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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Paleontology Practice Test Geology Paper

Paleontology Practice Test Geology Paper
Geology Mcq Paper

Q.1: Match the following:
                     l                                                     ll
1. Disconformity.                   i. Non-depositional unconformity.
2. Non-conformity.               ii. Between residual soil and under lying rocks
3. Local-unconformity.         iii. Parallel unconform.
4. Blended unconformity.    iv. Heterolithic unconformity.
(a) 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii.
(b) 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv.
(c) 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i.
(d) 1-iv, 2-i, 3-ii, 4- iii.
Answer. (a)

   Q.2: lnlier structure is formed:
(a) When the younger rocks surrounded by older rocks.
(b) When the older rocks surrounded by younger rocks.
(c) When both older and younger rocks are surrounded by a ring dyke.
(d) None of these.
Answer. (b)

Q.3: Which unconformity shows very less age difference between the overlying and
underlying beds:
(a) Angular unconformity.
(b) Non conformity.
(c) Disconformity.
(d) Local unconformity.
Answer. (d)

Q.4: One of the plate of the apical disc in an echinoid shell is perforated, this plate is
Known as:
(a) Ocular plates
(b) Genital plate
(C) Med reproach plate
(d) Ambulacra plate
ANSWER. (c)

Q.5: Blind valleys are found in:
(a) Aeolian topography.
(b) Karst topography.
(c) Glacier topography.
(d) All of these.
Answer. (b)

Q.6: Macedon in an echinoid is associated with:
(a) Tubercle 
(b) Apical
(c) Corona
(d) Periscope
ANSWER. (a)

Q.7: The whole skeleton of a simple colony of graptolites is known as:
(a) Rhomboid
(b) Rhabdosome
(c) Phenotype
(d) Hierarchy
ANSWER. (b)


Q.8: Which form of the graptolites is well known during upper Cambrian age?
(a) Tetragraptus
(b) Clonograptus
(c)Bryograptus
(d) All the above.
ANSWER. (d)

Q.9: Benthonic foraminifera’s were distributed all over the world during the:
(a) Paleozoic era
(b) Mesozoic era
(c) Tertiary era
(d) Cenozoic era
ANSWER. (c)

Q.10: The earliest fossils of foraminifera are found in:
(a) Permian rocks
(b) Carboniferous rocks
(c) Silurian rocks
(d) Upper Cambrian rocks
ANSWER. (d)

Q.11: A new genus 'indomarssoneIla" has been discovered from the Jurassic rocks of
Katch is:
(a) Gastropod
(b) Ammonites
(c) Foraminifera
(d) Trilobite.
ANSWER. (c)

Q.12: Remain of Dinosaurian bones have been found from the ...... formation of Godavari valley:
(a) Pachmari
(B) Maleri
(c) Bagra
(d) Kota

Q.13: The fossils of the Archaeopteryx were discovered from:
(a) Triassic rocks Assam
(b) Jurassic rocks of Bavaria
(c) Cretaceous rocks of Texas
(d) Permian rocks of Russia.
ANSWER.(b)

Q.14: The discovery of Dinosaurian bones from the lntertrappean beds of a jar, Gujarat,
Indicating that the Dinosaurs have survived in India even during the:
(a) Permian
(b) Paleocene
(c) Miocene
(d) Pleistocene.
ANSWER.(b)

Q.15: Which was the first horse in old word:
(a) Merychippus
(b) Equips
(c) Eohippus
(d) Mesohippus
ANSWER.(c)


Q.16: Mesohippus and Mesohippus are the:
(a) Miocene horses
(b) Cretaceous horse
(c) Eocene horses
(d) Oligocene horses.
ANSWER.(d)

Q.17: Hyperion was the:
(a) Upper Pliocene horse
(b) Lower Pliocene horse
(c) Lower Cambrian horse
(d) Upper Permian horse.
ANSWER.(b)

Q.18 : Horse belongs to:
(a) Primates
(b) Perissodactyla
(c) Artiodactyla
(d) Tubulidnta
ANSWER.(b)

Q.19: Eohippus is also known as:
(a) Modern horse
(b) Mountain horse
(c) Dawn horse
(d) None of these
ANSWER.(c)

Q.20: During the evolution of horse the changes took place:
(a) Increase in size
(b) Lengthening of legs
(c) Reduction of number of toes.
(d) All the above.
ANSWER.(d)

Q.21: Which one belongs to similar family?
(a) Horse
(b) Elephant
(c) Man
(d) Fish
ANSWER.(c)

Q.22: The brain capacity of modem man is:
(a) 1500 cubic centimeters
(b) 1000 cubic centimeter
(c) 800 cubic centimeters
(d) 400 cubic centimeters
ANSWER.(a)

Q.23: The most ancient ancestors of man seem to have appeared during:
(a) Paleocene age
(b) Oligocene age
(c) Pliocene age
(d) Pleistocene age
ANSWER.(c)

Q. 24 : Which man is known as Java man :
(a) Ramapithecus
(b) Australopithecus
(c) Pithecanthropus
(d) Sinanthropus
ANSWER.(c)

Q. 25 :Which was the last of old stone age man :
(a) Cro-Magnon man
(b) Piltdown man
(c) Rhodesian man
(d) Neanderthal man.
ANSWER.(a)

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