     relative to that of Fe+3 ion.
     composition of original rock
                                                     Which of the statement is correct
     primarily because of :
                                                     with   respect     to        the   above
     (A) Melt induced buoyancy
                                                     statements ?
     (B) Varying amounts of fractional
         crystallization                             (A) Both       Statement–1           and
     (C) The difference in melting                       Statement–2 are true and
         temperatures of minerals
                                                         Statement–1 is the correct
     (D) Similarity     in   melting
                                                         explanation of Statement–2
         temperatures of minerals
8.   Crystallization of new phlogopite               (B) Both       Statement–1           and
     mineral in the existing mantle
                                                         Statement–2 are true and
     peridotite is an example of which of
     the following process ?                             Statement–1 is not the correct

     (A) Cryptic metasomatism          of                explanation of Statement–2
         Dawson (1984)
                                                     (C) Statement–1         is    true   but
     (B) Patent Metasomatism of Harte
                                                         Statement–2 is false
         (1983)
     (C) Sulphide metasomatism                       (D) Statement–1 is false but

     (D) Mantle depletion                                Statement–2 is true

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10. Which of the following processes is        13. Complete the reaction :
    responsible for the incorporation of           Gedrite + Quartz = Hypersthene +
    sulphides in the komatiite magmas ?            ........... + H2O

    (A) Very low amounts of partial                (A) Cordierite
        melting                                    (B) Kyanite
    (B) Assimilation of crustal material           (C) Both (A) and (B)
    (C) Extreme     fractionation     of           (D) Plagioclase
        magma
                                               14. Choose the correct sequence of
    (D) Higher amounts of partial                  deformation and metamorphism :
        melting                                    (A) Shale           Slate       Phyllite
11. Amba Dongar in India is known for                   Schist         Gneiss
    which of the following ?                       (B) Shale           Slate       Phyllite
    (A) Carbonatite complex                             Gneiss          Schist

    (B) Anorthosite complex                        (C) Shale           Phyllite     Schist
                                                        Slate      Gneiss
    (C) Chromite complex
                                                   (D) Gneiss           Phyllite     Slate
    (D) Kimberlite complex
                                                        Schist         Shale
12. The maximum permissible limit of
                                               15. Orthopyroxene occurs in high
    fluoride in drinking water as per              temperature anhydrous granitoids is
    WHO guidelines is :                            known as :
    (A) 1.5 mg/L                                   (A) Plagiogranite
    (B) 1.0 mg/L                                   (B) Charnockite

    (C) 2.5 mg/L                                   (C) Enderbite

    (D) 3.0 mg/L                                   (D) Tonalite

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16. Which amongst the following are              18. Plotting pitch is useful when rocks
    true characteristics of simple shear ?
                                                     contain :
    (1) Lines along the shear plane
                                                     (A) Lineation
        deform or rotate
                                                     (B) Foliation
    (2) Physical lines rotate faster than
        the axes of the strain ellipse               (C) Gneissosity

    (3) In the Schmidt net, lines rotate             (D) Parting
        along great circle outward from
                                                 19. In the given diagram below, the dip
        the shearing direction
                                                     of the plane A is :
    (4) The sense of line rotation is the
        same for any line orientation

    (A) (1) and (3) are true; (2) and (4)
        are false

    (B) (2) is true; (1), (3) and (4) are
        false

    (C) (2) and (4) are true; (1) and (3)
        are false

    (D) (1), (2), (3) and (4) are true

17. X = Y > Z = 1 indicates :                        (A) 30º

    (A) Uniaxial contraction
                                                     (B) 60º
    (B) Uniaxial extension
                                                     (C) 45º
    (C) Biaxial contraction

