Solapur-University-M.Sc-Applied-Geology -(Semester-I)-2019-On Sedimentology and Palaeontology
| Sr. No. | Questions with multiple options |
| 1. | What type of sedimentary rock is coarse-grained with angular fragments?
(a) Foliates (b) Conglomerates (c) Nonfoliates (d) Breccias |
| 2. | A geologist reports that a particular sediment is well sorted. What does mean by this?
(a) It contain mixture of particles with different sizes (b) Most of the sediment particles of same size (c) It is composed of grains of only two different minerals (d) All beds of the sediments are roughly of the same thickness |
| 3. | Marine sediments are composed of ______
(a) Detrital minerals (b) Authigenic minerals (c) Detrital, authigenic and biogenic materials (d) Biogenic materials |
| 4. | The sedimentary rodck, gypsum, forms as a result of _______
(a) Evaporation of seawater (b) Metamorphism of limestone (c) Weathering of siltstone (d) Faulting and folding of shale |
| 5. | Which one is not chemically formed sedimentary rock?
(a) BIF (b) Limestone (c) Greywacke (d) Rock salt |
| 6. | Guano is a ________
(a) Calcareous deposits (b) Siliceous deposits (c) Carbonaceous deposits (d) Phosphatic deposits |
| 7. | Arkosic and lithic are the terms used for sandstones having ___________
(a) < 25% feldspar (b) >25% feldspar and lithic content (c) >60% of fossil fragments (d) <30% of debris |
| 8. | The most favorable environment for preservation of fossils is _______
(a) Marine (b) Lacustrine (c) Fluvial (d) Terrestrial |
| 9. | The forms of fauna which are fixed to the sea bottom are referred as _______
(a) Benthonic (b) Pelagic (c) Necktons (d) Sessile |
| 10. | The life of trilobite was restricted to ______
(a) Paleozoic era (b) Precambrian (c) Mesozoic era (d) Cenozoic era |
| 11. | Glossopteris ranges in age from ________
(a) Permian to upper Triassic (b) Devonian to lower Triassic (c) Carboniferous to lower Triassic (d) Carboniferous to Jurassic |
| 12. | Earliest reptiles were appeared in ______
(a) Upper Cambrian (b) Upper Carboniferous (c) Lower Devonian (d) Permian |
| 13. | Saurischian and Ornithischian dinosaurs are distinguished primarily by their ________
(a) Pelvic structure (b) Mode of Locomotion (c) Food habit (d) Brain size |
| 14. | The most commonly accepted causes of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs?
(a) A viral Plague (b) Flood (c) A meteor strike to the earth (d) Global warming |
| Data Collected By – K. Jeyanthi | |
| Published on – 1st Nov 2021 | |
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