Earth Science Olympiad - Previous Questions 2

Earth Science Olympiad - Previous Questions 2

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1. Chemical weathering of rocks will produce

Granite
Limestone
Bauxite
Sandstone

2. Most appropriate example of Geomagnetic reversal is imprinted on the

Rift basins
Orogenic belts
MORs
Trenches

3. In case of a structural basin, dips are

Centripetal
Centrifugal
Vertical
Horizontal

4. The ability of a rock to transmit water is known as

Infiltration
Percolation
Porosity
Permeability

5. Cooling joints are …………….. in cross-section

Hexagonal
Circular
Rectangular
Pentagonal

6. Which of the following process is not associated with diagenesis

Albitization
Burial
Cementation
Recrystallization

7. Isoclinal folds have an interlimb angle of

80-90
50-60
0-10
0-40

8. Continental drift theory was given by

Harry Hess
A. Wagner
Vine and Mathews
W. Condie

9. Meandering of rivers takes place in the

Young stage
Mature stage
Old stage
Both (a and b)

10. The planet Mercury is nearest to the sun, its revolution period is

66 days
77 days
88 days
99 days



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