    (D) Biaxial extension                            (D) 24º

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20. Despite being older, the Aravali           22. The separation between arrival

    rocks from the type area are lower             times of P and S waves increases
                                                   with distance; the ratio of P and S
    grade than the juxtaposed Delhi
                                                   waves velocity .................. .
    metasediments :
                                                   (A) Remains same with distance
    (A) The two units experienced
                                                   (B) Decreases with distance
         different metamorphism at

         same place                                (C) Decreases logarithmically

                                                   (D) Becomes infinity
    (B) The two units were temporally

         apart then accreted                   23. The mineral assemblage Larnite-
                                                   Merwinite-Spurrite-Ranikinite is
    (C) Delhi experience       thermal
                                                   typical of :
         metamorphism due to Lava flow
                                                   (A) Zeotite facies
    (D) The Aravalis deposited latter
                                                   (B) Blue schist facies
         than Delhi
                                                   (C) Sanidinite facies
21. The triple junction between African,
                                                   (D) Granulite facies
    Indo-Australian and Antarctic
                                               24. The Acheulean hand axes begin to
    plates is of the type :
                                                   appear at around :
    (A) RTR
                                                   (A) 4.6 Ma
    (B) RTF
                                                   (B) 1.76 Ma
    (C) RRR
                                                   (C) 0.78 Ma

    (D) FTR                                        (D) 50,000 years BP

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25. The amino acid formation is dextro          27. The average movement of glacial ice

    i.e. right rotating after an organism
                                                    in the glaciers are of the order of :
    dies then, which one of the following
                                                    (A) 10 to 300 m/year
    is true ?

                                                    (B) 10 to 300 km/year
    (A) The amount of dextro rotations

        can be counted for age                      (C) 1.5 to 250 cm/year

    (B) Dextro to Levo ratio can be                 (D) 100 to 200 m/day
        determined for age
                                                28. The intrinsic strength parameters of
    (C) There is no use for age
                                                    a soi l ar e c' = 0, ' = 30º. Assuming
        calculation
                                                    that in an element of this soil failure
    (D) Amino acids complete the
                                                    has been reach on a plane at 45º to
        rotation by 10000 years
                                                    the horizontal, with a value
26. During quaternary, the magneto-
                                                      'f = 10 kPa. Find the shear stress
    stratigraphy boundary; Brunhes/
                                                    at failure f :
    Matuyam occur presicely at :
                                                    (A) 9.76 kPa
    (A) 2.56 Ma

                                                    (B) 8.26 kPa
    (B) 0.78 Ma

    (C) 3.58 Ma                                     (C) 7.90 kPa


    (D) 1.78 Ma                                     (D) 5.77 kPa

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29. Features given below are diagnostic        30. .................. is shallow diagensis stage
    to which sedimentary environment ?
    Tectonic setting :                              occurring shortly after burial.
    Mostly found in rifting continental
    grabens, foreland basin, overthrust             (A) Paragensis
    mountain belts undergoing rapid
    uplift.                                         (B) Eodiagensis
    Geometry :
    Wedge-shaped, limited in lateral                (C) Mesodiagensis
    extend upto few meters to
    kilometers, thickness can be
                                                    (D) Telodiagensis
    tremendous if subsidence is
    persistent.
                                               31. Pettijohn proposed the “Fluidity
    Typical Sequence :
    Coarsing upward of cross-bedded                 Index” based on :
    sandstone        channel        lag
    conglomerates, unsorted debris-flow
                                                    (A) Matrix-Rich Wacke Versus
    deposits.
    Sedimentology :                                       Matrix-Poor Arenite
    Extreme range in grain size
    boulders to clay, fanglomerate and              (B) Ratio of Rock Fragments to
    cross-bedded sandstone common
    unsorted debris-flow, reverse                         Feldspar
    grading, sieve deposit, sediment
    immature and angular with rock
                                                    (C) Perentage of Quartz or Ratio of
    fragments and feldspar.
    Fossils :                                             Quartz to Feldspar + Rock
    Fossils and organic matter are rare.
                                                          Fragments
    (A) Lacustrine
    (B) Meandering fluvial
                                                    (D) Accessory Mineral Versus Mica
    (C) Alluvial fans
    (D) Braded fluvial                                    and Clay Minerals

