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1.

The concept of geosyncline was propunded by :

  • Holmes

  • James Hutton

  • Hall and Dana

  • J.W. Powell


2.

Gutenberg Discontinuity is found between the :

  • Crust and mantle

  • Mantle and core

  • Upper core and Lower core

  • Upper mantle and lower mantle


3.

The concept of panplain was propagated by :

  • C.A.Cotton

  • Von Richtofen

  • Crickmay

  • Alfed Von Wegener


4.

The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as :

  • Strike

  • Dip

  • Anticline

  • Free face


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5.

Paternoster lakes are :

  • Lakes formed on glacial stairways

  • Lakes having volcanic origin

  • Lakes formed by shallow stretch of water caused by sea erosion

  • Cresent shaped lakes are formed due to cut-off of a river meander


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6.

"The present is the key to the past." This phrase is related to the concept of :

  • Isostasy

  • Diatrophism

  • Plate Tectonics

  • Uniformitarianism


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Uniformitarianism

James Hutton being the father of geology,suggested that the earth was much older and that processes occuring in the present were the same processes that had operated in the past and would be the processes that operate in the future. This concept is known as Uniformitarianism and summarized by the above phrase.


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7.

Which one of the following types of plate boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas Fault of California ?

  • Transform boundary with Sinistral motion

  • Transform boundary with dextral motion 

  • Divergent boundary with sinistral motion

  • Convergent boundary with dextral motion


8.

In which of the following directions the Nazca Plate is moving ?

  • East

  • West

  • South

  • North


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9.

Wbich one of the following phenomena plays a vital role in the dispersion of majestic dinosaurs ?

  • Volcanic eruption

  • Zonal faulting

  • Global cooling

  • Continental Drift


10.

The Hydraulic Slope Theory was propounded by :

  • R.E. Horton

  • Darwin

  • Penck

  • Mallot


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