If granite is the original rock then what is its metamorphic rock?
A. Gneiss
B. Slate
C. Schist
D. Mica
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The crest of fold where strata are bent up to form an arch is called
A. Syncline
B. Anticline
C. Outlier
D. Swilley
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The gas formed by blowing a mixture of stream and air through a bed of hot coal is known as
A. Coal gas
B. Water gas
C. Producer gas
D. Coke oven gas
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If it is found that a younger bed completely covers up and advances much beyondthe limits of the underlying beds then the structure is called
A. Non-conformity
B. Overlap
C. Complexity
D. Netslip
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The mineralized vertical solution joints in carbonate country rock containing valuable deposits of metallic and non-metallic minerals is known as
A. Ladder vein
B. Saddle reefs
C. Gash vein
D. Grouting
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The delicate instrument that records earthquake is known as
A. Magnitude scale
B. Rikhter
C. Seismographs
D. Vibscanner
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Polymorphs of carbon is
A. None
B. Cock and Charcoal
C. Petrolium and Coal
D. Graphite and Diamond
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The different geological periods during which mineral deposits were formed in abundance in certain sectors of globe are commonly known as
A. Syngenetic period
B. Metallogenetic period
C. Epigenetic period
D. Sublimation period
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A fault that runs at some angle between the dip and strike of the bed is called
A. Dip fault
B. Strike fault
C. Oblique fault
D. Throw of fault
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India's coal is approximately A percentage of World's coal reserve. A is given by
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The process of wear and tear of the exposed country rocks is defined as
A. Attrition
B. Abrasion
C. Deflation
D. Suspension
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In metalliferrous deposit, the ore minerals generally occur in association with some non-metallic minerals known as
A. Late magmatic mineral deposit
B. Cap rock
C. Ore shoots
D. Gangue
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It is the property by virtue of which it allows water to travel through its pore-spaces or other openings and found to be proportional to the square of the diameter of the grains forming the rock.
A. Viscosity
B. Permeability
C. Seepage
D. Artesian spring
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The hollowsleft within the rock beds are filled up with mineral matter giving rise to
A. Moulds
B. Casts
C. Fossils
D. Imprints
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Water gas is a combination of
A. CO + H2 O
B. CO + H2
C. CO + N2
D. CO + CH4
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Which of the following reserve is least in quantity?
A. Proved
B. Indicated
C. Inferred
D. Mineable
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It is an irregularity where the bed thins out generally due to erosion by river or stream. This is known as
A. Roll
B. Wash out
C. Fold
D. Barren ground
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Amongst the vertebrates, remains of reptiles occur abundantly in the rocks of
A. Palaeozoic age
B. Mesozoic age
C. Cainozoic age
D. Pleistocene age
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The extensive lava-flows giving rise to flat-topped mountains and plateaus is known as
A. Decan traps
B. Volcano
C. Swamp
D. Loess
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It is a compound of CaCO3 and MgCO3 in various proportions
A. Magnetite
B. Laterite
C. Siderite
D. Dolomite
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