General Geology Mid - I, September - 2014
1.The time taken for light from the sun reach the earth is
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499.720Sec
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600.720Sec
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500.620Sec
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400.99Sec
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Answer: A
2.The temparature of the MOHO beneath the continents range from
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100C - 1000C
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1500C - 2500C
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5000C - 7000C
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4000C - 4500C
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Answer: C
3.Which of the following is a non Radioactive isotope of lead
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Pb204
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Pb206
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Pb207
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Pb208
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Answer: A
4.Natural levee is an example of
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Point-bar deposit
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Channel-fill deposit
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Flood plain deposit
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Flood basin deposit
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Answer: C
5.Most of the worlds great volcanoes are
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Shield cones
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Cinder cones
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Plug cones
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Composite cones
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Answer: D
6.Which of the following dunes appear U-shaped in plan view
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Barchans
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Parabolic dunes
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Seifs
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Dome dunes
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Answer: B
7.The land counter part of a delta is a
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Alluvial fan
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Stream Terrace
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Pediment
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Natural levee
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Answer: A
8.Geomorphologists have estimated that probably 90% of the present landscapes are of
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Paleozoic age
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Mesozoic age
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Tertiary age
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Quaternary age
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Answer: C
9.Landforms that bear the imprint of more than one cycle of erosion are known as
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Simple landforms
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Compound landforms
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Monocyclic landforms
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Multicyclic landforms
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Answer: D
10.Which of the following weathers most rapidly
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Anorthite
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Albite
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Olivin
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Orthoclase
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Answer: A
11.The erth’s interior has been divided into ________________.
Answer: Crust, Mantle & Core
12.The crust is composed of ____________________ rocks.
Answer: Heterogeneous
13.The destructive earthquakes are concentrated in a ring surrounding the _________ Ocean.
Answer: Pacific
14._______________ are produced by sudden movements along faults&tectonic origin.
Answer: Earthquakes
15._____________ is a mountain from which hot melted rock,gas,steam&ash from inside the earth.
Answer: Volcano
16.______________ is molten rocks that is formed in very hot conditions inside the earth.
Answer: Magma
17.The combined effect of weathering &erosion is called _____________________.
Answer: Denudation
18.______________ the streams show a branching tree like arrangement.
Answer: Dendritic pattern
19.Narrow & deep river valleys which develop in hard rocks are called ___________ .
Answer: Horges
20._________________ streams flow outward indifferent directions from a central heigh point.
Answer: Radial drianage pattern