| 1. | Hematite has got a .......... structure ? | |
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fibrous
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reniform
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foliated
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mammillary
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Report Question| 2. | The type of metamorphism - which prevails in the immediate vicinity of magmatic injections / instrusions / flows and involves changes like recrystallisation of original minerals, etc. - is referred to as: ? | |
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Pyrometamorphism
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Contact metamorphism
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Metasomatism
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none of the above
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| 3. | Black marble is generally found in the district of: ? | |
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Jodhpur
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Jaipur
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Jabalpur
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Jaisalmer
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| 4. | Good quality stones must ? | |
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be durable
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resist action of acids
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all the above
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none of the above
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| 5. | The rocks used for the construction of harbours in Mumbai and Chennai are mostly ? | |
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light coloured variety of trap rocks
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granite and charnockite of South India harbours
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sandstones & limestones
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none of the above
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| 6. | Troposphere is the ? | |
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lowermost atmospheric zone
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uppermost atmospheric zone
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atmospheric zone extending between stratosphere & ionosphere
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none of the above
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| 7. | As per Mohs's scale, the hardnesses of Talc & Gypsum (in that order) are: ? | |
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1 & 2
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2 & 1
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2 & 3
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3 & 2
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| 8. | Rocks formed due to alteration of original structure under heat and excessive pressure, are ? | |
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sedimentary rocks
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igneous rocks
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metamorphic rocks
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none of these
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| 9. | The examples of rocks resulting from the deteriorations of massive magmatic or sedimentary rocks are ? | |
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sandstone, carbonate conglomerate, etc
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gypsum & magnesite
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limestone & shale
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all the above
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| 10. | Geomorphology confines itself to the study of ? | |
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the features of the surface of the earth
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the origin, development, and ultimate fate of various surface features of the earth
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the formation of various groups of rocks, and their composition
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none of the above
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