Geology Solved objective Test

Geology Solved objective Test
Geology MCQ Practice Solved Questions
1 : The planets were formed from collisions and union numerous small planetary
fragments, was proposed by :
(a) Kant and laplace
(b) Moulton and chamblin
(c) Weizsacker
(d) G.P. Kuiper.
Answer ( B)


2 : The universe, solar system etc. are the result of an explosion within the nebula refers to:
(a) Planetesimal hypothesis
(b) Nebular hypothesis
(c) Big-Bang theory
(d) Tidal. Hypothesis.
Answer ( C)


3 : The planets become isolated masses of matter as the material of the solar-system
Condensed into the sun refers to :
(a) Evolutions theories
(b) Catastrophic theories
(c) Cosmic theories
(d) None of the above.
Answer (a)






4 : Who was the first man to give this present theory that sun is in centre and other
planets move around it. -
(a) Copernicus
(b) Kepler
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of the above.
Answer (A )


5 : Which of the following statements as regards the consequences of the movement of
The earth is not correct.
(a) Rotation of the earth is cause of day and night.
(b) Revolution of the earth is the cause of the change of the season.
(c) Rotation of the earth causes variation in the duration of day and night.
(d) Rotation of the earth affects the movement of wind and ocean currents.
Answer ( C )


6 : Severe thinking of ozone layer of its depletion, tenned as :
(a) Ozone depletion
(b) Ozone hole
(c) Black hole
(d) Ozone cancer.
Answer (B)



7: Ozone layer is found at the altitude of :
(a) 10 to 30 km. -
(B) 20 to 35 km
(C) 40 to 50 km
(D) 50 to 70 km. _
Answer ( B )


8 : What is the name of skin cancer caused by Ultraviolets - B rays :
(a) Melanoma
(b) Ozonite
(c) Epidemoric
(d) None of these.
Answer (a)


9 : Regarding age ot the Earth the average ann-ual rate of deposition of sediments and
the thickness of the all strata deposited during the whole geological history are used for :
(a) Verve-clock method.
(b) Sedimentation-clock method.
(C) salinity - clock method
(d) Non of the above
Answer (B)


10: Verve- clock method can be used for getting geologic- time from :
(a) 0 - 100 yrs. only QQ.
(b) 0 - 1,000 yrs. only
(c) 0 -- 10,000 yrs. only
(d) 0 -- 1,00,000 yrs. Only
Answer ( C)





11 : Lord Kelvin determined the age of the Earth by rate of cooling of the earth- is :
(a) 100 to 1000 m.y.
(b) 20 to 400 m.y.
(c) 120 to 500 m.y.
(d) 200 to 700 m.y.
Answer ( B)



12. : The detection of natural radioactivity given by:
(a) Alfred Nobel
(b) Madame Curie
(c) Nenri Becquerel ,
(d) Otto mahn.
Answer (C)






13 : The determination of the ratio of parent to daughter nuclides in radioactivity is
usually accomplished with the use of : '
(a) Geiger counter
(b) Mass spectrometer
(c) Oscillometer
(d) None of the above.
Answer ( B)


14 : The half-life period of U238 disintegrated to Pb206 is :
(a) 4000 my
(b) 4498 my
(c) 4628 my
(d) 5122 my
Answer (B)


15 : The valuable method, used to date the metamorphic rocks and Pre-combrian rocks
is :
(a)u238 - Pb206 .
(b)Th232 - Pb208
(c) Rb87 - Sr87
(d) K40 _ Ca40
Answer (C)


16: The atmospheric nitrogen, when attacked by cosmic radiation at high altitudes, gives
rise to :
(a) Carbon
(b) Radio-Carbon
(c) Carbon di-oxide
(d) Carbon mon-oxide.
Answer (B)






17 : During the radioactive transformation of uranium to lead, which gas is formed as an
Intermediate product:
(a) Helium `
(b) Hydrogen
(c) Radon
(d) Argon.
Answer (C)



18: A particle, equivalent to the nucleus of helium atom, which is emitted from an
atomic nucleus during radioactive decay is known as :
(a) Alpha particle
(b) Beta particle
(c) Gamma particle
(d) X-ray particle.
Answer (a)


19 : One of the smooth areas on the moon or on some other planets are known as :
(a) Mascons
(b) Mare
(c) Pluvial
(d) Horn.
Answer (B)





