Geology Model Test - 2017 - IIT JAM MCQ

Trench fault.

Lag fault.

Gaping fault.

Drag fault.

magma → sediment → sedimentary rock → metamorphic rock

sedimentary → metamorphic rock → igneous rock → magma

metamorphic rock → magma → igneous rock → sediment

sedimentary rock → sediment → metamorphic rock → igneous rock

unusual animal behaviour

changes in the tilt of the ground

changes in height of tides before an earthquake

increases in the amount of radon gas in well water

volcanic activity and radioactivity

solar heating and volcanic activity

a large impact event and radioactivity

a large impact event and solar heating

cooling and crystallization

burial and lithification

weathering and deposition

cooling and uplift

land bridges would have blocked plate movement

rocks of the Earthís crust were considered too stiff for continents to move through them

fossils on South America and Africa did not match

ocean floor mapping showed that older rocks occur away from mid- ocean ridges

glassy

foliated

vesicular

fragmenta

Black

Brown

Red

Waxy green

convergent plate boundaries

divergent plate boundaries

transform fault plate boundaries

divergent and convergent plate boundaries

basin

dome

syncline

anticline

sedimentary rocks

Igneous rocks

metamorphic rocks

Both metamorphic and sedimentary rocks

Slaty cleavage.

Fracture cleavage.

Shear cleavage.

Bedding cleavage.

Tabular cross- bedding.

Planar cross- bedding.

Lenticular cross- bedding.

Wedge- shaped cross- bedding.

a ring system

a radius greater than 10 000 km

a density greater than 3.0 g/cm3

an average surface temperature of –250°C

W

X

Y

Z

deep crustal rocks are more likely to deform ductily than shallow crustal rocks

hotter rocks are more likely to deform ductily than cooler rocks

most sedimentary rocks are more deformable than igneous rocks

rocks under low confining pressure are more likely to deform ductily than rocks under high confining pressure

horizontal anticlines and synclines

plunging anticlines and synclines

domes and basin

strike slip faults

most igneous rocks are more deformable than most sedimentary rocks

most igneous rocks are less deformable than most sedimentary rocks

basement rocks are more ductile than young sediments

young sediments are very brittle and not easily deformed

It cooled very slowly at temperatures between 600°C and 800° C.

It cooled very rapidly at temperatures between 600° C and 800° C.

It cooled very slowly at temperatures between 1100° C and 1200° C.

It cooled very rapidly at temperatures between 1100° C and 1200° C.

The zone of saturation has a lower porosity than the zone of aeration.

The zone of saturation has a higher porosity than the zone of aeration.

The pore spaces in the zone of saturation are full of water whereas the pore spaces in the zone of aeration are not full of water.

The pore spaces in the zone of saturation are not full of water whereas the pore spaces in the zone of aeration are full of water.

Dead plants are heated and dried by the tropical sun.

Eruption of lava flows cover and heat the plant matter.

Sea level rises and plant matter is buried by sediments.

Chemical and biological weathering occurs, causing organic decay.

shield

lava dome

cinder cone

composite

Carbon- 14 is not found in living organisms.

Carbon- 14 decomposes as soon as organisms die.

Nitrogen- 14 is a gas and escapes from the samples.

There would not be enough carbon- 14 remaining to measure accurately.

I, II, III, IV

I, III, II, VI

V, III, II, IV

V, II, III, VI

1/2

1/3

1/6

1/8

seafloor spreading

rising hot mantle plumes

continental plate- continental plate collision

continental plate- oceanic plate convergence

A

B

C

D

(i) – a, (ii) – b (iii) – c , (iv) – d

(i) – b, (ii) – a (iii) – d, (iv) – c

(i) – d, (ii) – c, (iii) – a, (iv) – b

(i) – c, (ii) – b, (iii) – d, (iv) – a

the expected velocity of seismic waves

the magnitude of the largest earthquake expected

the expected length (duration) of the earthquake shocks

the nature of the rock or soil upon which the structure is built