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MH SET 2025: 15 June, Paper II, Earth Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary Science

  • Date: 15 June 2025
  • Paper code: JUN-35225
  • 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.   The nucleosynthesis have occurred         2.   Non-compensated spin moments and

                                                    the positive exchange interaction of
     progressively producing heavier and
                                                    the co-directed spins results in :
     heavier elements with the following
                                                    (A) Antiferromagnetic material
     processes in sequence :
                                                    (B) Diamagnetic material

     (A) Fusion in stars—Fusion in Big              (C) Paramagnetic material

         Bang—Fission in Supernova                  (D) Ferromagnetic material

     (B) Big Bang Nucleosynthesis—             3.   The most important mechanism of

                                                    heat transfer in the earth is :
         Fusion in stars—Fusion in
                                                    (A) Conduction in the crust and
         Supernova explosion
                                                        mantle

     (C) Big Bang fission—Star Fusion–              (B) Convection in the crust and

         Galactic collapse–Big Bang                     mantle

         fusion                                     (C) Convection in the mantle and

                                                        core
     (D) Star formation—Electroweak
                                                    (D) Radiation from the surface of
         formation—Nuclear fusion                       the earth

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4.   Which one of the following decay             7.   India’s northward drift from
     series is incorrect along with their
                                                       Gondwanaland is believed to have
     half life ?
                                                       started approxinately (in million
     (A) Carbon-14 to Nitrogen-14 at
         5730 years                                    years ago) :

     (B) Uranium-235 to Lead-350 at                    (A) 50
         200 million years
                                                       (B) 150
     (C) Potassium-40 to Argon-40 at
         1280 million years                            (C) 300

     (D) Rubidium-87 to Strontium-87                   (D) 400
         at 48,800 million years
                                                  8.   Transform faults are :
5.   The apparent resistivity sounding
     curve representing the resistivity                (A) Reverse faults
     structure p1 > p2 < p3 < p4 of a four-
                                                       (B) Normal faults
     layer Earth is :

     (A) HA-type                                       (C) Strike-slip faults

     (B) HK-type                                       (D) Thrust faults

     (C) KH-type                                  9.   Which     one   of    the   following
     (D) KQ-type                                       earthquakes was triggered by
6.   The porosity information provided                 impoundment of water reservoirs ?
     by the sonic log is :
                                                       (A) 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake
     (A) Total porosity
                                                       (B) 1995 Kobe (Japan) earthquake
     (B) Primary porosity
                                                       (C) 1967 Koyna earthquake
     (C) Secondary porosity
                                                       (D) 1950 Assam earthquake
     (D) Water-filled porosity

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10. The magnitude of an earthquake is          12. Which      stratigraphic      ‘Global

                                                    stratotype section and point’
    a measure of the energy released
                                                    boundary is marked in an ‘Ice-Core’
    during    the    earthquake.    The
                                                    of the Northern Green land.
    difference in energy released
                                                    (A) Permian-Triassic boundary
    between     an     earthquake     of
                                                    (B) Miocene-Pliocene boundary
    magnitude 4 and one of magnitude
                                                    (C) Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary
    7 on the Richter scale is about :
                                                    (D) Pleistocene-Holocene boundary
    (A) 30 times
                                               13. The geological age of Glossopteris is :

    (B) 900 times                                   (A) Ordovician

    (C) 27,000 times                                (B) Pleistocene


    (D) 3,000 times                                 (C) Permian

                                                    (D) Cretaceous
11. Which of the following stratigraphic
                                               14. Trace fossil Fodichnia indicate
    unit is of Permian-Triassic age ?
                                                    which strategy ?
    (A) Haimanta Group
                                                    (A) Escoping

    (B) Kali Formation                              (B) Crawling

    (C) Muth Formation                              (C) Feeding

    (D) Guruyul ravines                             (D) Grazing


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15. The skeletal of an entire coral colony       18. An influent stream is one which :

     is :                                            (A) Recharges the groundwater

     (A) Corallite                                   (B) Flows into a parent stream

     (B) Corallum                                    (C) Flows parallel to a consequent

                                                         stream
     (C) Coenenchyme
                                                     (D) Receives discharges from the
     (D) Calyx
                                                         groundwater
16. Dental formula of primitive Equidae
                                                 19. Which of the following is Active
     from the Eocene Epoch is :
                                                     sensor ?

