Free Online Earth Science Quiz

Free Online Earth Science Quiz
Geology Practice Test

 Q. 1: According to D.N. Wadia the mid Gondwana (Lower Jurassic) is characterised by:

(a) Dicroidium

(b) Dadoxylon

(c) Sphenophyllum

(d) Vartebraria

ANSWER. (a)

Q. 2: The Glossopteris flora commencing from the pennon-carboniferous and attaining it's

Maximum in the:

(a) Permian

(b) Triassic

(c) Jurassic

(d) Cretaceous.

ANSWER. (a)

Q. 3: Based on the changes in the foraminifera assemblage, the Jurassic/Cretaceous

Boundary is defined at the:

(a) Athlete/Acnes stage

(b) Umia/mundhanian staged

(c) Amps/Romani stage

(d) It is uncertain.

ANSWER. (b)

Q. 4: The termination of older ammonites is seen in:

(a) The lower Athlete bed of Chari.

(b) The Gajansar bed of Katrol

(c) The upper Trigoniajged of Umia

(d) The Bhuj bed of Umia.

ANSWER. (c)

Q.5: Which is considered as a Precambrian Cambrian Transitional fossil?

(a) Lepidopterist

(b) Sabelliditids

(c) Plantlets

(d) Rookeries

ANSWER. (b)

Q. 6 : Trace fossils of Limulicubichnus are reported for the first time from the :

(a) Lower Miocene rocks at Kutch

(b) Upper Eocene rocks at salt range.

(c) Tipam Sandstones.

(d) Oligocene rocks at Baluchistan.

ANSWER.(a)

Q. 7: Which plant species have been recognised from the bauxite-bearing plateau at?

panchpatmali of orissa and that may be an indicator of bauxite :

(a) Phoenix Acaulis

(b) Stratifera undated

(c) Lepidopterists

(d) Nucleoli.

ANSWER.(a)

Q. 8: Rajmahal paradox is a:

(a) Conifer ales

(b) Filicides

(c) lncerlae

(d) Equisetales.

ANSWER.(c)

Q. 9: The study of radiolarian may be used to get information about:

(a) Ancient water temperature

(b) Oceanic depths

(c) Age of the water masses

(d) All the above.

ANSWER.(d)

Q. 10: The upper Gondwana rocks are characterised by:

(a) Glossopteris flora

(b) Ptilophyllum flora

(c) Vartebraria flora 

(d) Gangamopteris flora.

ANSWER. (b)

Q. 11: Vartebraria is thought to be the stem of:

(a) Dadoxylon

(b) Glossopteris

(c) Gangamopteris

(d) Ptilophyllum

ANSWER. (b)

Q. 12: Glossopteris is the name of:

(a) Phylum

(b) Class

(c) Order

(d) Genus.

ANSWER. (d)

Q. 13: The highest Jurassic assemblage occurs in:

(a) Tithonian age

(b) Apian age

(c) Oxford an age

(d) Collegian age.

ANSWER. (a)

Q. 14 : Late Eocene Ostracoda for the first time have been recorded from :

(a) Sadewala well of Jaisalmer basin, Rajasthan

(b) Kharatar well of Jaisalmer basin, Rajasthan

(c) Bombay high

(d) Both (a) and (b)

ANSWER. (d)

Q. 15: Precambrian - Cambrian Transitional fossil - Sabelliditids for the first time in India

has been reported from :

(a) Wadhwan formation Gujrat

(b) Pali-Parsora -Tiki formation.

(c) Bhima group of rocks

ANSWER. (d)

Q. 16: First marine macro invertebrate has been recorded from:

(a) Umia Sandstone

(b) Ukra cankerous shale

(c) Bhuj Sandstone of eastern Katch

(d) Talchir sandstone.

ANSWER.(c)

Q. 17: Williamson India is a:

(a) Filicides

(b) Cycadophyta

(c) Conifer ales

(d) lncerlae.

ANSWER.(b)

Q.18. The magnitude of water hammer depends on the

(a) Length of pipeline

(b) Speed at which the valve is closed

(c) Elastic properties of the liquid flowing

through the pipe and pipe material

(d) All of the above

ANSWER: (d)

Q.19. Mercury is suitable for manometers because it

(a) Has high density

(b) It can easily be seen in tube

(c) Does not stick to tube walls

(d) It is generally not used in manometers

ANSWER: (d)

Q.20. When the water flows over a rectangular

suppressed weir, the pressure beneath the nape is

(a) Very high

(b) Slightly above atmospheric

(c) Atmospheric

(d) Negative

ANSWER: (d)

Q.21. Motion of a fluid in which the fluid mass rotates

without the external force is known as

(a) Rotary motion

(b) Circulatory motion

(c) Free vortex motion

(d) Forced voters motion.

ANSWER: (c)

Q.22. In parallel pipe problems

(a) Pressure gradient remains through all the pipes

(b) Hydraulic gradient remains same through all pipes

(c)    Head loss is same through each pipe

(d)   Head losses through each pipe are added to obtain the total head loss

ANSWER: (d)

Q.23. Head loss in turbulent flow in pipe varies directly

as the

(a) Square root of velocity

(b) Velocity

(c) Square of velocity

(d) Cube root of velocity

ANSWER: (a)

Q.24. Froude number is useful in the calculations of

(a) Water hammer

(b) Flow through pipes

(c) Hydraulic jump

(d) Surface tension

ANSWER: (a)

Q.25. The continuity equation of flow is based on the

principle of conservation of

(a) Momentum

(b) Mass

(c) Energy

(d) None of the above

 ANSWER: (c)