On the basis of which content the igneous rocks are classified as acid rocks and basic rocks?
A. Magnetite
B. Hematite
C. Bauxite
D. Silica
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Origin of Solar System divided in two groups, which are
A. Evolutionary and catastrophic
B. Nebula and gaseous tidal hypo
C. Jeansand Jeffires
D. A and B both
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The process of removal of loose soil or rock particles during storm, along the course of the blowing wind is defined as
A. Attrition
B. Deflation
C. Denudation
D. Mantle
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Intrusive rocks are
A. Batholith
B. Laccolith
C. Dyke
D. Sill
E. All of these
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If sandstone is the original rock then what is its metamorphic rock?
A. Slate
B. Gneiss
C. Quartzite
D. Marble
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In respect of fault, the vertical displacement of the fractured bed is called
A. Heave
B. Hade
C. Throw of fault
D. Fault plane
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The low-lying lands where the water table has reached the land surface and which commonly occur along food plains of rivers and in low lying sea-shores. Such areas are known as
A. Lakes
B. Swamps
C. Basins
D. Water table
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It is more or less parallel sided vertical wall of igneous rock formed due to upward intrusion of molten magma through fissures or cracks and is a common occurrence in coalfields. Guess it as
A. Sill
B. Laccolith
C. Lava
D. Dyke
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A part of any stream or rock that is exposed at the surface is known as
A. Fault
B. Fold
C. Outcrop
D. Dyke
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Dull, friable appearance that soil the finger and most impure band in coal is known as
A. Clarain
B. Fusain
C. Durain
D. Vitrain
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Underground water emerging on the surface in the form of seepages and springs is found to form loose superficial deposits of silica or calcium carbonates. Such deposits are known as
A. Sinters
B. Karst
C. Caverns
D. Stylolites
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The top most horizon of the tertiary succession in Assam is known as
A. Surma series
B. Dihing series
C. Barail series
D. Jaintia series
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The horizontal component of the apparent displacement of a bed, measured along the direction of dip of the fault is
A. Throw of fault
B. Heave of fault
C. Hade of fault
D. Horsts
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It's a mere openings of any shape or size which act as avenues for the magma to rise and spread upon earth's surface in the form of lava.
A. Swamp
B. Reef
C. Moraine
D. Volcano
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Rocks that are formed by the cooling of molten material (called magma) at or relatively near the earth surface is called
A. Igneous rocks
B. Sedimentary rocks
C. Metamorphic rocks
D. Cryatalline
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Dip fault also called
A. Transverse fault
B. Longitudinal fault
C. Normal fault
D. Down throw fault
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It is the junction plane of one bed of rock with another
A. Conformity
B. Dip of bed
C. Strike of bed
D. Bedding plane
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It is a buff coloured deposit made up of angular fragments of unaltered mineral grains and is characteristically unstratified. The thickness of such deposit may vary from few inches to hundreds of feet
A. Run-off
B. Fly-off
C. Pot-holes
D. Loess
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Low temperature carbonisation plants are at
A. Bihar
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Telangana
D. Madhya Pradesh
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It is another method of washing which separate good quality coal from its impurities through a simple process of particle stratification?
A. Pulsitation
B. Jigging
C. Pulverization
D. Infusion
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