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32. An engineering mechanics soil               33. A large landfill is planned on 10 m

   project, a stratigraphic column below            of normally consolidated clays with

   the horizontal ground level of a wide            an underlying rock stratum. The

   valley is formed by 3 m of coarse                water table is at ground surface.

   gravels over a 12 m clay deposit.                Clay samples extracted from the

   Below the clay layer a highly                    stratum at an intermediate point at

   permeable fractured sandstone.                   a depth of 5 m indicated following

   The water table in the gravel bed                soil properties : saturated unit

   is 0.6 m below ground surface. The               weight, rsat = 20 kN/m3, void ratio,

   sandstone bed has aretesian                      e0 = 0.8 and compression index

                                                    Cc = 0.15.
   condition having piezometric height

   of 6 m above ground level and the                Determine the settlement of the

   gravel bed is very parmeable and                 clay layer if the increase in vertical

   assumbed     to   be   hydrostatic.              stress due to the landfill load is

   Determine the hydraulic gradient.                    = 80 kPa :


   (A) 0.04                                         (A) 05 cm


   (B) 0.55                                         (B) 33 cm


   (C) 0.70                                         (C) 97 cm


   (D) 0.96                                         (D) 106 cm

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34. The foundation footing for a viaduct         36. Abyssal hills covers approximately
    are to be sunk into sand and gravel              how much area in seafloor ?
    alluvium. According to the borehole
                                                     (A) 20-25%
    data   the   water    table   is   at
                                                     (B) 40-50%
    considerable depth, below the
    foundation area of influence.                    (C) 80-85%
    The unit weight of the ground is                 (D) 30-40%
    r = 20 kN/m3 and the effective angle
                                                 37. Which of the following statements
    of internal friction, as deduced from
                                                     about seafloor hydrothermal vents
    penetrometer test is ' = 35º.
                                                     are correct ?
    Find the effective ultimate bearing              (i)   They are most common near
    capacity for the footing of the                        passive continental margin.
    viaduct, 4 m wide and 8 m long on
                                                     (ii) They are so hot and deepseated,
    the ground plan, if they are sunk
                                                           the environment prevents
    2 m below ground level.
                                                           organisms from living there.
    (A) 1105 kPa
                                                     (iii) They form when dissolved
    (B) 3313 kPa                                           minerals in the hot fluid form

    (C) 5002 kPa                                           solid precipitates when exposed
                                                           to cold seawater.
    (D) 8017 kPa
                                                     (iv) They form when seawater
35. The zone of transition between a
                                                           percolates into the oceanic crust
    continent and an ocean basin is                        and gets superheated by magma
    known as :                                             chamber.
    (A) Continental slope                            (A) (i) and (ii)
    (B) Continental shelf                            (B) (i) and (iii)
    (C) Continental margin                           (C) (iii) and (iv)
    (D) Abyssal floor                                (D) (ii) and (iv)

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38. The highest salinity is observed          42. In general, electrical methods are
    between :
                                                  commonly employed for :
    (A) 0-5º N latitude
                                                  (A) Relatively shallow subsurface
    (B) 5-10º N latitude
                                                      exploration
    (C) 20-40º N latitude
                                                  (B) Deep subsurface exploration
    (D) 10-20º N latitude
39. The average annual temperature                (C) Very deep subsurface exploration
    of surface seawater at the equator
                                                  (D) Groundwater exploration only
    is :
    (A) 35.45 ºC                              43. In Wenner configuration the

    (B) 37.5 ºC                                   electrodes are :

    (C) 26.7 ºC                                   (A) Equally spaced
    (D) 24.5 ºC                                   (B) Unequally spaced
40. Primary reason of current flowing
                                                  (C) Space between current electrodes
    from Atlantic ocean to the
    Mediterranean Sea is :                            is more than the potential
                                                      electrodes
    (A) Gibralter strait
    (B) Salinity difference                       (D) Space        between   current

