TEST QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions. There are 19 questions in this test paper.

Candidate has to attempt ALL the questions. All the questions are compulsory.

Marks Distribution

Q 01 to Q 10: 10 Marks each, 150 words. [Total 100 Marks]
Q 11 to Q 16: 15 Marks each, 200 words. [Total 90 Marks]
Q 17 to Q 19: 20 Marks each, 250 words. [Total 60 Marks]

Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided. No marks will be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.

Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.

Diagrams/Sketches, wherever required, may be drawn in the space provided for answering the question itself.

Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.

1. General Geology: The Solar System, Meteorites, Origin and interior of the earth and age of earth; Radioactivity; Volcanoes- causes and products, Volcanic belts; Earthquakes-causes, effects, earthquake belts, Seismic zones of India, intensity and magnitude, Seismographs; Island arcs, trenches and mid-ocean ridges; Continental drifts- evidence and mechanism; Seafloor spreading, Plate tectonics; Isostasy; Orogeny and epeirogeny, Continents and oceans.

2. Geomorphology and Remote Sensing: Basic concepts of geomorphology; Weathering and soil formations; Mass wasting; Landforms, slopes and drainage; Geomorphic cycles and their interpretation; Morphology and its relation to structures and lithology; Coastal geomorphology; Applications of geomorphology in mineral prospecting, civil engineering; Hydrology and environmental studies; Geomorphology of Indian subcontinent.

Aerial photographs and their interpretation-merits and limitations; The Electromagnetic spectrum; Orbiting satellites and sensor systems; Indian Remote Sensing Satellites; Satellites data products; Applications of remote sensing in geology; The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) - its applications.

3. Structural Geology: Principles of geologic mapping and map reading, Projection diagrams, Stress and strain ellipsoid and stress-strain relationships of elastic, plastic and viscous materials; Strain markers in deformed rocks; Behaviour of minerals and rocks under deformation conditions; Folds and faults classification and mechanics; Structural analysis of folds, foliations, lineations, joints and faults, unconformities; Superposed deformation; Time-relationship between crystallization and deformation; Introduction to petrofabrics.