     (A) 3 I/i, 1 C/c, 4 P/p and 3 M/m               (A) LISS

     (B) 3 I/i, 4 C/c, 1 P/p and 3 M/m               (B) AVHRR

     (C) 3 I/i, 3 C/c, 4 P/p and 1 M/m               (C) RADAR

                                                     (D) MSS
     (D) 3 I/i, 4 C/c, 3 P/p and 1 M/m
                                                 20. The main principle behind the
17. Spicules are part of the skeleton in :
                                                     working of GPS is .......
     (A) Annelids
                                                     (A) Reselection
     (B) Mollusca
                                                     (B) Revolving movement
     (C) Platyhelminthes
                                                     (C) Trisection

     (D) Porifera                                    (D) Trilateration

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21. Which of the following rocks shows         24. Hydraulic conductivity of ........ is

    dendritic drainage pattern on aerial           high.

    photo ?                                        (A) Coarse grained and fractured
                                                        material
    (A) Sedimentary
                                                   (B) Fine grained and non-fractured
    (B) Igneous
                                                        material
    (C) Both (A) and (B)
                                                   (C) Both (A) and (B)
    (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
                                                   (D) Neither (A) nor (B)

22. Vegetation reflects maximum                25. The hardness in water is typically
    radiations in which wavelength ?               caused by the presence of :

    (A) Near Infrared                              (A) Sodium and potassium ions

    (B) Microwave                                  (B) Suspended matter

    (C) Visible                                    (C) Carbonate and bicarbonate ions

                                                   (D) Calcium and magnesium ions
    (D) Ultraviolet
                                               26. Which of the following is the
23. The Schlumberger configuration is
                                                   advantage of conservation of
    used in :
                                                   geological resources ?
    (A) Electric profiling
                                                   (A) Less waste to dispose
    (B) Magnetic profiling
                                                   (B) Less land lost to mining

    (C) Seismic profiling                          (C) Both (A) and (B)

    (D) Geomagnetic profiling                      (D) Neither (A) nor (B)


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27. The point where the energy is               30. Which      one   of    the   following
    released during the earthquake is               statement is not true about dust
    called :
                                                    particles and aerosols in the
    (A) Epicentre
                                                    atmosphere ?
    (B) Hypocentre
                                                    (A) The dust particles include sea
    (C) Circumcentre
                                                        salts, fine soil, smoke, pollens,
    (D) Isocentre
                                                        soot
28. Consumption (drinking) of water
    with high concentration of nitrates             (B) Dust particles act as surfaces on
    causes :                                            which water vapour condenses
    (A) Knock knee syndrome
                                                    (C) The concentration of dust
    (B) Skeletal fluorosis                              particles is maximum in
    (C) Black foot disease                              mesosphere
    (D) Blue baby syndrome
                                                    (D) Dust in the air contributes to
29. What will be the focal length of the
                                                        the various hues of red and
    camera when the scale of the aerial
    photograph is 1:4500, the flying                    orange at sunrise and sunset
    height of the aircraft is 3780 meters
                                                31. A geographic boundary marking the
    above MSL and the average height
                                                    limits of the potential distribution of
    of the terrain is 820 meters above
    sea level ?                                     species is sometimes referred to as :

    (A) 607.8 mm                                    (A) Speciation
    (B) 657.8 mm                                    (B) Bioclimatic frontier
    (C) 555.9 mm
                                                    (C) Geographic isolation
    (D) 595.7 mm
                                                    (D) Polyploidy

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32. In which state Manas Wildlife                35. Match           the       sections      of

     Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve is                 electromagnetic spectrum (List-I)
                                                    with their percentage representation
     located ?
                                                    in the energy emitted by sun
     (A) Assam                                      (List-II)

