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  1. In Mohs' scale of hardness, how many minerals are of silicate composition?
  2. A.
    4
    B.
    5
    C.
    6
    D.
    7

  3. Which one amongst the following rocks commonly has highest unconfined compressive strength?
  4. A.
    Coarse-grained sandstone
    B.
    Mica schist
    C.
    Fossiliferous limestone
    D.
    Massive basalt

  5. Eparchean unconformity separates geological units of
  6. A.
    early Archaean from late Archaean
    B.
    Archaean from Proterozoic
    C.
    Proterozoic from Palaeozoic
    D.
    Archaean from Phanerozoic

  7. Point bar deposit is associated with
  8. A.
    braided river
    B.
    estuary
    C.
    meandering river
    D.
    beach

  9. If the rake of net slip of an inclined fault is 90°, the fault is
  10. A.
    strike-slip fault
    B.
    dip-slip fault
    C.
    oblique-slip fault
    D.
    transcurrent fault

  11. On a photo-scale of 1:40000, a square shaped open cast coal mine of 1 km2 area would have an area of (in cm2)
  12. A.
    2.50
    B.
    4.00
    C.
    6.25
    D.
    12.00

  13. Bouguer correction is applied to correct for the gravity anomaly due to mass between station location and
  14. A.
    mean sea level
    B.
    local datum plane
    C.
    base of upper crust
    D.
    Mohorovicic discontinuity

  15. Which one of the following can be estimated from SP log against a saline-water saturated sandstone formation encountered in a well?
  16. A.
    Resistivity of formation water
    B.
    Degree of water saturation
    C.
    Depth of invasion
    D.
    Permeability

  17. During its orbital motion around the Sun, the Earth is nearest to the Sun on
  18. A.
    March 21
    B.
    July 4
    C.
    September 23
    D.
    January 3

  19. Which one of the following can be best explored using electromagnetic method?
  20. A.
    Oil-bearing strata
    B.
    Coal-bearing strata
    C.
    Disseminated sulphide deposit
    D.
    Massive sulphide deposit