JAM Mock Test-1

Section – A

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. The below facies sequence represents

Zeolite → Prehnite – Pumpellyite → Blueschist → Eclogite

(A) Subduction Zone                      (B) Continent-Continent Collision

(C) Mid oceanic ridge                     (D) Ocean Ocean collision

Q2. Olivine rich metabasaltic is                                

(A) Lherzolite                     (B) Oceanite                      (C) Picrite                           (D) Basanite

Q3. The presence of free silica SiO2 decreases the stability of                     

(A) K-Feldspar                    (B) Garnet                          (C) Olivine                          (D) None of the above

Q4. Cephalopod group provides fastest moving  

(A) Vertebrates                 (B) Invertebrates              (C) Reptiles                        (D) Mammals

Q5. The hardness of streak plate is approximately                                                         

(A) 7                                    (B) 5                                     (C) 5.5                                 (D) 6

Q6. The most dominant elements in the mantle are

(A) O, Si                              (B) Si, Al                             (C) Si, Mg                           (D) Fe, Mg

Q7. 90  East Ridge lies in

(A) Pacific Ocean             (B) Atlantic Ocean           (C) Indian Ocean              (D) Arabian Sea

Q8. Hornblende belongs to

(A) Nesosilicate                (B) Sorosilicate                  (C) Inosilicate                    (D) Tectosilicate

Q9. The largest volcano in the world which is active

(A) Etna                              (B) Mauna Loa                  (C) Barren Island              (D) Hawaiin

Q10. The element whose polymorphs range from softest to hardest

(A) Si                                   (B) Al                                   (C) Fe                                  (D) C

Q11. Pyrolusite is the ore of

(A) Fe                                  (B) Mn                                (C) Mg                                 (D) Pb

Q12. Flux melting occurs when water or carbon dioxide are added to rock. These compounds cause the rock to melt at

(A) Higher temperature  (B) Lower temperature   (C) Higher pressure          (D) Lower pressure

Q13. According to Ramsay’s classification the Parallel fold is in which class?

(A) Class 1A                        (B) Class 1B                        (C) Class 1C                        (D) Class 2

Q14. In India carbonate hosted Pb-Zn deposits are occurring in

(A) Rampura-Agucha       (B) Zawar                           (C) Surgipalli                      (D) Malanjkhand

Q15. Which of the following formations belongs to Tertiary age?

(A) Baripada bed              (B) Lameta beds               (C) Bhander formation   (D) Katrol formation

Q16. Gastropod shell exhibits

(A) Bilateral symmetry    (B) Radial symmetry        (C) No symmetry              (D) None of the above

Q17. The pitch of slickenside on a dip slip fault plane is

(A) 90                                 (B) 45                                 (C) 0                                   (D) Cannot be determined

Q18. The unit of permeability is

(A) N/A2                              (B) m/sec                           (C) m                                   (D) m2/sec

Q19. Which of the following orogeny is youngest?

(A) Eastern Ghat               (B) Satpura                        (C) Himalaya                     (D) Aravalli

Q20. Dendritic stream pattern generally develops in terrains covered with

(A) Shale                             (B) Limestone                   (C) Sandstone                   (D) None of the above

Q21. Which of the following can be used to determine the top/bottom of sedimentary beds?

(A) Ripple marks               (B) Mud cracks                 (C) Rain prints                   (D) All the above

Q22. The polymorphism observed in high quartz and low quartz is

(A) Reconstructive           (B) Displacive                    (C) Order-disorder           (D) All of the above

Q23. San Andreas fault is a type of

(A) Normal fault               (B) Reverse fault              (C) Transform fault          (D) Transcurrent fault

Q24. The granulitic facies rock ‘garnet-sillimanite-schist’ is popularly known as

(A) Charnokite                  (B) Khondalite                  (C) Enderbite                    (D) alaskite

Q25. Facial suture ending at genal angle is

(A) Hypoparian                 (B) Proparian                    (C) Protoparian                (D) Gonatoparian

Q26. In India Tertiary coal is found to occur in

(A) Raniganj                      (B) Jharia                            (C) Neyveli                         (D) Talchir

 Q27. The dune in the following figure generally indicates

(A) Unidirectional wind regimes                                              (B) Multidirectional wind regimes

(C) Semi-arid climate                                                                 (D) None of the above

Q28. The growth of porphyroblast as shown in the following figure indicates

(A) Pre-kinematic             (B) Syn-kinematic            (C) Post-kinematic            (D) Can’t be determined

Q29. The following stereogram belongs to

(A) Orthorhombic system    (B) Triclinic system    (C) Isometric system       (D) Monoclinic system

Q30. The fundamental unit of litho-stratigraphic classification is

(A) Group                           (B) Bed                               (C) Formation                   (D) Series