    (C) Temperature difference                        electrodes is less than the

    (D) Density difference                            potential electrodes

41. The height of tropopause decreases        44. Coal which burns like a candle when
    rapidly in :                                  ignited is called :
    (A) Intertropical convergence zone
                                                  (A) Boghead coal
    (B) Subtropical and polar front
        zone                                      (B) Cannel coal

    (C) The tropics from east to west             (C) Lignite

    (D) The tropics from west to east             (D) Anthracite

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45. Which method is used for detailed           48. Lake Superior type of deposits are
                                                    related to :
    exploration of oil and gas ?
                                                    (A) Sedimentary BIF
    (A) Gravity method
                                                    (B) VHMS
    (B) Magnetic method                             (C) Greisens
                                                    (D) Skarns
    (C) Seismic reflection method
                                                49. Match the following :
    (D) Electrical resistivity method                                  I
46. Which of the following minerals is              (1) Magmatic dissemination

    best suited for fluid inclusion                 (2) Magmatic segregation

    thermometry ?                                   (3) Residual liquid segregation
                                                    (4) Residual liquid injection
    (A) Magnetite
                                                                       II
    (B) Ilmenite                                    (i)   Chromite deposits of Keonjhar,
                                                          Odisha
    (C) Fluorite
                                                    (ii) Titaniferous magnetite deposits
    (D) Chalcopyrite                                     of Adirondack region of New
                                                         York
47. Minerals that form natural solutions
                                                    (iii) Diamond deposit of Panna,
    in each other and at determined                       Madhya Pradesh
    lower temperature unmix to form                 (iv) Titaniferous magnetite bands
    distinguishable mineral inter-                       of Bushveld Complex, South
                                                         Africa
    growths called :
                                                    Codes :
    (A) Colloform                                         (1)   (2)    (3)    (4)
    (B) Colloidal                                   (A) (iii) (i)      (iv) (ii)
                                                    (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
    (C) Exsolution
                                                    (C) (i)     (ii)   (iii) (iv)
    (D) Replacement                                 (D) (iii) (i)      (ii) (iv)

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50. The association of serpentinites,                  53. Just prior to a Tsunami coming
    radiolarian cherts and podiform                        ashore, sea level appears to fall
    chromites is found in :                                quickly. This phenomenon is called :

    (A) Mid oceanic ridges                                 (A) Sea level drop

    (B) Layered igneous complexes                          (B) Draw fall

    (C) Continental rift zones                             (C) Draw down

    (D) Suture zones                                       (D) Dip in sea level

51. Which of the following is not a type               54. The embankments constructed
    of carbonate hosted strata-bound                       parallel to river for flood protection
    deposit ?                                              are called :

    (A) Mississippi valley-type                            (A) Terraces

    (B) Irish-type                                         (B) Groynes

    (C) Appalachian-type                                   (C) Levees

    (D) Kiruna-type                                        (D) Guide banks

52. The government defines less than                   55. The saline water-fresh water
    ............... cubic meters per person per            interface in coastal aquifers was
    year as water scarcity.                                thoroughly studied by :

    (A) 1000                                               (A) Darcy

    (B) 2000                                               (B) Dupuit

    (C) 2500                                               (C) Ghyben-Herzberg

    (D) 3000                                               (D) Bousinesq

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56. The boundary between vadoze and                  59. Which of the following is not a
    phreatic zone is called as ............ .            craton ?
    (A) Water Depth
                                                         (A) Singhbhum
    (B) Water Table
                                                         (B) Dharwar
    (C) Ground Table
                                                         (C) Bastar
    (D) Water Line
                                                         (D) Eastern ghats
57. Which water remains in the soil
    after gravitational water is drained             60. Which one of the following schist
    out and that is in the form of a film                belt does not belong to Dharwar
    around the soil grains ?                             craton ?
    (A) Gravitational
                                                         (A) Sonakhan schist belt
    (B) Hydroscopic
                                                         (B) Holenarasipur schist belt
    (C) Capillary
                                                         (C) Sandur schist belt
    (D) Pellicular

