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( English Version )

Note : i) Answer all questions.

ii) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary.

PART A

I. Answer all the questions. Each answer should not exceed one sentence :

10 1 = 10

1. Define the term 'lava'.

2. What is gaseous transfer ?

3. Give two examples for igneous rocks.

4. What is lamination ?

5. What are conglomerates ?

6. Give two examples for metamorphic rocks.

7. What is strike of the bed ?

8. Name the principles of stratigraphy.

9. Name the agents of metamorphism.

10. Give two examples for plant fossils.

PART B

II. Answer anyten of the following questions : 10 2 = 20

11. What are ultrabasic rocks ?

12. What are igneous plutonic rocks ?

13. Define the term 'sill'.

14. What is Dyke ?

15. What is induration ?

16. Give two examples for Rudacious group of rocks.

17. What is contact metamorphism ?

18. How are marbles formed ?

19. What are geosynclines ?

Total No. of Questions : 43 Code No. 37

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GEOLOGY

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20. Name the two major types of folds. Explain the Anticlinal fold.

21. Explain the major groups of geological time scale.

22. What are fossils ?

PART C

III. Answer anyone of the following questions : 1 5 = 5

23. What are igneous rocks ? How are they formed ?

24. Give a simple classification of igneous rocks with chart.

IV. Answer anytwo of the following questions : 2 5 = 10

25. Explain the discordant type of igneous rocks with diagrams.

26. What is unconformity ? Explain the angular unconformity.

27. What is metamorphism ? Explain the types of Metamorphism with

examples.

V. Answer anytwo of the following questions : 2 5 = 10

28. Name the forms of igneous rocks and explain the laccoliths with

diagrams.

29. Explain the role of gases in consolidation of Magma.

30. Explain the classification of sedimentary rocks based on grain size.

VI. Answer anythree of the following questions : 3 5 = 15

31. Explain the morphological characters of Brachiopods.

32. Describe the following rocks :

a) Trachyte

b) Granite.

33. Explain the Archaean group of rocks of Karnataka in brief.

34. What are joints ? Explain the columnar joints.

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VII. Answer anyone of the following questions : 1 5 = 5

35. What are folds ? Explain the monoclinal fold and drag fold.

36. Explain the following :

a) Schist

b) Gneiss.

VIII. Answer anyone of the following questions : 1 5 = 5

37. Write the differences between articulates and inarticulates of

Brachiopods.

38. Explain the morphological characters of corals.

PART D

IX. Answer anyone of the following questions : 1 10 = 10

39. Explain the following :

a) Batholith

b) Regional metamorphism

c) Ophitic texture.

40. Explain the following :

a) Glossopteris flora

b) Rain prints

c) Shells of Pelecypod / Lamelli branch.

PART E

X. Answer anytwo of the following questions : 2 5 = 10

41. Explain the structures of Igneous rocks.

42. Explain the Lepidodendron & Sigillaria.

43. Explain the importance of Geology.