| Post Name | HSST GEOLOGY |
|---|---|
| Department | HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION |
| Question Paper Code | 032/2018/OL |
| Category Code | 565/2017 |
| Date of Test | 23 June 2018 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
"If you don't allow our children to study, weeds will grow in your fields" Who said this ?
Answer
B. Ayyankali
2
Who wrote the monograph, "Gandhian Non-violent struggle and Untouchability in South India : The 1924-25 Vykom Satyagraha and Mechanism of Change" ?
Answer
B. Mary Elizabeth King
3
Which of the following book is written by Kuttippuzha Krishnapillai ?
Answer
B. Vicharaviplavam
4
Under whose leadership was the "Achipudava Strike" organized ?
Answer
A. Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker
5
Who started a branch of the BrahmoSamaj at Calicut ?
Answer
B. Dr. Ayyathan Gopalan
6
Kerala Government's 'Awaz' Scheme offers
Answer
A. Health Insurance for migrant workers
7
President of which country recently resigned from his post after 37 year autocratic rule ?
Answer
C. Zimbabwe
8
Which is India's last village ?
Answer
A. Mana
9
India's largest floating solar plant has been set up at
Answer
D. BanasuraSagar Dam
10
With which country India signed Rafale Warplanes Agreement ?
Answer
B. France
11
The concept of 'Welfare State' is included in the Constitution of India in the
Answer
B. Directive Principles of State Policy
12
The allotment of seats in the Rajya Sabha from States and Union Territories has been given in which schedule of the Constitution of India ?
Answer
D. 4th Schedule
13
In which case the Supreme Court took teh view that Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles are complementary to each other and there was need to sacrifice one for the other.
Answer
C. Minerva Mill Case
14
The common feature of Indian and American federation is
Answer
D. Federal Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution
15
Leaving the opposition to join the party in power or vice-versa by a Parliamentarian
Answer
A. Crossing the floor
16
Which article describe the procedure of impeachment ?
Answer
D. Article 61
17
Which was the first country in the world to have enacted a legislation for providing for citizens RTI ?
Answer
B. Sweden
18
The National Food Security Act was signed in to law on
Answer
C. 12th September, 2013
19
Which one of the following statements is not true of the protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 ?
Answer
A. Only women can make a complaint under this legislation
20
Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" ?
Answer
B. Adult members of any households
21
Identify the factors affecting selection of teaching method. A) Objectives of instruction B) Nature of child C) Nature of the subject matter D) All of these
Answer
C. D
22
A brief summary of proposal or dissertation
Answer
A. Abstract
23
Research purposes may be grouped into : A) Exploration B) Description C) Diagnosis D) Experimentation
Answer
D. All of these
24
Grading in which fixed ranges of scores are determined in advance for each grade.
Answer
B. Absolute grading
25
Research aims at finding solution for immediate problem facing in a society.
Answer
D. Applied research
26
'A lamp can never light another lamp, unless it continues to burn its own flame'. What does this imply ?
Answer
C. Life long education
27
Socialised method intended to improve individual proficiency and development of psychomotor skills of learner
Answer
A. Workshop
28
Identify the odd one while researching with children.
Answer
C. Subjectivity of researcher
29
Which among the following is a creative problem solving technique ?
Answer
B. Brain storming
30
Which among these is not descriptive research ?
Answer
D. Historical research
31
Recrystallisation of rocks in response to changes in the physical and chemical environment is
Answer
Question Cancelled
32
Chemical reactions involved in the alteration of feldspar to clay
Answer
A. Hydration
33
Which among the following is not an erosional feature formed by wind ?
Answer
D. Playas
34
Groynes protects the coast from the action of
Answer
B. Longshore currents
35
Kayals along the west coast of Kerala are formed by
Answer
A. Submergence of land
36
Munnar plateau in Kerala represent
Answer
A. Planation surface
37
Landslides in Kerala are commonly triggered by
Answer
B. Rainfall
38
Waves in which water particles describe circular motion
Answer
A. Oscillatory waves
39
Uniformitarianism concept was put forth by
Answer
D. James Hutton
40
Which among the following is a fluvial feature ?
Answer
B. Natural levee
41
Crystal form with 2 parallel faces each meeting one axis and parallel to other two axes is
Answer
B. Pinacoid
42
Maximum number of faces possible in a simple form is
Answer
C. 48
43
Which of the following classes have centre of symmetry ?
Answer
B. Trirhombohedral class of Hexagonal system
44
Most abundant mineral in the earth's crust
Answer
C. Feldspar
45
Which of the following mineral do not have two sets of cleavage ?
