Name of the Organization : Geological Society of India
Name Of The Exam : National / International Earth Science Olympiad – Entrance Test
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Earth Science
Year : 2017

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National / International Earth Science Olympiad – Entrance Test Question Paper :
Time: 10.30 pm to 12.00 pm
Total Marks : 100 - No Negative markings

Instructions :
1. You have to be present in the examination hall well before the commencement of the test.
2. You will not be permitted to enter the examination hall 20 minutes after the commencement of the test.
3. You will not be permitted to leave the examination hall until after 30 minutes of commencement of the test.
4. If you have any paper/chit with you, surrender them to the invigilator.
5. All are multiple-choice questions.

6. Please use a BLACK/BLUE ball point pen to mark your answers. DO NOT use pencil.
7. This sheet should not be folded or crushed
8. Choose the MOST appropriate answer.
9 Darken the circle corresponding to the answer of your choice.
10. Do not use stray marks on the sheet. See the given example below.
11. Marks will not be awarded if more than one answer is chosen.
12.Your answer must be given only in the answer sheet (overleaf) and handover the answer sheet to the invigilator

13. Please enter your Registration No. and affix your signature on the answer sheet before starting to answer the questions.
14. The answer keys will be published in MoES Geological Society’s Website .geosocindia.org/index.php/ieso on 24th January 2017
15. Any complaints abou the questions/correction to be sorted out before 25th January 2017

1. Rift basin is formed by which of the following crustal processes
a. Compression
b. Extension
c. Both a & b
d. Thrust

2. Slicken sides are a type of
a. Foliation
b. Bedding
c. Lineation
d. Fault plane.

3. Repetition of beds on a geological map may be due to
a. Folding
b. Erosion
c. Unconformity
d. (a and b) both

4. Which of the following is associated with fluvial system
a. Mud crack
b. Ripple marks
c. Sand dunes
d. Hammada

5. Which show highest strain level value among all the Himalayan thrusts
a. Main Boundary Thrust
b. Main Central Thrust
c. Main Frontal Thrust
d. Panjal Thrust

6. Primary foliation forms
a. During crystallisation of magma
b. After crystallisation of a magma
c. During folding
d. During jointing

7. If you are flying a plane and you look down at the landscape, you are seeing a ……… view of the earth
a. Map
b. Cross-sectional
c. Lateral
d. Horizontal

8. Which of the following tectonic forces tend to push the objects in such a way so that they slide
past one another
a. Tensional
b. Compressive
c. Shearing
d. Extension

9. At convergent plate boundaries one would expect to find
a. Folds
b. Faults
c. Folds and faults
d. Neither folds nor faults

10. Upfolds or arches of layered rocks are called
a. Antiforms
b. Faults
c. Synforms
d. Unconformities

11. Chemical weathering of rocks will produce
a. Granite
b. Limestone
c. Bauxite
d. Sandstone

12. Most appropriate example of Geomagnetic reversal is imprinted on the
a. Rift basins
b. Orogenic belts
c. MORs
d. Trenches

13. In case of a structural basin, dips are
a. Centripetal
b. Centrifugal
c. Vertical
d. Horizontal

14. The ability of a rock to transmit water is known as
a. Infiltration
b. Percolation
c. Porosity
d. Permeability

15. Cooling joints are …………….. in cross-section
a. Hexagonal
b. Circular
c. Rectangular
d. Pentagonal

16. Which of the following process is not associated with diagenesis
a. Albitization
b. Burial
c. Cementation
d. Recrystallization

17. Isoclinal folds have an interlimb angle of
a. 80-90°
b. 50-60°
c. 0-10°
d. 0-40°

18. Continental drift theory was given by
a. Harry Hess
b. A. Wagner
c. Vine and Mathews
d.W. Condie

19. Meandering of rivers takes place in the
a. Young stage
b. Mature stage
c. Old stage
d. Both (a and b)

20. The planet Mercury is nearest to the sun, its revolution period is.
a. 66 days
b. 77 days
c. 88 days
d. 99 days