Geology MCQ Practice Paper - 001 - Virtual Study Circle

#1. Which one among the following planets in the Solar system is most similar in size to the Earth?

Mercury

Venus

Neptune

Uranus

#2. Fissility is best shown by

sandstone

Siltstone

Shale

Limestone

#3. Which of the following minerals belong to the oxide group?

Hematite (Fe2O3)

Pyrite (FeS2)

Apatite (Ca5(PO4)(F, Cl, OH))

None of the above

#4. Which of the following minerals always appears to be darker in color than the other minerals in the list?

Plagioclase

K-feldspar

Calcite

Biotite

#5. Which of the following is/are true for crystallization of plagioclase phenocrysts from a basic magma forming a layered intrusion?

Cumulus texture at the base

Anorthite-rich early plagioclase at the base

Albite-rich late plagioclase at the top

Quench texture at the base

#6. Major mass extinction events occurred in the

End Silurian

End Carboniferous

End Permian

Early Devonian

#7. Identify the pair from the following list that is NOT correctly matched.

Caldera – stratovolcano

Pillow basalt – subaerial eruption

Ropy lava – pahoehoe flow

Amygdales – filled vesicles

#8. Mud-supported limestone containing greater than 10% allochems is called _____________.

Packstone

Wackestone

Grainstone

Mudstone

#9. The supercontinent that existed in the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic time was

Kenorland

Columbia

Rodinia.

Pangaea

#10. For horizontal flow in a saturated aquifer, the product of hydraulic conductivity and thickness is equal to _____

specific yield

transmissivity

coefficient of storage.

seepage force.

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Geology MCQ Practice Paper – 001

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#1. Which one among the following planets in the Solar system is most similar in size to the Earth?

#2. Fissility is best shown by

#3. Which of the following minerals belong to the oxide group?

#4. Which of the following minerals always appears to be darker in color than the other minerals in the list?

#5. Which of the following is/are true for crystallization of plagioclase phenocrysts from a basic magma forming a layered intrusion?

#6. Major mass extinction events occurred in the

#7. Identify the pair from the following list that is NOT correctly matched.

#8. Mud-supported limestone containing greater than 10% allochems is called _____________.

#9. The supercontinent that existed in the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic time was

#10. For horizontal flow in a saturated aquifer, the product of hydraulic conductivity and thickness is equal to _____

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