Answer
D. Mica
46
Varying relief is exhibited by
Answer
C. Calcite
47
Kaersutite is a/an
Answer
A. Amphible
48
In optically positive uniaxial mineral
Answer
A. Ordinary light is fast
49
A mineral which shows maximum absorption when the polarizer vibration direction is parallel to cleavage traces
Answer
D. Biotite
50
U-Pb radiometric technique is good for dating
Answer
D. Granitic rocks
51
Igneous rock which do not have a volcanic equivalent
Answer
C. Anorthosite
52
Intermediate mineral in forsterite-silica system
Answer
B. Enstatite
53
Most abundant sedimentary rock
Answer
A. Mudrock
54
Ultramafic rock which is not ultrabasic
Answer
C. Anorthosite
55
Characteristic pyroxene in eclogite
Answer
C. Omphacite
56
In Thompson's AFM diagram the projection point is
Answer
B. Muscovite
57
Flysch denotes intercalations of
Answer
C. Shale, sandstone and limestone
58
Most abundant igneous rock in earth
Answer
D. Peridotite
59
Kurtosis would give an idea about
Answer
B. Peakedness of grain size
60
According to phase rule, pure water boiling in an open container at atmospheric pressure will have how many degrees of freedom ?
Answer
A. Zero
61
Parasitic folds that develop on the left limb of major fold are
Answer
A. Z folds
62
Folds whose crest is concentric but becomes sharp with depth is known as
Answer
B. Parallel folds
63
Angle between a lineation and strike of the foliation measured on the foliation surface is
Answer
C. Pitch
64
Graben denote
Answer
A. Two normal faults dipping towards each other
65
Deccan volcanism is associated with separation of India from
Answer
B. Seychelles
66
In which of the following districts oldest rocks in Kerala are found
Answer
D. Waynad
67
Which among the following fossil is found in Archaean rocks ?
Answer
C. Stromatolites
68
V shaped outcrop of beds that closes downstream, in a gently sloping topographic valley denote
Answer
D. Beds that dip downstream at high angles
69
Pangaea supercontinent existed at about
Answer
D. 200 Ma
70
Age of anorogenic granites in Kerala falls in the range
Answer
C. 650-550 Ma
71
Kyanite deposit of Lapsaburu, Jharkhand is an example for
Answer
C. Eluvial placer
72
Which of the following ores contain highest percentage of copper ?
Answer
D. Chalcolite
73
Major gold production in India come from
Answer
A. Primary lode deposit
74
Which of the following is known as mineral charcoal ?
Answer
D. Fusain
75
Oldest productive oil fields in India
Answer
B. Digboi
76
Which among the following is the radioactive mineral found in the beach placer of Kerala ?
Answer
C. Monazite
77
'Winze' is a mining geology term denoting an excavation parallel to
Answer
B. Dip of ore body
78
Which of the following represent iron ore deposits in Kerala ?
Answer
D. All the above
79
A rock which is very rich in rare earth elements
Answer
D. Carbonaite
80
Zawar in Rajasthan is famous for
Answer
A. Pb and Zn deposits
81
According to Ghyben-Herzberg principle, 1 m of fresh groundwater table above mean sea level along the coastal tracks can push saline water to a depth of
Answer
B. 40 m
82
Most widespread aquifer in the midlands of Kerala
Answer
C. Laterite
83
Which of the following electrode configuration is best suited for vertical electrical sounding ?
Answer
B. Schlumberger
84
Allowable limit of iron in potable water as per WHO standard is
Answer
A. 1 ppm
85
Remote sensing make use of which part of electromagnetic spectrum ?
Answer
D. All the above
86
Which of the following is true about passive remote sensing ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
87
The poor permeability of clay layer is due to
Answer
C. Poor interconnection of pores
88
Of the total water on the earth, groundwater constitute
Answer
D. <1%
89
Subsurface dam is a/an
Answer
A. Artificial barrier constructed below ground to improve groundwater potential
90
Which among the following is the first Indian remote sensing satellite ?
Answer
B. IRS
91
KKPT in southern granulite terrain of India, is a proposed
Answer
A. Shear zone
92
Incipient charnockite in South India was first reported from
Answer
C. Kabbaldurga
93
Which among the following supercontinent is the oldest
Answer
D. Ur
94
Charnockite was first studied and named by
Answer
B. Thomas Holland
95
Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism is indicated by the presence of
Answer
B. Sapphirine + quartz
96
The dominant mineral in the Chavara placer deposit in Kerala is
Answer
C. Ilmenite
97
D"layer is located between
Answer
B. Mantle and outer core
98
Komatite is
Answer
B. Ultramafic lava
99
Which of the following analytical facility is used for determining composition of mineral on a microscopic level ?
Answer
A. EPMA
100
Platinum group element mineralization is associated with
Answer
C. Sittampundi complex
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