58. In Dharwar craton, amphibolite to                    (D) Wayanad schist belt

    granulite facies transition that takes           61. Which one of the following belong
    place from north to south across the
                                                         to Purana sedimentary basins of
    orthopyroxene isograd is popularly
                                                         peninsular India ?
    known as :
                                                         (A) Krishna-Godavari basin
    (A) Moyar-Bhavani Shear Zone

    (B) Fermor Line                                      (B) Khariar-Indravati basin

    (C) Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone                       (C) Cambay basin

    (D) Achankovil Shear Zone                            (D) Cauvery basin

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62. Match the following :                      63. Which of the following statement/s
                                                   is/are not correct with respect to
                      List-I                       positive southern Oscillation Index ?
                                                   (i)   Port Darwin pressure exceeds
    (a) Palamau Tiger Reserve
                                                         Tahiti

    (b) Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary                   (ii) Pressure high over Indian Ocean
                                                        and low over east pacific
    (c) Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary
                                                   (iii) Low rainfall over eastern pacific
                                                         and prospects of good monsoon
    (d) Bandipur National Park
                                                         rain over India and Indian
                                                         ocean.
                    List-II
                                                   Codes :
    (i)   Haryana
                                                   (A) (i) only

    (ii) Karnataka                                 (B) (i) and (ii) only
                                                   (C) (ii) and (iii) only
    (iii) Jharkhand
                                                   (D) (iii) only
    (iv) Himachal Pradesh                      64. The absolute humidity of a rising
                                                   air parcel is 20 grams per cubic
    Codes :                                        meter. The volume of the air parcel
                                                   is one cubic meter. If the volume of
          (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)
                                                   air parcel increases four times of its
                                                   initial size, what will be the absolute
    (A) (iii) (i)       (iv) (ii)
                                                   humidity ?

    (B) (iii) (iv) (i)         (ii)                (A) 80 grams per cubic meter
                                                   (B) 10 grams per cubic meter
    (C) (iv) (i)        (iii) (ii)
                                                   (C) 8 grams per cubic meter
    (D) (iv) (ii)       (i)    (iii)               (D) 5 grams per cubic meter

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65. Which of the following statements            67. Amongst the given states, in India
    correctly describes barchan ?                    tropical thorn forests occur in :
                                                     (i)   Maharashtra
    (i)   This type of dune has the
                                                     (ii) Nagaland
          outline of a crescent and the              (iii) Karnataka
          points of crescent are directed            (iv) Arunachal Pradesh
          downwind.                                  Codes :
                                                     (A) (i) only
    (ii) On the upwind side of the crest,
                                                     (B) (ii) and (iii) only
          the sand slope is steep.
                                                     (C) (i) and (iii) only
    (iii) On the downwind side of the                (D) (iv) only
          dune, within the crescent the          68. Read the following statements
                                                     carefully and select the correct
          stope is gentle.
                                                     answer from the codes given below :
    Codes :                                          (i)   When sand arrives at a
                                                           particular section of a beach
    (A) (i) only                                           more rapidly than it is carried
                                                           away, the beach is widened
    (B) (i) and (ii) only
                                                           and built oceanward, causing
    (C) (iii) only                                         retrogradation.
                                                     (ii) When sand leaves a section of
    (D) (ii) and (iii) only                               a beach more rapidly than it is
                                                          brought in, the beach is
66. The earth wobbles slowly as it spins
                                                          narrowed and the shoreline
    on its axis. This is known as :                       moves landward, causing
                                                          progradation.
    (A) Precession
                                                     Codes :
    (B) Variability                                  (A) Both (i) and (ii) are true
                                                     (B) Both (i) and (ii) are false
    (C) Obliquity
                                                     (C) (i) is true but (ii) is false
    (D) Eccentricity                                 (D) (i) is false but (ii) is true
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                                                71. Which of the following statements
69. In terms of area which land-
                                                    regarding remote sensing is correct ?
    forms dominate the terrestrial
                                                    (A) The interaction of EMR with
    environment ?                                       target

