Geology and Geophysics
GATE GG-1 year:2025 PYQs
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Questions 11–20 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 11
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The most volcanically active body in our Solar System is
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A type of fold which is relatively sharp and angular at its synformal and antiformal hinges is known as
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Which one of the following geophysical methods can provide information on deep Earth structures (of the order of 1000 km) with highest resolution?
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The continuous series of Bowen’s reaction series is represented by
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Which of the following time boundaries corres(s) to major mass extinction events?
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A watershed has an area of 74 km
. The stream network within this watershed consists of three different stream orders. The stream lengths in each order are as follows:I
order streams: 3 km, 2.5 km, 4 km, 3 km, 2 km, 5 kmII
order streams: 10 km, 15 km, 7 kmIII
order streams: 30 kmThe drainage density of the watershed is __________ km/km
(Round off to two decimal places)
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A sample contains 7 wt% CaO and 5 wt% MgO. The molar ratio of CaO to MgO in the sample is __________
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Select the option that lists oxide minerals only.
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Consider two intersecting, north-easterly striking and south-easterly dipping dikes Y1 and Y2, which are exposed on an east-west trending vertical wall of a granite (X) quarry as shown below.
The angle that the dikes make with the horizontal on the quarry wall is
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The ratio of P-wave to S-wave velocities,
, within the Earth depends onYour answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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