List of top Questions asked in Indian Institute Of Technology Joint Admission Test for MSc

Which of the following types of dunes form(s) primarily by uni-directional wind?

An ocean wave with a wavelength of 200 m approaches the coast. If water depth at the observation point is 75 m, the wave velocity is ______m/s. (Round off to two decimal places) (Use g = 10 m/s²)

The following figure shows an isobaric temperature-composition (T-X) phase diagram for the binary system A-B. If 'P' is the initial composition of liquid, the amount of liquid that remains in the system when the liquid cools from 1800 °C (point L₁) to 1500 °C (point L₂) is _____%. (In integer)

The hydraulic conductivity of a 100cm long cylindrical core is estimated as 1.2cm/min when hydraulic head difference is 20cm in an experimental setup. If the effective porosity of the core is 20%, then, assuming steady state Darcy flow, the average interstitial velocity of groundwater through the core is _____m/day. (Round off to two decimal places)

Which of the following optical properties CORRECTLY indentify(ies) the apatite {0001} section?

Which of the following is/are used to estimate the strength of a rock mass?

Which one among the following mineral pairs crystallise early during the cooling of a basaltic melt?

Which of the following is/are NOT copper-bearing mineral(s)?

A hillslope with an angle of 40° consists of soil having an internal friction angle of 30°. The factor of safety of the hillslope is __________. (Round off to two decimal places)

The number of hinge(s) in a monocline is _______.

Which of the following combinations of Basin and Formation is/are CORRECT?

The schematic stereographic projection below shows dip amount and dip direction of three sets of joints (J1, J2 and J3) on a hillslope. If the internal friction angle of the hillslope material is 30°, the strike of the potential failure joint plane (in azimuthal convention following right hand rule) is _____degrees. (In integer)

As per Ramsay’s classification of folds, the maximum thickening of fold hinge and the maximum thinning of the fold limbs are observed in ____.

Match the geomorphic agents in Column I with their corresponding landforms in Column II.

Column-I		Column-II
P.	Wind	1.	Backswamp
Q.	Groundwater	2.	Yardang
R.	Glacier	3.	Doline
S.	River	4.	Drumlin

A bed with an attitude 045°, 20°SE is rotated 60° clockwise (looking down) about a vertical axis. The strike value (in the azimuthal convention following right hand rule) of the rotated bed is ______ degrees. (In integer)

The transition from spinel to perovskite structure occurs between _____.

A pelitic rock consisting of cordierite + garnet + K-feldspar + sillimanite belongs to which one of the following metamorphic facies?

What type(s) of fossil remains is/are studied in ichnology?

At which of the following locations do lignite deposits occur in India?

The water table over an area of 1 km² was lowered by 4 m. If the porosity of rock is 30% and the specific retention is 10%, the change in the groundwater storage is ______ × 10³ m³. (In integer)

The apparent dip of a plane is measured to be 45° towards NE. The true dip of the plane is

A soil has a void ratio of 0.5. The total porosity of the soil is____. (Round off to two decimal places)

Match the countries in Group I with the plate tectonic features in Group II that cause seismic activity in them.

Group I		Group II
P	Iceland	1	Subduction Zone
Q	Indonesia	2	Transform Fault
R	Nepal	3	Mid-Oceanic Ridge
S	New Zealand	4	Continental Collision

The figure below is an isobaric binary temperature-composition (T-X) plot. What amount (in %) of the equilibrium melting of rock R will generate a melt of composition L? (Round off to one decimal place)

Based on the given stereographic projection, the fold can be classified as