     (B) Madhya Pradesh                                              List-I

     (C) Bihar                                      (a) X-rays, Gamma-rays & radio
                                                          waves region
     (D) Karnataka
                                                    (b) Visible region
33. Which one amongst the following is
                                                    (c)   Near infrared region
     not a tributary of Indus river ?
                                                    (d) Ultraviolet region
     (A) Ramanganga
                                                                     List-II
     (B) Zaskar
                                                    (i)   43
     (C) Gortang
                                                    (ii) 7
     (D) Hanza                                      (iii) less than 1

34. An orbit is the course of motion taken          (iv) 49
     by the satellite in space and the              Codes
     ground trace of the orbit is called :
                                                             (a)      (b)      (c)    (d)
     (A) Path                                       (A)    (iii)      (iv)     (i)    (ii)

     (B) Row                                        (B)    (iii)      (i)      (iv)   (ii)

     (C) Column                                     (C)    (iii)      (ii)     (i)    (iv)

     (D) Apogee                                     (D)      (iii)    (iv)     (ii)   (i)


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36. Given below are two statements               37. Read the following statements and
                                                     choose the correct answer from the
    Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read               codes given below :
    the statements carefully and choose              (i)   Dune sand is most commonly
                                                           composed of mineral quartz.
    correct answer from the codes given
                                                     (ii) Mineral quartz is extremely
    below :                                               hard and largely immune to
                                                          chemical decay.
    (A) Subsidence inversions are of                 Codes :

        common occurrence in regions                 (A) Both (i) and (ii) are true
                                                     (B) Both (i) and (ii) are false
        of high pressure
                                                     (C) (i) is true but (ii) is false
    (R) Winds around high pressure                   (D) (i) is false but (ii) is true
                                                 38. Match the following :
        cell are characterized by
                                                                  List-I
        clockwise       circulation    in            (a) Retrogradation
        northern hemisphere                          (b) Groin
                                                     (c) Progradation
    Codes :                                          (d) Backwash
                                                                  List-II
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and                (i) Shoreline moves oceanward
        (R) is the correct explanation               (ii) Wall of embankment built at
                                                           right angles to the shoreline
        of (A)                                       (iii) Undertow
                                                     (iv) Shoreline moves landward
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and                Codes :
        (R)      is   not   the   correct                    (a)   (b)        (c)    (d)
        explanation of (A)                           (A)     (i)   (iii)     (iv)    (ii)
                                                     (B)     (i)   (ii)      (iv)    (iii)
    (C) (A) is true but (R) is false
                                                     (C)    (iv)    (i)       (ii)   (iii)

    (D) (A) is false but (R) is true                 (D)    (iv)   (ii)       (i)    (iii)

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39. The Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic         42. Granitoids with high magnesium
    sedimentary     basins     in   the            composition that are commonly
    Peninsular India are known as :                formed by plate collusion events in

    (A) Dharwar                                    Archaean are called :

    (B) Purana                                     (A) Sanukitoids

    (C) Indo-Gangetic plans                        (B) Anatectic granites

    (D) Siwalik                                    (C) Adakite

40. The earliest traces of Dharwar,                (D) Tonalite

    Singhbhum and Bastar cratons can           43. Climax type of porphyry deposits are
    be postulated within the :                     characterised by high traces of :

    (A) Ur assembly                                (A) Gold

    (B) Kenorland assembly                         (B) Tin and tungsten

    (C) Columbia assembly                          (C) Iron

    (D) Rodinia assembly                           (D) Silver

41. Which of the following does not lie        44. Cyprus type Cu-Zn deposits are
    in the Dharwar craton ?                        found in :

    (A) Bababudan Group                            (A) Island arcs

    (B) Closepet Granite                           (B) Passive continental margins

    (C) Khairagarh volcanics                       (C) Mid oceanic ridges

    (D) Kolar schist belt                          (D) Continental rifts

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45. Choose the correct combination of           48. Which one of the following ore

    ore and location of its deposits :              minerals show internal reflection ?

