Kerala PSC Geology Previous Question Paper – 076/2015

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1. Steep slope resulted from differential weathering of rocks

2. Half life period of Carbon 14

3. Most violent type of volcanic eruption

4. Jetof steam and hot gases discharged from volcanic vent

5. Example for a cyclo silicate mineral

6. Geometric figure which is used to represent the relationship between refractive index and
crystallographic directions

7. The plane in which the two halves of a twin meet

8. Anexample for a rock which exhibits allotriomorphic texture

9. Reaction rims which are formed by primary magmatic reactions

10. Saucer shaped concordant igneous body

11. An arenaceous rock with angular grains

12. Sedimentary texture with rounded concretions of pea size

14. Pyroxene found in eclogite

15. Group of metamorphic rocks formed under same physico chemical conditions and is having
same get of minerals

16. Type of metamorphic rocks found associated with contact metamorphic zones

17. Type of fold in which both the limbs are overturned

18. Lateral stress induced metamorphism

19. Precambrian rocks of Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh

20. Smallest lithostratigraphic unit :
{P.T.O.]
NT

21. Age of Muth Quartzite?

22. Cretaceous marine rocks which occur along the Narmada valley

24. The Metal content of an ore .

25. Fine grained variety of bituminous coal

26. Richest oil deposits in India

27. Zawar belt of Rajasthan is famous for

28. Age of Tertiary period:

29. Clean cheap cooking fuel containing methane and carbon dioxide

30. A trilobite with spines

32. Offlap and onlap y

34. Tertiaries of Assam °

35. Dentition in Pelecypods,

37. Karst Topography

38. Bowen's Reaction Series

86. Optic Sign in minerals

88. Soil Profile