GEOLOGY
UPSC Geology MCQs
GEOLOGY MCQs
1. A geologic mountain building event caused by Late Palaeozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea
A:-Alpine Orogeny
B:-Variscan Orogeny
C:-Caledonian Orogeny
D:-Acadian Orogeny
Ans: B
2. The diamond pipes of South Africa and the Uranium minerals in the Singhbhum granites of Jaduguda, Bihar are best examples of _________ type of deposits.
A:-Segragation
B:-Dissemination
C:-Sublimation
D:-Injection
Ans: B
3. Underground water that occurs within the zone of aeration is called
A:-Juvenile water
B:-Phreatic water
C:-Vadose water
D:-Gravitational water
Ans: C
4. The theory of 'cycle of erosion' in Geomorphology is credited to which of the following persons?
A:-Pierre Perrault
B:-Walther Penck
C:-William Morris Davis
D:-Lester Charles King
Ans: C
5. The maximum number of axis of symmetry possible in a crystal
A:-9
B:-12
C:-10
D:-13
Ans: D
6. The metamorphic facies considered as a transition between diagenesis and regional metamorphism.
A:-Zeolite facies
B:-Ecologic facies
C:-Sanidinite facies
D:-Greenschist facies
Ans: A
7. The greatest period of coal formation in India
A:-Palaeogene
B:-Carboniferous
C:-Permain
D:-Cretaceous
Ans: C
8. A horizontal tunnel made parallel to the strike of the lode or vein of mineralization, which can be located in the country rock also either on the foot wall side of the lode or in the hanging wall side of the lode.
A:-Drive
B:-Winze
C:-Stope
D:-Adit
Ans: A
9. In optical mineralogy, an ellipsoid with the three major semi-axes are denoted as `n_(alpha)` , `n_(beta)` and `n_(gamma)`, where ```n_(alpha)>n_(beta)>n_(gamma)` and whose three principal sections are ellipses is called
A:-Isotropic Indicatrix
B:-Uniaxial Indicatrix
C:-Biaxial Indicatrix
D:-Triaxial Indicatrix
Ans: C
10. ___________ streams drain in the opposite direction to the original consequent streams.
A:-Resequent
B:-Obsequent
C:-Antecedent
D:-Subsequent
Ans: B
A:-Alpine Orogeny
B:-Variscan Orogeny
C:-Caledonian Orogeny
D:-Acadian Orogeny
Ans: B
2. The diamond pipes of South Africa and the Uranium minerals in the Singhbhum granites of Jaduguda, Bihar are best examples of _________ type of deposits.
A:-Segragation
B:-Dissemination
C:-Sublimation
D:-Injection
Ans: B
3. Underground water that occurs within the zone of aeration is called
A:-Juvenile water
B:-Phreatic water
C:-Vadose water
D:-Gravitational water
Ans: C
4. The theory of 'cycle of erosion' in Geomorphology is credited to which of the following persons?
A:-Pierre Perrault
B:-Walther Penck
C:-William Morris Davis
D:-Lester Charles King
Ans: C
5. The maximum number of axis of symmetry possible in a crystal
A:-9
B:-12
C:-10
D:-13
Ans: D
6. The metamorphic facies considered as a transition between diagenesis and regional metamorphism.
A:-Zeolite facies
B:-Ecologic facies
C:-Sanidinite facies
D:-Greenschist facies
Ans: A
7. The greatest period of coal formation in India
A:-Palaeogene
B:-Carboniferous
C:-Permain
D:-Cretaceous
Ans: C
8. A horizontal tunnel made parallel to the strike of the lode or vein of mineralization, which can be located in the country rock also either on the foot wall side of the lode or in the hanging wall side of the lode.
A:-Drive
B:-Winze
C:-Stope
D:-Adit
Ans: A
9. In optical mineralogy, an ellipsoid with the three major semi-axes are denoted as `n_(alpha)` , `n_(beta)` and `n_(gamma)`, where ```n_(alpha)>n_(beta)>n_(gamma)` and whose three principal sections are ellipses is called
A:-Isotropic Indicatrix
B:-Uniaxial Indicatrix
C:-Biaxial Indicatrix
D:-Triaxial Indicatrix
Ans: C
10. ___________ streams drain in the opposite direction to the original consequent streams.
A:-Resequent
B:-Obsequent
C:-Antecedent
D:-Subsequent
Ans: B