JAM Mock Test -4

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This section contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. Questions Q.1 – Q.30 belong to this section and carry a total of 50 marks. Q.1 – Q.10 carry 1 mark each and Questions Q.11 – Q.30 carry 2 marks each. For all 1-mark questions, 1/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. For all 2 marks questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Q1. Geologists are generally agreed that Earth is:

(A) about 2500 million years old. (B) about 6,000 years old.

Q2. A subduction zone is most likely to be encountered:

(A) at a convergent plate boundary. (B) at a divergent plate boundary

Q3. What kinds of structures are represented by the following geologic map symbols?

(A) Anticline (B) Syncline (C) Strike (D) Dip

Q4. Which of the following type of dam is shown in the picture of Hoover Dam, U.S.A

(A) Gravity (B) Embankment (C) Arch (D) Buttress

Q5. Appearance of a surface of material in reflected light is known as

(A) colour (B) luster (C) pleochroism (D) streak

Q6. Which sedimentary rock tends to be fissile?

(A) Conglomerate (B) Limestone (C) Sandstone (D) Shale

Q7. In which climate is chemical weathering likely to occur most rapidly?

(A) Desert (B) Polar region (C) Tropical (Wet/Rain forest) (D) Steppe

Q8. Which is the maximum producer of Bauxite?

(A) Odisha (B) Gujarat (C) Jharkhand (D) Maharashtra

Q9. Which one of below mentioned upper Gondwana series made up of lava flows?

(A) Jabalpur (B) Rajmahal (C) Mahadeva (D) None of the above

Q10. What phylum does Gastropod belong to?

(A) Brachiopoda (B) Bryozoa (C) Mollusca (D) Priapulida

Q11. An overturned bed is one that has been rotated more than __________ degrees

(A) 90 (B) 180 (C) 45 (D) None of these

Q12. Which type of joints are Q?

(A) oblique (B) dip (C) strike (D) None of the above

Q13. Reserve of a deposit is defined as

(A) The quantity of mineral present in a deposit

(B) The quantity of mineral that can be extracted from a deposit

(D) The quantity of both mineral and gangue present in a deposit

Q14. Match the following 1, 2, 3 & 4.

1. Inclusions	A. that which is on top is relatively younger than materials below (based upon gravity settling principles).
2. principle of cross-cutting relations	B. that which cuts something is older than that which it cuts
3. principle of original horizontality	C. rocks and minerals inside other rocks and minerals are older than the rocks and minerals they are within.
4. law of superposition	D. sediment is laid down on flat, gently- to non-sloping surfaces due to gravity settling.

(A) 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D (B) 1D, 2B, 3C, 4A (C) 1C, 2B, 3D, 4A (D) 1A, 2C, 3B, 4D

Q15. Half-life of Carbon-14 is approximately

(A) 5730 years (B) 1 Billion Years (C) 704 million years (D) 100000 years

Q16. Which of these silicate minerals is likely to be chemically weathered most easily?

(A) Orthoclase (B) Muscovite (C) Olivine (D) Quartz

Q17. Match the following as per their cleavage type

1. Pinacoidal	W. Galena
2. Cubic	X. Kyanite
3. Octahedral	Y. Diamond
4. Pyramidal	Z. Scheelite

(A) 1-W, 2-X, 3-Y, 4-Z (B) 1-Z, 2-Y, 3-X, 4-W (C) 1-X, 2-W, 3-Y, 4-Z (D) 1-X, 2-W, 3-Z, 4-Y

Q18. Wells 1 &2 are drilled in which type of aquifer

(A) Confined (B) Unconfined (C) Aquitard (D) Aquiclude

Q19. Match the geomorphological features in Group I with corresponding characteristics in Group II.

Group I	Group II
P. Atolls	1. reefs parallel to the shore and separated by deep lagoon.
Q. Mesa	2. broad flat-topped hill capped by resistant rock and bounded by cliffs.
R. Barchans	3. circular reefs that rim lagoons.
S. Bareer reef	4. crescent shaped sand dunes.

(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-1 (B) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1 (C) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-3 (D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-1

Q20. An Oceanic Ridge is most likely to be encountered:

(A) at a convergent plate boundary (B) at a divergent plate boundary

Q21.Which type of drainage pattern the following figure depicts.

(A) Dendritic (B) Radial (C) Rectangular (D) None of the above

Q22. Hutton’s idea of Earth’s uniformitarianism is that _______.

(A) Earth’s landscapes have been shaped by attraction of another star

(B) Earth’s landscapes have been shaped suddenly by unknown forces not in operation today

(D) Earth’s landscapes have been shaped by the influence of the Moon

Q23. Which instrument is used to determine Hardness?

(A) Walker's steel yard balance (B) Sclerometer

Q24. The igneous rock question marked of the figure below is

(A) Tonalite (B) Granite (C) Syenite (D) Monzonite

Q25. Rampura Agucha in Rajasthan is famous for

(A) Bauxite (B) Zinc (C) Coal (D) Iron

Q26. The geological age of the only coking coal deposit of India in Jharia Coal field is

(A) Permian (B) Triassic (C) Jurassic (D) Tertiary

Q27. Which suture line is this?

(A) Ammonite (B) Ceratite (C) Goniatite (D) None of the above

Q28. Which of the following(s) criteria is/are important for a rock to be called as Ore?

(A) Metal/mineral can be extracted economically at present day scenario

(B) Metal/mineral content should be more than gangue content

(D) It should be present within 2000m inside earth’s crust

Q29. Sinuosity of a stream is defined as:

(A) Ratio of channel length to the valley width

(B) Ratio of channel length to the valley length.

(D) Ratio of meander length to the channel length

Q30. Temperature range of meso zone of metamorphism is

(A) 50-200 degree centigrade (B) 100-300 degree centigrade

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Ashley Amerson

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