Geology and Geophysics
GATE GG-1 topic:geoscience PYQs
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Questions 271–280 of 650. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 11
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Which one of the following is the typical product of ductile deformation?
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Which one among the following coastal erosional landforms is caused by the action of sea waves?
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In which one of the following regions of the electromagnetic spectrum does the maximum atmosphere scattering occur?
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Which one of the following is the Poisson’s ratio for an incompressible fluid?
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Which among the following Period(s) belong(s) to the Paleozoic Era?
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The average bulk density of a fully saturated sandstone reservoir with a fractional porosity of 0.23 is _____ g/cc. [round off to 2 decimal places]
[Assume matrix density for sandstone = 2.63 g/cc and fluid density = 1.05 g/cc]
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For a productive alluvial aquifer with hydraulic conductivity = 105 m/day and hydraulic gradient = 0.01, the flow rate is ________ m/day. [round off to 2 decimal places]
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The relationship between conjugate shear fractures and the principal stresses in a homogenous, isotropic, deformed body is shown in the stereoplot given below (
,
and
are compressive stresses). Which one of the given fault regimes is indicated according to the Anderson’s theory of faulting for the formation of conjugate shear fractures under plane strain?
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How many independent elastic parameters are needed to describe a homogenous isotropic material?
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Which one of the following is a mafic volcanic rock?
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