Section -A
1. Write critical notes, in around 150 words each, on the following: 15×4=60
(a) Apparent Polar-wandering path
(b) Mylonites
(c) Indexing of topographic map of India
(d) Application of microfossiles in stratigraphic correlation, palaeoclimatic and palaeographic analyses
2. Explain the following: 15×4=60
(a) The relation between depth and age of the oceanic crust near midoceanic ridges
(b) Overthrust, Klippe and Fenster with the help of labelled diagrams
3. Discuss the following: 30×2=60
(a) Geometrical parameters of joints measured during a survey of rock joints
(b) Morphotectonic elements, seismicity, heat flow and gravity anomaly patterns of an island-arc type subduction boundary
4. Give accounts of :
(a) The present status of the theory of Continental Drift in the light of geological and geophysical evidence
(b) Geological significance of
(i) radial drainage.
(ii) rectangular drainage and
(iii) sinkholes
Section-B
5. Write critical notes, in around 150 words each, on the follwoing: 30×2=60
(a) Coiling direction(s) in planktonic foraminifers and their climatic significance
(b) Precanmbrian banded iron formations
(c) Lower Gondwana flora
(d) Soil groups of India
6. Describe the following: 30×2=60
(a) Evolution of Proboscidea and their record in the Siwalik Group
(b) The methods of separation of foraminifers and calcareous nanno-planktons from calcareous rocks
7. Comment on the following: 30×2=60
(a) The lithostratigraphy, flora, fauna and economic importance of a sedimentary basin of India which has palaeozoic glacial unit
(b) The cause, effect and petrology of Cretaceous igneous activity in Peninsular India
8. Write short notes, of around 200 words each, on the following: 30×2=60
(a) The salient features of groundwater exploration in gneissic terrains
(b) Data products of remote-sensing satellites
(c) Different methods of morphometric analysis of river basins