    (A) Uranium – Jaduguda                          (A) Orpiment

    (B) Lead – Khetri                               (B) Magnetite

    (C) Gold – Panna                                (C) Pyrite

    (D) Iron – Malanjkhand                          (D) Molybdenite

46. Which of the following is not a type        49. Types of oil traps formed due to

    of VHMS deposit ?                               accumulation of hydrocarbons along

                                                    the folds and faults is called :
    (A) Sedex type
                                                    (A) Stratigraphic traps
    (B) Kuroko type
                                                    (B) Structural traps
    (C) Cyprus type
                                                    (C) Chemical traps
    (D) Algoma type
                                                    (D) Fractured reservoirs
47. Banded iron formation closely
                                                50. The age of Gondwana coal in India
    related to glaciogenic marine

    sediments are called :                          is :


    (A) Lake superior type                          (A) Permo-Carboniferous

    (B) Rapitan type                                (B) Jurassic

    (C) Algoma type                                 (C) Palaeogene

    (D) Kiruna type                                 (D) Neogene


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51. Self potential method is the most           54. The rate of cooling or warming of
    suitable method for prospecting of :            vertically moving unsaturated (dry)

    (A) Carbonate ore bodies                        air is :

    (B) Sulphide ore bodies                         (A) 20ºC/1000 meters

    (C) Ferruginous ove bodies                      (B) 30ºC/1000 meters

    (D) Silicate ore bodies                         (C) 10ºC/1000 meters

52. The magnitude of gravity on the                 (D) 25ºC/1000 meters
    earth’s surface depends on :                55. Winds that blow of a constant speed
    (A) Latitude,      elevation    and             parallel to curved isobars are termed
         topography                                 as :

    (B) Latitutde, elevation, topography            (A) Gradient winds
         and density variations in the              (B) Thermal winds
         subsurface
                                                    (C) Geostrophic winds
    (C) Latitude, elevation, topography
                                                    (D) Hydrostatic winds
         and earth tides
                                                56. The Madden-Julian Oscillations
    (D) Latitude, elevation, topography,
                                                    (MJO) has a zonal wavenumber 1
         earth   tides     and   density
                                                    with maximum amplitude in the deep
         variations in the subsurface
                                                    tropics, and it moves eastward around
53. Medium range forecast is valid for :
                                                    the equator with a period of :
    (A) 3 to 5 weeks
                                                    (A) 10-20 days
    (B) 4 to 6 weeks
                                                    (B) 70-80 days
    (C) 3 days to about 2 weeks
                                                    (C) 30-60 days
    (D) about 2 weeks to about 3 weeks
                                                    (D) 80-90 days

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57. At any given time, there are an               60. Clouds that usually form as the leeward
    estimated ........... thunderstorms in
                                                       side of mountains are called :
    progress over the globe.
                                                       (A) Lenticular clouds
    (A) 50,000
                                                       (B) Cirrus clouds
    (B) 30,000

    (C) 20,000                                         (C) Cumulonimbus clouds

    (D) 2,000                                          (D) Contrails clouds

58. Middle clouds generally occupy                61. Density of seawater depends on :
    heights :
                                                       (A) Salinity and pressure
    (A) from 7000 to 8000 meters
                                                       (B) Salinity and temperature
    (B) from 500 to 1000 meters                        (C) Temperature and pressure

    (C) from 1000 to 1500 meters                       (D) Salinity, temperature and

    (D) from 2000 to 6000 meters                           pressure

59. Which among the following is a                62. Which of the following warm ocean
    warm ocean current of the Pacific                  currents is associated with the
    Ocean ?                                            Indian Ocean ?

    (A) Kuroshio current                               (A) Canary current

    (B) Mozambiqe current                              (B) Florida current

    (C) Canaries current                               (C) Agulhas current

    (D) Humboldt current
                                                       (D) Kurile current