20: Magnetic North and South poles are presently located at :
(a) 70° N 100° w and 60° s 140° E
(b) 75° N 101° wand 67° S143° E
(c) 90° N 100° w and 60° s 150° E
(d) 86° N 109° w and 63° s 193° E
Answer (B)

Solved objective type maths questions on Mensuration Area Volume

Solved objective type maths questions on Mensuration Area Volume
Mensuration, area, volume questions for UPSC Bed and other exams

1. A 10 cm deep well with diameter 6 m is dug and the earth spread even to form a
platform 22cm 10cm x cm. The value of x is
(a) 2.2
(b) 1.12
(c) 1.28
(d) 1.3
Ans. (c)


2. Two cubes of side 1 cm each, four cubes of side 2 cm each and two cubes of side 3
cm and 4 cm are melted to form one cube of side
(a) 6 cm
(b) 7 cm
(c) 8 cm
(d) 5 cm
Ans. (a)


3. The surface area of a cube whose volume is 343 cm3 is K cm2, the value of K is
(a) 180
(b) 364
(c) 294
(d) 394
Ans. (c)

4. The bricks of dimensions 25 cm 12.5 cm 7.5 cm required to build a wall 5m
3m 20 m are
(a) 1280
(b) 1285
(c) 1290
(d) 1295
Ans. (a)


5. A closed tea box has 47 cm 47 cm 60 cm internal dimensions, then the total area of tin foil needed for lining it is
(a) 1.57 m
(b) 1.81 m
(c) 1.46 m
(d) 2.10 m
Ans. (a)


6. A wood 1 cm thick required to make a box of dimensions 24 cm 22 cm 17 cm, is
(a) 2276 cm3
(b) 2500 cm3
(c) 2600 cm3
(d) 2376 cm3
Ans. (d)


7. If two cubes, each of side 12 cm are joined end to end, then the surface area of the
resulting cuboid is
(a) 1728 cm2
(b) 1440 cm2
(c) 1445 cm2
(d) 1450 cm2
Ans. (b)

8. The radius of a circle, whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of two circles of
radii 3 cm and 4 cm, is
(a) 5 cm
(b) 5.5 cm
(c) 5.8 cm
(d) 6 cm
Ans. (a)


9. If every side of a cube of volume V is doubled then its volume becomes K V. The
value of K is equa1 to
(a) 8
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 16
Ans. (a)
10. The number of vertices in a cube is
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 12
Ans. (c)

11. If a rectangle of sides 5 cm and 15 cm is to be divided into three squares of equal
area, then the sides of the squares will be
(a) 4cm
(b) 6cm
(c) 7 cm
(d) none
Ans. (d)

12. The perimeter of a right angled triangle is 60 cm and its hypotenuse is 26 cm, then the
area of the triangle is
(a) 120 cm2
(b) 121 cm2
(c) 119 cm2
(d) 125 cm2
Ans. (a)

13. A solid cylinder of glass whose diameter is 1.5 m and height 1 m is melted and
recasted into a sphere, then the radius of the sphere is
(a) 1 m
(b) 0.75 m
(c) 1.25 m
(d) 1.5 m
Ans. (b)

14. The number of bullets of radius 2 cm that can be made from a cube of lead whose
side is 44 cm is
(a) 2540
(b) 2541
(c) 2560
(d) 2575
Ans. (b)

15. If the sphere of radius 6 cm is melted and drawn into a wire of radius 0.2 cm, then
the length of the wire is
(a) 75 cm
(b) 72 cm
(c) 72 cm
(d) 75 cm
Ans. (c)

16. If the volume of a sphere is 4851 cm3, then its surface area is
(a) 1286 cm2
(b) 1386 cm2
(c) 1486 cm2
(d) 1390 cm2
Ans. (a)

17. If the radius of the base of a right circular cone is halved, keeping the height same,
then the ratio of the volume of the reduced cone to that of the original cone is
(a) 2 : 1
(b) 4 : 1
(c) 1 : 4
(d) 1 : 2
Ans. (c)

18. The cost of canvas required for a conical tent, of height 8 m and diameter of base 12
m, at the rate of Rs 3.50 per m2 is
(a) Rs 620
(b) Rs 600
(c) Rs 640
(d) Rs 660
Ans. (d)

