IFS Geology 2005 PAPER I
SECTION A
1. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following:
(a) Meteorites
(10)
(b) Broad geo-morphological features of Indian subcontinent
(10)
(c) Limitations of aerial photographs
(10)
(d) Strain ellipsoid
(10)
(e) Projection diagrams.
(10)
2. What is Seismology? Discuss the role of seismological studies in understanding the interior of the
earth.
(40)
3. (a) Discuss the role of geomorphology in civil engineering construction activities.
(20)
(b) Indian Remote Sensing Satellites.
(20)
4. Discuss the mechanical conditions for the origin of three fundamental types of faults.
(40)
SECTION B
5. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following
(a) Species diversity
(10)
(b) Principles of superposition
(10)
(c) Genetic classification of water
(10)
(d) Correlation of unfossiliferous strata
(10)
(e) Geotechnical problems of Tehri Dam
(10)
6. Discuss briefly the morphology of brachiopods with suitable sketches; also write names of five
brachiopods of stratigraphic significance along with their age.
(40)
7. (a) Code of stratigraphic nomenclature in relation to classification of stratigraphic sequences.
(20)
(b) Stratigraphic position of Deccan Volcanic Succession.
(20)
8. (a) Problems and management of groundwater.
(20)