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63. The boundaries of the three plates            66. Features given below are diagnostic
    which meet at the Rodrigues Triple                to which sedimentary environment ?
    Junction are :
                                                      Tectonic Setting :
    (A) African,     Indo-Australian,
                                                      Typically in fault grabens,
        Antarctic
                                                      downwarped basins with internal
    (B) Eurasian, Indo-Australian,                    drainage or limited outflow.
        North American
                                                      Geometry :
    (C) Australian, North American,
        Pacific                                       Coursing upward from laminated
                                                      shales, marls, limestone to rippled
    (D) African, Antarctic, Eurasian
                                                      and cross-bedded sandstone,
64. Isohaline line on a map is :                      sequence shows cyclic alternation of
    (A) The line that join the places of              lamine.
        equal precipitation
                                                      Sedimentology :
    (B) The line that joins the places
                                                      Finely lamined mudstones rich in
        of equal salinity
                                                      kerogen with marl and freshwater
    (C) The line that joins the places                limestone, fluvial muds and sand
        of equal temperature                          with cross-beds, wave ripples and
    (D) The line that joins the places                climbing ripple drift, association of
        of equal humidity                             regular sequence of carbonate and
65. The deposition of sulphide minerals               evaporites with desicussion and
    nearest to the hydrothermal vent                  mudcracks.
    depends on :                                      Fossils :
    (A) Lighter density and higher                    Nonmarine ostracods, diatoms,
        solubility
                                                      molluscs and fish and insects.
    (B) Higher density and lower
                                                      (A) Glacial
        solubility
                                                      (B) Eolian
    (C) Lower density and lower solubility
                                                      (C) Lacustrine
    (D) Higher density and higher
        solubility                                    (D) Alluvials fans

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67. A building is to be founded on a clay        69. A limestone classified as oomicrite by
    stratum. The water table is                       Folk’s classification but when
    practically at ground surface level.
    Laboratory test show that the unit                combining Folk’s and Dunham’s
    weight of the soil is r = 20 kN/m3                classification it can be classified as :
    and classify the soil as a firm clay.
    The uniaxial compressive strength                 (A) Oomicrite Mudstone
    is qu = 150 kN/m2.
                                                      (B) Oomicrite Boundstone
    Suppose that the footing will be
    square, 2 m wide, and the foundation              (C) Oomicrite Packstone
    depth will be 2 m below the ground
    surface, calculate the ultimate                   (D) Oomicritic crystalline limestone
    bearing capacity.
                                                 70. According to Zingg diagram .......
    (A) 502.6 kPa
                                                      particles have a flattened cylindrical
    (B) 743.2 kPa
    (C) 801.6 kPa                                     or disk-like shape such that one axis
    (D) 304.0 kPa                                     is much shorter than the other two
68. In a soil mechanics and engineering               with a  b << c
    project, a stratigraphic column below
    the horizontal ground level of a wide             (A) Equant
    valley is formed by 3 m of coarse
                                                      (B) Oblate
    gravels over a 12 m clay deposit.
    Below the clay is a highly permeable              (C) Prolate
    fractured sandstone. The water table
    in the gravel layer is 0.6 m below                (D) Bladed
    ground surface. In the sandstone
    substratum artesian condition with           71. A modern roadway which is made
    a piezometric height of 6 m above                 of three layers, its second layer is
    ground level exist. The gravel layer
                                                      termed as :
    is very permeable and assumed to
    be hydrostatic. Determine the pore                (A) Base and sub-base
    water pressure distribution.
    (A) 23.54 kPa                                     (B) Wearing surface
    (B) 54.23 kPa                                     (C) Subgrade surface
    (C) 70.45 kPa
    (D) 96.01 kPa                                     (D) Geomembranes

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72. The ground beneath a large consists            73. The movements of dry-bottom
    of a 50 m thick deposit of clays with              glaciers is characteristic of :
    a rock substratum. The bed of the
    lake is flat and 20 m deep. The action             (A) Ductile deformation and sliding
    of geological processes generates clays
                                                       (B) Plastic deformation and basal
    in suspension which in a very short
    time from a 2 m thick layer of                         sliding
    sediments that completely cover the
                                                       (C) Gravity flow
    bottom of the lake.
                                                       (D) Push force
    Assuming the free water surface
    remains unchanged, determe the                 74. Under the thermohaline circulation,
    pore pressure in the original
                                                       the oldest waters with a transit time
    situation.
                                                       of about 1600 years are upwalled in
    Given :
                                                       the :
    The saturated unit weight of the
    clays in constant and equal to                     (A) Indian Ocean
    sat = 200 kN/m3.
                                                       (B) North Atlantic
    The unit weight of water is w = 10
    kN/m3                                              (C) South Atlantic

