Geology, Earth Science Solved Test

Geology, Earth Science Solved Test
Paleontology Sample Paper

Q. 1: Which man is called Horn sapiens?

(a) Piltdown man

(b) Rhodesian man

(c) Heidelberg man

(d) Cro-Magnon man

ANSWER.(d)

Q. 2: Which ode belongs to proboscides order?

(a) Man

(b) Elephant

(c) Horse

(d) Fish.

ANSWER.(b)

Q. 3: What is the correct sequence of the evolution of Elephant?

(a) Moeritherium, Tetralophodon, Trilophodon, Philomel, Alphas and Luxodont

(b) Moeritherium, Philomel, Trilophodon, Tetralophodon, Luxodont and Alphas

(c) Philomel, Moeritherium, Luxodont, Tetralophodon, Trilophodon and Alphas

(d) Alphas, Philomel, Moeritherium,fIetralophodon and Luxodont.

ANSWER.(b)

Q. 4: Alphas is:

(a) African elephant

(b) Ethiopian elephant

(c) Indian Elephant

(d) Australian elephant

ANSWER.(c)

Q. 5: Which is the primitive ancestor of elephant?

(a) Mastoid on

(b) Dinotherium

(c) Moeritherium

(d) Trilophodon

ANSWER.(c)

Q. 6: Absence of upper tusk is the characteristic of:

(a) Dinotherium

(b) Trilophodon

(c) Platybelodon

(d) Philomel

ANSWER.(a)

Q. 7: The earliest appearance of elephant was in the:

(a) Upper Eocene and lower Oligocene

(b) Paleocene

(c) Miocene and Pliocene

(d) Pleistocene.

ANSWER.(a)

Q. 8: The living elephants in Africa are:

(a) Elephas

(b) Luxodont

(c) Stegodon

(d) Amedelodon

ANSWER.(b)

Q. 9 : The oldest elephant types were reported in India from the

(a) Dwarka beds

(b) Pinjor stage

(c) Pliocene siwalikbeds.

(d) Upper manchhar formation.

ANSWER.(c)

Q. 10 : Wl1ich were the predominant flora in the Gondwana time -

(a) Gymnosperms

(b) Pteridophytes

(c) B0th Gymnosperms and Pteridophytes

(d) Angiosperms and spermatophyte.

ANSWER.(c)

Q. 11: Gondwana rocks are characterised by the presence of

(a) Glossopteris

(b) Cordials

(c) Cycadophyta

(d) Sphenophyllales.

ANSWER.(a)

Q. 12 : The study of fossil spores and pollens is known as :

(a) Palaeoecology

(b) Palynplogy

(c) Phylogeny

(d) Sporangologs.

ANSWER.(b)

Q. 13: Lower Gondwana is characterised by:

(a) Ptilophyllum flora

(b) Dicroidium

(c) Glossopteris flora

(d) Ptilophyllum.

ANSWER. (c)

Q. 14: Which is/are the leaf genera?

(a) Glossopteris

(b) Gangamopteris

(c) Vartebraria

(d) All the above.

ANSWER. (d)

Q. 15: A leaf which bears fructification is called:

(a) Disc form

(b) Frond

(c) Cilia

(d) Meadow.

ANSWER. (b)

Q. 16: Which plant fossil is represented by fronds?

(a) Pteridospers

(b) Cordials

(c) Glossopteris

(d) Vartebraria

ANSWER. (c)

Q. 17: Gangamopteris is similar to glossopteris but the difference is:

(a) Gangamopteris is without any mid-rib.

(b) Gangamopteris is having midrib.

(c) Gangamopteris is leaf genera.

(d) None of these.

ANSWER. (a)

Q. 18: Which one is the earliest fish fossil in India recorded from carboniferous

(a) Souring heinous

(b) Archaeopteryx

(c) Telcenodon

(d) Antelopes.

ANSWER.(a)

Q. 19: The geological age of the "Holster” is:

(a) Jurassic to present day

(b) Cretaceous

(c) Tertiary to present day

(d) Cretaceous to present day

ANSWER. (c)

Q.20: Graptolites are very useful index fossils of:

(a) Cretaceous age

(b) Permian and Triassic ages

(c) Carboniferous age

(d) Ordovician and Silurian

ANSWER. (d)

Q.21: The floating variety of the foraminifera is known as:

(a) Plank tonic variety

(b) Benthonic variety

(c) Pectin ate variety

(d) None of these

ANSWER. (a)

Q.22: The shell or skeleton of radiolarian is:

(a) Caleareous

(b) Siliceous

(c) Chitin us

(d) Gelatinous

ANSWER. (b)

Q.23: The common forms of foraminifer’s tests range in size from:

(a) 0.01 to 0.1 mm

(b) 0.1 to 0.3 mm

(c) 0.1 to 2- mm

(d) 0.1 to 5 mm

ANSWER. (d)

Q.24: Dinosaurs are found in the rocks of:

(a) Mesozoic group

(b) Paleozoic group

(c) Precambrian group.

ANSWER. (a)

Q.25: The ancient biggest lizard bird is:

(a) Mystriosuchus

(b) Seymouria

(c) Archaeopteryx

(d) Eros

ANSWER.(c)