List of top Geology Questions

Which one of the following tectonic plates has the maximum average velocity?
Which among the following is the only possible plunge for a lineation located on the foliation plane striking 20° N and dipping 40° southeasterly?
A limestone contains lime mud and around 25% allochems, which are separated from each other. The name of the rock as per Dunham’s classification is
Which is the shallowest among the marine environments listed below?
Among the following, the tungsten-bearing mineral is
The host rock of Pb-Zn deposit at Zawar is
The closest value to the percentage of the Earth’s surface covered by the oceans is
The Earth’s radius is maximum at which one of the following latitudes?
Bituminous coal deposits in India occur in which one of the following formations?
Among the following rocks, the one with highest metamorphic grade is
The diagnostic amphibole in a blueschist facies metabasalt is
Which one of the following defines a hexagonal dipyramid?

Identify the type of fault in the given figure. 

In clastic sediments, the correct order of decreasing grain size is

Match the primary sedimentary structure in Group I with the corresponding process of formation in Group II. 
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Group I} & \textbf{Group II} \\ \hline \text{P. Asymmetric ripples} & \text{1. Water escape} \\ \hline \text{Q. Dish and pillar} & \text{2. Bed load transportation of sediments} \\ \hline \text{R. Flute cast} & \text{3. Deposition from alternate traction and suspension load} \\ \hline \text{S. Wavy bedding} & \text{4. Scouring by turbulent eddy} \\ \hline \end{array}\]

Match the mineral/metal deposit in Group I with the corresponding Indian occurrence in Group II. 
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Group I} & \textbf{Group II} \\ \hline \text{P. Diamond} & \text{1. Malanjkhand} \\ \hline \text{Q. Iron} & \text{2. Wajarkaru} \\ \hline \text{R. Fluorite} & \text{3. Dalli Rajhara} \\ \hline \text{S. Copper} & \text{4. Ambadongar} \\ \hline \end{array}\]

Match the name of granitoid in Group I with the corresponding Craton in Group II. 
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Group I} & \textbf{Group II} \\ \hline \text{P. Closepet} & \text{1. Singhbum} \\ \hline \text{Q. Berach} & \text{2. Bastar} \\ \hline \text{R. Dongargarh} & \text{3. Dharwar} \\ \hline \text{S. Mayurbhanj} & \text{4. Aravalli} \\ \hline \end{array}\]

Which of the following statements in relation to the solar system is/are correct?
Find out the correct statement(s).
Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

A northerly dipping fault (F-F) has displaced beds P, Q and R. The thickness of the beds across the fault is same. Identify the fault type(s). 

A bedding plane, pictorially represented at X, will be plotted in stereonet as 

Choose the correct statement(s):
Under crossed polars, a mineral remains dark at all stages of rotation of the microscope stage. Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT correct?

A schematic deformation (D)-metamorphism (M)-time map of a metamorphic belt is shown below. The belt recorded two phases of deformation, D₁-D₂ and attendant schistosity, S₁-S₂ and metamorphism, M₁-M₂. The metamorphic minerals stable during these events are shown by solid lines. On the basis of this information, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?