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| Re: IIT Madras Jam
As you are looking for last year question paper of JAM Entrance Test conducted by IIT Madras, so here I am providing following question paper: IIT Madras JAM Entrance Test Question Paper 2016 Geology (GG) The most abundant metal (by weight %) in the Earths crust is (A) Al (B) Fe (C) Na (D) Mg The correct order of increasing stability of minerals during chemical weathering is (A) olivine, pyroxene, biotite, quartz (B) olivine, biotite, pyroxene, quartz (C) quartz, biotite, pyroxene, olivine (D) pyroxene, olivine, biotite, quartz Gabbro contains much more alumina than peridotite because it is richer in (A) orthopyroxene (B) orthoamphibole (C) olivine (D) plagioclase Coking coal in India is found in (A) Neyvelli, Tamil Nadu (B) Jharia, Jharkhand (C) Palana, Rajasthan (D) Garampani, Meghalya The amplitude of ground motion during an earthquake of magnitude 7 in Richter scale is how many times more than that of a magnitude 5? (A) 10 (B) 100 (C) 1000 (D) 10,000 The failed arm of a continental rift is called (A) hot spot (B) horst (C) decollement (D) aulacogen The hardest mineral (with the exception of diamond) in the Mohs scale of hardness is (A) an oxide (B) a silicate (C) a phosphate (D) a carbonate Which one of the following is capable of transporting sediments against the slope? (A) river current (B) turbidity current (C) tidal current (D) rip current Match minerals in Group I with the corresponding silicate structure in Group II. Group I Group II i) Anthophyllite P) Cyclosilicate ii) Hedenbergite Q) Tectosilicate iii) Cordierite R) Double chain silicate iv) Zeolite S) Single chain silicate (A) i R; ii S; iii Q; iv P (B) i S; ii R; iii Q; iv P (C) i R; ii S; iii P; iv Q (D) i P; ii Q; iii R; iv S Which one of the following optical properties of minerals is NOT observed under crossed nicols? (A) Extinction (B) Interference colour (C) Interference figure (D) Pleochroism Match the folds listed in Group I with corresponding geometric characteristics in Group II. Group I Group II i) Parallel P) Angular hinge ii) Chevron Q) Minimum thickness parallel to the axial surface is at the hinge iii) Similar R) Negative inter-limb angle iv) Mushroom S) Constant thickness parallel to the axial surface (A) i Q; ii R; iii S; iv P (B) i S; ii P; iii Q; iv R (C) i Q; ii P; iii S; iv R (D) i S; ii R; iii Q; iv P During metamorphism, temperature can increase at constant pressure in the case of (A) exhumation by erosion (B) burial by subduction (C) burial by underthrusting (D) intrusion of batholith Choose the correct chronological order from oldest to youngest for the following stratigraphic units P - Chitradurga Group; Q - Sargur Group; R - Ajabgarh Group; S - Udaipur Group (A) Q, P, S, R (B) P, Q, S, R (C) Q, R, P, S (D) Q, R, S, P Mississippian and Pennsylvanian belong to which period? (A) Permian (B) Devonian (C) Carboniferous (D) Silurian A gravity dam with EW axis is to be constructed in a narrow river valley between two NS trending parallel ridges. The river is flowing from south to north. The lithology of the area is represented by 2 to 5 m thick metasedimentary rocks quartzite, phyllite and schist. Which of the following geological conditions will be most suitable? (A) Beds in both the ridges strike NS but dip towards each other (B) Beds in both the ridges strike NS but dip in opposite direction to each other (C) Beds in both the ridges strike EW and dip towards N (downstream) (D) Beds in both the ridges strike EW and dip towards S (upstream) Match the ore deposits in Group I with the localities in Group II Group I Group II i) Copper P) Balaghat, M.P. ii) Lead-Zinc Q) Panchpatmali, Odisha iii) Manganese R) Rampura-Agucha, Rajasthan iv) Bauxite S) Khetri, Rajasthan (A) i - S, ii - R, iii - Q, iv - P (B) i - S, ii - R, iii - P, iv - Q (C) i - P, ii - R, iii - Q, iv - S (D) i - S, ii - Q, iii - R, iv P IIT Madras JAM Entrance Test Question Paper 2016 Geology (GG)     Download the attachment to get full question paper................ |