IIT M.Sc. Geophysics Entrance Paper

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Which one of the following landforms results exclusively from glacial melt waters?
(A) Roches moutonneés (B) Eskers (C) Hanging valleys

Cirques Wind-laid dust deposits consisting largely of silt are known as
(A) dunes (B) playas (C) pediments (D) loess Coarse sediments

accumulating at the inner-side of loops of meandering rivers are called Q.3 (A) point bars (B) spits (C) barrier islands (D) bay barrier

Diamond-bearing conglomerates are found along the contact between (A) Bababudan Group and Chitradurga Group (B) Chari Formation and Katrol Formation (C) Rewa Group and Bhander Group

Surma Group and Tipam Group The Q-A-P-F double triangle in the IUGS classification scheme for the entire range of igneous rocks should be used when the volume of the ultramafic mineral component in the rock is
(A) > 90% (B) < 90% (C) > 66% (D) < 66%

A highly porous lithology (A) always has high permeability (B) always has low permeability (C) may or may not have high permeability Q.9 (D) always has water inside the pore space

IIT JAM geophysics paper

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IIT JAM Geophysics Question Paper 2015

SECTION – A
Q.1 Which amongst the following planets has the highest number of known satellites?
(A) Mars (B) Uranus (C) Venus (D) Mercury
Q.2 Identify the mineral which has specific gravity >5, hardness <3 and gives grey streak.
(A) Barite (B) Sphalerite (C) Graphite (D) Galena
Q.3 A unit which is semi-permeable and does not yield any significant quantity of groundwater is
called:
(A) Aquiclude (B) Aquifer (C) Aquitard (D) Artesian Aquifer
Q.4 A sandstone with less than 15% matrix content is known as:
(A) Siltstone (B) Mudstone (C) Greywacke (D) Arenite
Q.5 Which of the following mineral deposit is formed exclusively by surface geological processes?
(A) Wollastonite (B) Asbestos (C) Corundum (D) Bauxite
Q.6 Graphic texture is indicative of:
(A) Eutectic crystallization
(B) Crystal settling
(C) Fractional crystallization
(D) Magma mixing
Q.7 Which of the following is NOT a form of the isometric system?
(A) Octahedron (B) Tetrahedron (C) Trapezohedron (D) Rhombohedron
Q.8 Which of the following group of fossils became extinct at the Permo-Triassic boundary?
(A) Graptolite (B) Trilobite (C) Ammonite (D) Ediacaran
Q.9 Arrange the following granitoid bodies in order of their decreasing age.
(P) Erinpura Granite
(Q) Closepet Granite
(R) Singhbhum Granite
(S) Ladakh Granitoids
(A) R-P-Q-S
(B) S-Q-R-P
(C) R-Q-P-S
(D) Q-R-S-P
Q.10 Which of the following Brachiopod genera is considered as “living fossil”?
(A) Lingula (B) Productus (C) Atrypa (D) Spirifer
Q.11 In the given figure (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) denote the plate tectonic settings: Mid Oceanic Ridge (M),
Island Arc (I), Continental Arc (C) and Rift Zone (R).
Which one of the following options is correctly matched?
(A) (i) – M, (ii) – I, (iii) – C, (iv) – R
(B) (i) – R, (ii) – I, (iii) – M, (iv) – C
(C) (i) – I, (ii) – R, (iii) – M, (iv) – C
(D) (i) – I, (ii) – M, (iii) – C, (iv) – R
Q.12 In an undulated topography, a set of uniformly inclined beds show ‘V’-shaped outcrop pattern with
apex pointing downstream in a valley. This indicates:
(A) The dip of the beds is more than the slope of the valley
(B) The dip of the beds is less than the slope of the valley
(C) The beds are vertical
(D) The beds are horizontal
Q.13 Silica-rich viscous magmas often produce:
(A) Stratovolcano (B) Shield volcano (C) Dome (D) Fissure eruption

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