    The rock substratum is impervious                  (D) North Pacific
    for practical purpose.
                                                   75. The Middle Paleolithic tools are
    The surface of the water in the lake
    is taken as the origin of the depth                marked by the presence of :
    axis, Z.                                           (A) Chopper and Bifaces
    (A) 250 kPa
                                                       (B) Harpoon and Spears
    (B) 700 kPa
                                                       (C) Knife and Scraper
    (C) 908 kPa

    (D) 1114 kPa                                       (D) Needles and Perforators

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  76. Kame terraces are the typical                                         78. The apparent thickness of an
                     features in glaciated regions to be
                     assigned to :                                              outcropping bed in 20 m. The bed

                     (A) Glacio-lacustrine processes                            dips at 30º, what will be the true
                     (B) Aeolian processes
                                                                                thickness of the bed ?
                     (C) Glacio-fluvial processes

                     (D) Glacio-eustatic processes                              (A) 20 m

  77. The correct sequence of thrust
                                                                                (B) 30 m
                     (numbered 1 to 5) in the figure from
                     south to north in the Himalayas are                        (C) 10 m
                     (ITS, Indus-Tsangpo Suture; MFT,
                     Main frontal thrust; STD, Southern                         (D) 12.5 m
                     Tibetan detachment normal fault;
                     MCT, Main central thrust; MBT,                         79. In   carbonate   and     siliclastic

                     Main Boundary thrust) :
                                                                                sedimentary rocks uniaxial strain
                                                               North
    South
    Ganges foreland               Greater                                       can be accommodated by chemical
                         Lesser
                                                 Tibetan Plateau
              Siwalaliks Himalaya Himalaya
                      1    2         3       4             5                    compaction, by the process of :
                0


D ep th . K m
                20
                                                                                (A) Wedge deformation
                40



                     (A) MFT-MBT-MCT-STD-ITS                                    (B) Screw dislocation

                     (B) MBT-MCT-MFT-STD-ITS                                    (C) Pressure solution
                     (C) ITS-STD-MFT-MCT-MBT
                                                                                (D) Kink banding
                     (D) MFT-MCT-STD-MBT-ITS

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80. Isotropic pressure at depth in the             82. The S-wave that is reflected from the

     Earth arising from the overlying
                                                       outer core is denoted as :
     rock column :
                                                       (A) SOcS
     (A) Lithostatic stress

                                                       (B) SKP
     (B) Normal stress


     (C) Homogeneous stress                            (C) ScS


     (D) Isotropic stress                              (D) ScOS


81. The Doppler effect is a relative effect
                                                   83. The    Northward     drift   of   the

     due to the change in .......... of a
                                                       Cimmerian continents resulted in
     moving source relative to a
                                                       the opening of :
     stationary observer.

                                                       (A) Neotethys
     (A) Amplitude


     (B) Velocity                                      (B) Prototethys


     (C) Displacement                                  (C) Paleotethys

     (D) Frequency
                                                       (D) Southern Indian Ocean


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84. The correct order of ages for             87. The depleted MORB Mantle (DMM)
    Kerguelen Hotspot, Reunion Hotspot            reservoir shows following Sr-Nd
    and the Marion plume hotspot is :
                                                  isotopic compositions :
    (A) 60 Ma, 90 Ma, 117 Ma
                                                  (A) High 87Sr/86Sr and low 143Nd/
    (B) 90 Ma, 65 Ma, 117 Ma                          144Nd

    (C) 117 Ma, 65 Ma, 90 Ma
                                                  (B) Low 87Sr/86Sr and low 143Nd/
    (D) 120 Ma, 95 Ma, 65 Ma                          144Nd