                                                    (B) The emission of EMR from the
    (A) Landforms made by waves and
                                                        target
        currents
                                                    (C) Both (A) and (B)

    (B) Landforms made by wind action               (D) Neither (A) nor (B)

                                                72. Which of the following rock type
    (C) Landforms made by glacial ice
                                                    show light tone ?
    (D) Landforms made by fluvial                   (A) Marble

        action                                      (B) Basalt

                                                    (C) Dolerite
70. Which is the point on the ground
                                                    (D) Magnetite quartzite
    vertically beneath the center of the
                                                73. Which of the following is not a
    camera lens at the time the aerial
                                                    radiometric correction used in image
    photograph was taken ?                          processing when there is interference
                                                    with the radiance measured by an
    (A) Fudicial mark                               instrument ?

    (B) Camera lens center                          (A) Noise removal

                                                    (B) Ozone depletion correction
    (C) Isocenter
                                                    (C) Sun angle correction
    (D) Gound Nadir                                 (D) Haze correction

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74. By ‘Spatial Data’ we mean that data           77. The location of an earthquake’s
     that has :                                       epicentre can be determined from

     (A) Complex values                               the arrival times of the P and S
                                                      waves at a seismograph station. The
     (B) Positional values
                                                      exact position of the epicentre can
     (C) Graphic values
                                                      be determined from data at :
     (D) Decimal values
                                                      (A) One station
75. What is the correct set of combination
                                                      (B) Two stations
     in radio waves ?

     (A) Shorter wavelength : high                    (C) Three or more stations

         frequency                                    (D) One near and one far station

     (B) Shorter wavelength : less                78. If P-wave and S-wave were to go
         frequency                                    from a solid to a liquid medium,

     (C) Longer wavelength : less                     what would happen to their
         frequency                                    velocity ?

     (D) Longer wavelength : high                     (A) Velocity of P-wave and S-wave
         frequency                                        would increase

76. Thermal maturation of sedimentary                 (B) Velocity of P-wave and S-wave
     organic matter to hydrocarbons is                    would decrease
     driven by :
                                                      (C) Velocity of P-wave would
     (A) Temperature only
                                                          decrease and velocity of S-wave
     (B) Time only                                        would decrease to zero
     (C) Both temperature and time                    (D) P-wave and S-wave velocities
     (D) Temperature and pressure                         would not change

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79. Plate    boundary        zones     are
                                                  82. Which of the following logs is used
    characterized by the presence of :
                                                      for depth matching and well to well
    (A) High heat flow

    (B) High seismic and magmatic                     correlation while running other

        activity
                                                      logs ?
    (C) Both (A) and (B)
                                                      (A) Natural gamma
    (D) Neither (A) nor (B)

80. Continental convergent zones may                  (B) Gamma-gamma
    be related with :
                                                      (C) Neutron log
    (A) Compression and thin crust

    (B) Compression and thick crust                   (D) S.P. log

    (C) Extension and thin crust
                                                  83. How much time will be required
    (D) Extension and thick crust
                                                      for a sample of hydrogen-3 to lose
81. Earth acts as a :

    (A) Low pass filter, which attenuates             75% of its radioactivity ? Half life
        the high frequency signals
                                                      of tritium is 12.26 years :
    (B) High pass filter, which attenuates
        the high frequency signals                    (A) 36.8 years

    (C) High       pass   filter,    which
                                                      (B) 24.5 years
        attenuates the low frequency
        signals                                       (C) 49 years
    (D) Low pass filter, which attenuates
        the low frequency signals                     (D) 20.6 years