19. The curved surface area of a right circular cone of height 84 cm and diameter 70 cm is
(a) 10010 cm2
(b) 100000 cm2
(c) 10020 cm2
(d) 11000 cm2
Ans. (a)


20. A conical tent of radius of 12 m and height 16 m is to be made, then the cost of
canvas required at the rate Rs 10 per m2 is
(a) Rs 7445
(b) Rs 7543
(c) Rs 7550
(d) Rs 7500
Ans. (b)

Basic Computer Awareness for Exams Solved MCQ

Basic Computer Awareness for Exams Solved MCQ
20 Mcq Questions on Computer awareness
1. A directory within a directory is called___
(1) Mini Directory
(2) Junior Directory
(3) Part Directory
(4) Sub Directory
(5) None of these
ANSWER (4)


2. Which of the following controls the manner of interaction between the user and the operating
system ?
(1) User interface
(2) Language translator
(3) Platform
(4) Screensaver
(5) None of these
ANSWER (2)


3. Computer language used on the Internet is --
(1) BASIC
(2) COBOL
(3) Java
(4) Pascal
(5) None of these
ANSWER (3)


4. Which part is the “brain” of the computer ?
(1) CPU
(2) Monitor
(3) RAM
(4) ROM
(5) None of these
ANSWER (1)


5. Help Menu is available at which button ?
(1) End
(2)Start
(3) Turnoff
(4) Restart
(5) None of these
ANSWER (2)


6. A central computer that holds collections of data
and programs for many PCs, Workstations and
other computers is a(n) ____
(1) Supercomputer
(2) Minicomputer
(3) Laptop
(4) server
(5) None of these
ANSWER (4)


7. Data that is copied from an application is stored in the
(1) Driver
(2) Terminal
(3) Prompt
(4) Clipboard
(5) None of these
ANSWER (4)


8. In a spreadsheet program the-----contains related worksheets and documents.
(1) Workbook
(2) Column
(3) Cell
(4) Formula
(5) None of these
ANSWER (4)


9. ………… is a set of keywords, symbols and a system of rules for constructing statements by which human can
communicate the instructions to be executed by a computer.
(1) A computer program
(2) A programming language
(3) An assemble
(4) Syntax
(5) None of the above
ANSWER (2)


10. This can be another word for program
(1) Software
(2) Disk
(3) Floppy
(4) Hardware
(5) None of these
ANSWER (1)






11. A (n) .......... is a device that electronically processes data, converting it to information.
(1) Algorithm
(2) Computer
(3) Software
(4) Program
(5) None of these
ANSWER (2)


12. The secret code that protects the programs
(1) Password
(2) Passport
(3) Entry-code
(4) Access code
(5) None of these
ANSWER (1)


13. Where is the disk put in a computer ?
(1) In the modem
(2) In the hard drive
(3) Into the CPU
(4) In the disk drive
(5) None of these
ANSWER (4)


14. The name that the user gives to a document is
referred to as
(1) Document-name
(2) File name
(3) Name-given
(4) Document-identity
(5) None of these
ANSWER (2)


15. E-mail (electronic mail) is
(1) An Internet standard that allows users to upload and download files
(2) A real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer
(3) An online area in which users conduct written discussions about a particular subject
(4) The transmission of messages and files via a computer network
(6) None of the above
ANSWER (4)



16. The information you put into the computer is called
(1) Facts
(2) Data
(3) Files
(4) Directory
(5) None of these
ANSWER (2)



17. A chat is
(1) An Internet standard that allows users to Upload and download files
(2) A types conversation that takes place on a Computer
(3) An online area in which users conduct Written discussions about a particular subject
(4) The transmission of messages and files via a Computer network
(1) None of the above
ANSWER (2)


18. The most common method of entering text and numerical data into a computer system is
through the use of a
(1) keyboard
(2) Scanner
(3) Printer
(4) Plotter
(5) None of these
ANSWER (1)


19. A keyboard is this kind of device
(1) Black
(2) Input
(3) Output
(4) Word processing
(5) None of these
ANSWER (2)

20. A collection of related information sorted and
dealt with as a unit is a
(1) Disk
(2) Data
(3) File
(4) Floppy
(5) None of these
ANSWER (3)