MCQ 1 Nebular Hypothesis proposed by

(A) Kant & Laplace (B) W.H. McCera (C) Rene Descartes (D) James Jeans

MCQ 2 Hardness of Quartz Mineral is

(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 9

MCQ 3 When a rock is made up entirely of crystals

(A) Holocrystalline (B) Holohyaline (C) Merocrystalline (D) Hypidomorphic

MCQ 4 The Hardest mineral On the Mohs hardness Scale is

(A) Diamond (B) Topaz (C) Talc (D) Emralad

MCQ 5 The sloping sides of a fold from crest to trough are called

(A) Axis of Fold (B) Plunge (C) Limb (D) Hinge

MCQ 6 Patch of the younger rocks surrounded by older rocks on all sides

(A) Outliear (B) Overlap (C) Inliear (D) Bedding

MCQ 7 Folds develop in which type of rock?

(A) Igneous rock (B) Sedimentary rock (C) Metamorphic rock (D) Any type of rock

MCQ 8 What is the state of lava or magma?

(A) Liquid always (B) Solid (C) Gaseous (D) liquid, crystals and gases

MCQ 9 The rock which is well polished by wind abrasion is called _____________

(A) Yardangs (B) Ventifacts (C) Pedestal rock (D) Desert pavements

MCQ 10 The maximum angle of inclination of a layer of a rock with the horizontal is _____________.

(A) Dip (B) Heave angle (C) Strike (D) Depth

MCQ 11 What is the key word in the definition of fault?

(A) Fracture (B) Dip (C) Movement (D) Both fracture and movement

MCQ 12 Which is the most common ore of lead?

(A) Sphalerite (B) Galena (C) Chromite (D) Bauxite

MCQ 13 When the mineral occurs in flattened or square form, it is called ___________.

(A) Tabular (B) Elongated (C) Batroidal (D) Box

MCQ 14 The term expressing the qualitative effect of earthquake is __________.

(A) Amplitude (B) Intensity (C) Time period (D) Frequency

MCQ 15 he other name for brown coal is ____________.

(A) Peat (B) Bituminous (C) Lignite (D) Anthracite

MCQ 16 The colour of a Mineral Powder is called its ______________.

(A) Streak (B) Luster (C) Density (D) Tanacity

MCQ 17 Small pieces of rock moved from one part to another by wind and water, the glacier is called as ___________.

(A) erosion (B) rock flow (C) weathering (D) cementation

MCQ 18 Which of the following fold has a horizontal axial plane?

(A) Symmetrical Fold (B) Recumbent Fold (C) Homocline (D) Chevron Fold

MCQ 19 Those grains in which crystal faces are absent called ____________.

(A) euhedral (B) subhedral (C) anhedral (D) nonhedral

MCQ 20 Gypsum used as a _____________.

(A) Fertilizer (B) Lubricant (C) Filler (D) None of them

MCQ 21 Width of the outer core ________________.

(A) 2900 to 5000 km (B) 5000 to 6371 km (C) 500 to 2900 km (D) 100 to 500 km

MCQ 22 Chemical formula of Feldspar

(A) KNaCaAlSi₄O₈ (B) KNaCaAlSi₄O₆ (C) KNaCaSi₄O₈ (D) KNaCaAlSi₂O₄

MCQ 23 Chemical formula of apatite is

(A) Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH, F, Cl) (B) Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH) (C) Ca₈(PO₄)₃(OH, F, Cl) (D) Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F, Cl)

MCQ 24 Quartzite is formed from which rock?

(A) Pure shale (B) Pure Basalt (C) Pure sandstone (D) Pure Granite

MCQ 25 The process that is not considered under mechanical weathering is __________.

(A) Carbonation (B) Unloading (C) Insolation (D) Temperature variation