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84. If the geothermal gradient is                      86. ENSO is a complex interannual
           K                                               tropical oscillation due to the
    0.02     and the corresponding
           m
                                                           unstable coupling of the :
    rock thermal conductivity is
                                                           (A) Ocean and the atmosphere
    3 W/m/K, the estimated heat flow
                                                           (B) Ocean and the land
    would be :
                                                           (C) Land and the ocean
    (A) 6 milli Watt/m2
                                                           (D) The atmosphere and the land
    (B) 60 milli Watt/m2
                                                       87. Long-range or seasonal forecasting
    (C) 600 milli Watt/m2
                                                           aims to predict weather at lead
    (D) 0.06 milli Watt/m2                                 times of :

85. The greater the distance between                       (A) 3 to 5 days

    the seismic event and a recording                      (B) 7 days to 3 weeks
    seismograph station, the ............... is
                                                           (C) annual
    the time it takes for the first wave
                                                           (D) a month or a season
    to arrive, and the .............. the
                                                       88. The effects of gravity acting on
    interval between the arrival of P and
                                                           perturbations to a density gradient
    S waves.
                                                           in vertical are referred as :

    (A) Shorter, longer                                    (A) Rossby waves

    (B) Greater, longer                                    (B) Kelvin waves

    (C) Longer, shorter                                    (C) Gravity waves

    (D) Shorter, shorter                                   (D) Inertia waves

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89. Anticyclones in the wind plots              92. Which brachiopod genus has a
    are :
                                                    straight hinge line ?
    (A) Clockwise circulations north of
           the equator                              (A) Gryphus

    (B) Clockwise circulations south of
                                                    (B) Spirifer
           the equator

    (C) Anticlockwise circulations south            (C) Terebratula
           of the equator
                                                    (D) Lingula
    (D) Clockwise circulations of the
           equator                              93. The feeding body of bryozoan is
90. The chemical composition of the                 called :
    planktic foraminifera’s shell/test
    is :                                            (A) Cystid
    (A) CaCO3
                                                    (B) Coelom
    (B) MgSO4
                                                    (C) Polypide
    (C) SiO2

    (D) Ca3(PO)4                                    (D) Operculum
91. Widely spaced isobars indicate a :
                                                94. Trace fossil pascichnia indicate
    (A) Steap pressure gradient and
           strong winds                             which strategy ?

    (B) Weak pressure gradient and                  (A) Crawling
           light winds
                                                    (B) Grazing
    (C) Steap pressure gradient and
           light winds
                                                    (C) Resting
    (D) Weak pressure gradient and
           strong winds                             (D) Escaping

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95. Which foraminifera is used as an          98. The infiltration rate of a soil

    index fossil for the Eocene and               depends on the ................. .

    Oligocene ?                                   (A) Initial soil moisture condition

                                                  (B) Physical properties of the soil
    (A) Miogypinid
                                                  (C) Both (A) and (B)
    (B) Globotruncanella
                                                  (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
    (C) Lepidocycilina                        99. The gravity measurements over the
                                                  oceans indicate that generally the
    (D) Fusulinid
                                                  free-air anomaly is nearly zero. This
96. Which Global Stratigraphic Section            is because :
    and Point (GSSP) stage boundary is            (A) The ocean basins are poorly
    marked in a speleothem ?                           sedimented

                                                  (B) Ocean basins are in isostatic
    (A) Northgrippian stage
                                                       equilibrium
    (B) Meghalayan stage
                                                  (C) Mantle below oceans are
    (C) Gelesian stage                                 isostatic

                                                  (D) Free-air anomaly is invalid due
    (D) Zanclean stage
                                                       to ocean waters
97. The age of Takche Formation, Spiti
                                              100. Low concentration of Fe in surface
    Valley, Himachal is :                         ocean waters after the Late
                                                  Archaean may be linked to :
    (A) Ordovician
                                                  (A) Less submarine volcanism
    (B) Cambrian
                                                  (B) Great carbon event
    (C) Jurassic
                                                  (C) Great oxidation event
    (D) Palaeocene                                (D) Decreased sea floor spreading

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Source: Savitribai Phule Pune University. Question paper published by Savitribai Phule Pune University.