Geology Questions and Answers
21- Changes occur at the water – sediment interface are called as
(A) Halmyrolysis
(B) Diagenetic Processes
(C) Lithification
(D) Compaction
22- Graphite generally occurs in
(A) Sedimentary rocks Sandstone and lime stone
(B) Volcanic rocks – Syanites and Andesites
(C) Metamorphic rocks – Gneisses and Schists
(D) Igneous rocks – Granite and pegmatites
23- Infiltration gallery is called
(A) properly developer usually by compressed air
(B) a trench across the aquifer well flow
(C) a horizontal perforated or porous pipe which open joints
(D) Laterals spaced uniformly at 60°
24- The top soil of any land moves downward even on gentlest slope is known as
(A) Soil fall
(B) Soil creep
(C) Rock slide
(D) Mud flow
25- ___ operations produces large scale dust and noise.
(A) Excavation
(B) Blasting
(C) Machinery
(D) Vehicle traffic
26- Gravitational settling of mixed sediments is
(A) Current bedding
(B) Cross bedding
(C) Lamination
(D) Graded bedding
27- Richter scale of earth quake is having
(A) 12 divisions
(B) 11 divisions
(C) 10 divisions
(D) 9 divisions
28- Which is called “Valley of Ten thousand Smoke”?
(A) Mid-Oceanic
(B) Katmai (Alaska)
(C) Atlantic
(D) Pacific
29- Line on a map of globe connecting former positions of the pole of rotation of an individual fragment of continental lithosphere is
(A) Pole of equator
(B) Paleo rotation curve
(C) Polar wandering path
(D) Pole of rotation
30- Which of the following country is largest producer of hard coal?
(A) USA
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Australia
ANSWERS:
21-(A), 22-(C), 23-(C), 24-(B), 25-(B), 26-(D), 27-(C), 28-(B), 29-(C), 30-(C)