Geology Free Online Quiz MCQ with Solved Ans.
Earth Science Objective Q. Paper
Earth Science Objective Q. Paper
Q.1: The Archaeopteryx was having:
(a) Reptilian characters
(b) Avian characters
(c) Both reptilian and avian characters.
(d) None of these.
ANSWER.(c)
Q.2: Mark the correct sequence of evolution of horse:
(a) Eohippus, Merychippus, Mesohippus and Equips
(b) Eohippus, Mesohippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus and
Equips
(c) Merychippus, Mesohippus, Eohippus, Pliohippus and
Equips
(d) Equips, Eohippus, Merychippus, Mesohippus and
Pliohippus.
ANSWER.(b)
Q.3: Eohippus is also known as:
(a) Pliocene horse
(b) Cretaceous horse
(c) Eocene horse
(d) Miocene horse.
ANSWER.(c)
Q.4: The entire evolutionary sequence of horse history
as recorded in the deposits since:
(a) Eocene to recent
(b) Triassic to recent
(c) Permian to recent
(d) Silurian to recent.
ANSWER.(a)
Q.5: Equips horse was characteristically a:
(a) Pleistocene genus
(b) Paleocene genus
(c) Eocene genus
(d) Oligocene genus.
ANSWER.(a)
Q.6: Pliohippus horses had:
(a) Single toe
(b) Double toes
(c) Three toes
(d) Four toes
ANSWER.(a)
Q.7: Which one is the mountain horse?
(a) Eohippus
(b) Eohippus
(c) Merychippus
(d) Equips.
ANSWER.(a)
Q.8: Homo sapiens belong to order:
(a) Rodent
(b) Primate
(c) Chiropteran
(d) Sarnia
ANSWER.(d)
Q.9: The origin of human evolution took place in:
(a) North America
(b) South America
(c) Australia
(d) Central Asia
ANSWER.(d)
Q.10: What is the name of the earliest human ancestor
discovered from siwalik hills of India:
(a) Australopithecus
(b) Sinanthropus
(c) Ramapithecus
(d) Pithecanthropus
ANSWER.(c)
Q.11: A fossil which assumes to be the intermediate
form between man and ape is:
(a) Australopithecus
(b) Ramapithecus
(c) Pithecanthropus
(d) Sinanthropus.
ANSWER.(a)
Q. 12 : Perkin man, Sinanthropus, fossils were
characterised by:
(a) Thick cranial walls and low cranial dome
(b) Low receding forehead.
(c) Mandible chinless with massive canine teeth.
(d) All the above.
ANSWER.(d)
Q. 13: Which one is most famous for fossils vertebrate
in India:
(a) Aravallis
(b) Wndhyans
(c) Siwalik
(d) All the above.
ANSWER.(c)
Q. 14: Oldest dinosaur is known as:
(a) Antelopes
(b) Eoraptal
(c) Telcenodon
(d) None of these.
ANSWER.(b)
Q. 15 :Which period is known as age of fish:
(a) Carboniferous
(b) Permian
(c) Devonian
(d) Triassic
ANSWER.(c)
Q. 16: Mummificates are:
(a) Fossils
(b) Dry animals preserved in rocks
(c) Nano fossils
(d) Ostracoda.
ANSWER.(b)
Q. 17: Stromatolites are preserved only in:
(a) Shale
(b) Sandstones
(c) Carbonates
(d) Coal.
ANSWER.(c)
Q. 18: Information one can get from the study of
streamline is/are
(a) Rate of sedimentation
(b) Flow direction
(c) Change in sea-level
(d) All the above.
ANSWER.(d)
Q. 19: Name of the first appeared fish on the earth’s
crust is:
(a) Antelopes
(b) Mummificates
(c) Telcenodon
(d) Eoraptal
ANSWER.(a)
Q. 20 : Amphibians first time came into existence in :
(a) Cambrian
(b) Ordovician
(c) Permo-carboniferous
(d) Jurassic cretaceous.
ANSWER.(c)
Q. 21: Bird’s fossils are very rare because of:
(a) Hollow bones
(b) Flying characters
(c) Very high weight
(d) Both (a) and (b)
ANSWER.(d)
Q. 22: First evidence of Stromatolite has been dated:
(a) 1500 my.
(b) 2000 my
(c) 3000 my
(d) 3500 my
ANSWER.(d)
Q. 23 match the following:
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1. Otto aria (i)
Raniganj formation
2. Gondwanophyton (ii)
Barakar formation
3. Walkomiella (iii)
Karharbari formation
4. Searosolia
(a) 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-ii, 4-i
(b) 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-ii
(c) 1-ii, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-i
(d) 1-ii, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iii
ANSWER.(a)
Q.24 : Trace fossils are also known :
(a) Organic fossils
(b) lchnofossils
(c) Ripple fossils
(d) None of these.
ANSWER.(b)
Q. 25: What is/are the applications of condones:
(a) In biostratigraphy
(b) In palaeoecology
(c) In hydrocarbon exploration
(d) All the above.
ANSWER.(d)
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