85. Which mineral is having 6 hardness
                                                  (C) Low 87Sr/86Sr and high 143Nd/
    in Moho’s scale ?
                                                      144Nd
    (A) Topaz
                                                  (D) High 87Sr/86Sr and high 143Nd/
    (B) Quartz
                                                      144Nd
    (C) Calcite
                                              88. Re and Os elements dominantly
    (D) Orthoclase
                                                  possesses which of the following
86. Anthophyllite-Commingtonite series
                                                  geochemical character ?
    belong to the subclass :
                                                  (A) Chalcophile
    (A) Cyclosilicate

                                                  (B) Siderophile
    (B) Inosilicate

    (C) Sorosilicate                              (C) Lithophile

    (D) Phyllosilicate                            (D) Immobile


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                                                  91. Which of the following is True for
89. The following isotopic ratio is useful
                                                      the compatable elements ?
     in   constraining    the   time   of
                                                      (A) The      value   of    partition

     separation of melt from the enriched                 coefficient, D > 1 and they are
                                                          preferentially retained in liquid
     or depleted mantle :
                                                      (B) The      value   of    partition

     (A) 86Sr/57Sr                                        coefficient D > 1 and they are
                                                          preferentially retained in solid
     (B) 143Nd/144Nd
                                                      (C) The      value   of    partition
                                                          coefficient D < 1 and they are
     (C) 206Pb/238U
                                                          preferentially retained in solid

     (D) 297Pb/235U                                   (D) The      value   of    partition
                                                          coefficient D < 1 and they are
90. In nuclear energy production, the
                                                          preferentially retained in liquid.

     processed or enriched Uranium is :           92. Which of the following hotspot is
                                                      related to the eruption of flood
     (A) U 238
                                                      basalts of the Columbia plateau ?

     (B) U 234                                        (A) Kerguelen

                                                      (B) Tristan
     (C) U 232
                                                      (C) Hawaii

     (D) U235                                         (D) Yellowstone


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93. Which of the following tectonic              95. Harzburgite is ultramafic igneous

    settings are primarily characterized             rocks having composition :

    by thin crust, normal faults, shallow            (A) Olivine + Orthopyroxene

    earthquakes and basalt and rhyolite
                                                     (B) Orthopyroxene + Clinopyroxene

    magmatism ?
                                                     (C) Only Olivine

    (A) Mid oceanic rifts
                                                     (D) Only Pyroxene

    (B) Continental rifts
                                                 96. Shand (1927) grouped igneous rock

    (C) Convergent plate boundaries                  based on the total molar alkali verse

    (D) Transform plate boundaries                   alumina content. Which condition

                                                     will be suitable in case of Pre-
94. Which of the following represents
                                                     aluminous ?
    the    approximate        age     of

                                                     (A) Al2O3 < (Na2O + K2O)
    Malanjkhand Granite ?

                                                     (B) Al2O3 > (CaO + Na2O + K2O)
    (A) 1800 million year

                                                     (C) Al2O3 < (CaO + Na2O + K2O)
    (B) 1100 million year
                                                         but Al2O3 > (Na2O + K2O)
    (C) 2300 million year
                                                     (D) Al2O3 = (Na2O + K2O)
    (D) 3100 million year

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97. If the dark portion is on a vanishing        99. The reaction Opx + Plagioclase =

    stage and is recognised by dark
                                                     Garnet + Cpx + Quartz is :
    schlieren streaks within the granitic
                                                     (A) Exsolution Reaction
    portion (Leucosome), this migmatite

    is known as :                                    (B) Solid-solid        Net-Transfer

    (A) Agmatite                                            Reaction

    (B) Melanosome
                                                     (C) Exchange Reaction

    (C) Nebulite
                                                     (D) Ion Exchange Reaction
    (D) Neosome

                                                 100. The ACF value of Mg3Al2Si3O12
98. Comlplete the reaction :

    Microcline + Chlorite = .......... +             is :


    Muscovite + (Quartz + H2O)
                                                     (A) F = 75; A = 25 & C = O

    (A) Biotite
                                                     (B) F = 50; A = 25 & C = 25
    (B) Kyanite
                                                     (C) F = 0;        A = 75 & C = 25
    (C) Garnet

                                                     (D) F = 25; A = 0 & C = 75
    (D) Chloritoid

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