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)