Geology Objective Type Questions and Answers

Questions

21 Thickness of Mantle is

A 1,900 Km

B 2,500 Km

C 2,900 Km

D 3,500 Km

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Answer: 2,900 Km

22 The sediment produced by chemical weathering of granite is commonly knwon as

A Cobble

B Sand

C Silt

D Clay

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Answer: Clay

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23 The matrix of packstone is

A Sand

B Silt

C Mud

D Clay

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Answer: Mud

24 The basic and fundamental unit of Lithostratigraphic classification is

A Supergroup

B Group

C Formation

D Member

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Answer: Formation

25 Who is known as the "father of Crystallography"

A Hauy

B N Steno

C F C Philips

D R Hooke

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Answer: Hauy

26 Aluminium ores are called

A Cryolite

B Bauxite

C Gibbsite

D All

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Answer: Bauxite

27 Parrot coal is a variety of

A Lignite

B Anthracite

C Peat

D Bituminous Coal

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Answer: Bituminous Coal

28 In which year the continental drift theory was proposed by Alfred Wegener

A 1905

B 1910

C 1912

D 1915

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Answer: 1912

29 Which one is the last Supercontinent (single landmass of continents) in Earth surface

A Rodinia

B Pannotia

C Pangaea

D Pliocene

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Answer: Pangaea

30 What is the temparature of the inner core of the Earth

A Approximately 4500 K

B Approximately 5700 K

C Approximately 6200 K

D Approximately 6800 K

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Answer: Approximately 5700 K

31 Which one is not a rock types sedimentary, metamorphic and __________

A Igneous

B Sedimentary

C Metamorphic

D Geomorphic

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Answer: Geomorphic

32 Two-fold classification of Gondwana was proposed by

A C. S. Fox

B Pascoe

C Meddicott

D Feistmantle

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Answer: C. S. Fox

33 Schulze's solution is used to separate microfossils from

A Shale

B Chert

C Coal

D None of these

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Answer: Coal

34 Shells with ammonite suture appear first in

A Permian

B Devonian

C Cretaceous

D None of the above

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Answer: Devonian

35 Aquamarine is a gem variety of

A Tourmaline

B Kyanite

C Beryl

D Topaz

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Answer: Beryl

36 Quartz exhibits ___________ fracture

A Hackly

B Uneven

C Even

D Conchoidal

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Answer: Conchoidal

37 Beryl is commercially known as

A Emerald

B Ruby

C Peridot

D Moonstone

View Answer

Answer: Emerald

38 Gibbsite is ore of

A Iron

B Aluminium

C Manganese

D Lead

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Answer: Aluminium

39 Phonolite is a volcanic equivalent of

A Basalt

B Granite

C Nepheline-Syenite

D Diorite

View Answer

Answer: Nepheline-Syenite

40 Which of the following is formed by glacial erosion

A Yardang

B Potholes

C Arête

D Cuesta

View Answer

Answer: Arête

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