Assignment: Part “B” CSIR NET/JRF

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PRACTICE SET- 07
Part-B
Maximum marks: 100 Time allowed: 30 minutes

Instructions:

 The assignment includes 50 MCQs for CSIR-NET Earth sciences Part-B

 Use of calculators and other electronic gadgets is not allowed in the exam hall
 Each question is of 02 marks and there will be negative marking for each wrong question
@25%
 Candidate is advised not to leave the examination hall till the time is over.

1. In a flash analog - to – digital converter, the output of each comparator is connected to an

input of a ____________.
A) Decoder
B) Priority encoder
C) Multiplexer
D) Demultiplexer

2. Which of the following areas is most likely to experience a large magnitude earthquake?
A) Southern California
B) Arctic Canada
C) Eastern Brazil
D) Southern Australia

3. The first motion of an earthquake detected at a seismic station is

A) Always compressional
B) Always dilatational
C) Varies depending on the earthquake location relative to the seismic station.
D) Meaningless in the analysis of earthquakes.

4. In a certain parallel resonant band – pass filter, the resonant frequency is 14 KHz. If the
bandwidth is 4 KHz , the lower frequency
A) Is 7 KHz
B) Is 10 KHz
C) Is 12 KHz
D) Cannot be determined

5. An RL low- pass filter consists of a 5.6 mH coil and a 3.3 k resister. The output voltage is
taken across the resister. The circuit’s critical frequency is
A) 93.8 KHz
B) 93.8 Hz
C) 86.1 Hz
D) 86.12 KHz

6. The point within the Earth where seismic waves originate is

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A) The epicenter
B) The fault scrap
C) The origin
D) The focus

7. Catastrophic term is applied to describe an earthquake when

A) General awakening of those asleep
B) Fall of chimneys
C) Total destruction and objects thrown into air
D) Partial or total destruction of some buildings

8. The Richter Scale is used to determine

A) Intensity of earthquakes
B) The magnitude of earthquakes
C) The damage from earthquakes
D) The number of casualties in an earthquake.

9. Most earthquake at convergent boundaries are

A) Shallow focus
B) Intermediate focus
C) Deep focus
D) All of these

10. Most earthquakes occur at transform boundaries are

A) Shallow focus
B) Intermediate focus
C) Deep focus
D) All of these.

11. A seismic gap is

A) The time between large earthquakes
B) A segment of an active fault where earthquakes have not occurred for a long time.
C) The center of a tectonic plate where earthquakes rarely occur
D) A large chasm opened by an earthquake.

12. If the distance between two bodies is doubled, the force of attraction F between them will be
A) ¼ F
B) 2 F
C) ½ F
D) F
13. What is the name for the supercontinent to which all of the land mass on Earth was joined
approximately 600 million years ago?
A) Gaia
B) Laurasia
C) Gondwana land
D) pangaea

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14. The characteristics(S) of computed tomography (CT) which gives (s) it a distinct advantage
over conventional radiography is/are
A) Higher visibility of detail (resolution)
B) Better contrast sensitivity (low contrast detectability)
C) Lower noise
D) Fewer artifacts

15. Which is the name for the location where volcanism occurs away from plate boundaries?
A) Transform faults
B) Graben
C) Seamounts
D) Hotspots

16. How thick is the Wadati-Benoiff zone?

A) 90 km
B) 200 km
C) 10 km
D) 20 km

17. Seismometer vault is

A) A part of the seismometer
B) A type of graph used in seismometer
C) A device to record arrival times of the waves
D) The protective house in which a seismometer is installed

18. Generally vertical and horizontal acceleration value of an earthquake is in the ratio of
A) 1 : 2
B) 1 : 3
C) 2 : 3
D) 3 : 4

19. Earthquake precursors indicate that before the occurrence of an earthquake

A) The Vp/Vs ratio first decreases then increases
B) The electrical resistivity decreases
C) The radon emission first increases then decreases
D) All of the above are correct

20. The minimum number of seismic stations needed to locate an earthquake is

A) 8
B) 2
C) 3
D) 1

21. A beam of light is propagating in the X direction. The electric field vector
A) Can oscillate in any direction in space
B) Must oscillate in the z direction
C) Must oscillate in the x direction

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D) Must oscillate in the yz plane (The E field is in a plane perpendicular to the direction of
propagation .But it can be in any direction in that plane)

22. The time constant of a series L-R circuit, having L = 10 Henry and R = 5 Ohm is
A) 2 sec
B) 0.2 sec
C) 20 sec
D) 50 sec

23. An op – amp has very __________

A) High voltage gain
B) High input impedance
C) Low output impedance
D) All of the above

24. The Phase – Locked loop method of discrimination of FM signal is based on

A) Filtration
B) Amplification
C) Phase detection
D) All of the above

25. The number of upstream elements of a certan grid cell in a DTM depends
A) Only on the underlying DTM
B) Only on the derived Idd net
C) On the DTM and the derived Idd net
D) On the DTM, the derived Idd net, and various other factors.

26. Amplitude modulation of a signal by another lower- frequency signal can be achieved by
A) Applying the two signals to the same input of an amplifier
B) Special filtration circuits
C) Applying the two signals to the inputs of a standard op-amp
D) None of the above

27. The range of frequencies that a PLL circuit will track is called
A) Capture range
B) Track range
C) Bandwidth
D) Lock range

28. Name the fundamental force which holds the planet in their orbits around the Sun.
A) Gravitational force of attraction
B) Electrostatic static force of attraction
C) Nuclear force of attraction
D) Electro static force of attraction

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29. The larger period waves travel at deeper depth with larger velocity and hence arrive first. The
phenomenon is called
A) Liquefaction
B) Dilatancy
C) Tsunamis
D) Dispersion

30. During the AM demodulation process, how is the desired signal separated from the sums of
intermediate frequency signals produced by the linear multiplier?
A) Audio amplifiers will amplify only audio signals
B) A low-pass filter is used to block the higher frequencies
C) The output of a linear multiplier contains only the difference frequency
D) The sidebands cancel each other out with linear multiplication.

31. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and the angle of reflection is 500. Calculate the
angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray.
A) 500
B) 250
C) 900
D) 1000

32. Which of the following forms of temperature sensor produces a large change in its resistance
with temperature, but is very non-linear?
A) A pn junction sensor
B) A platinum resistance thermometer
C) A thermistor
D) None of the above

33. A commercial oil reservoir has recently been discovered .If water influx is present but ignored
in early material balance calculations of original oil in place, the calculated value for OOIP
would most likely be
A) Too high
B) Too low
C) Correct
D) Independent of water influx

34. A commercial oil reservoir has recently been discovered.

If the oil reservoir is producing pressure above the bubble point pressure, the factor in
material balance calculations that is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than if the reservoir were
producing below the bubble point pressure is
A) Water influx
B) Dip angle of the reservoir
C) Produced gas/oil ratio
D) Formation compressibility

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35. A volumetric (no water influx) dry gas reservoir had an initial pressure of 4,750 psi with a gas
deviation factor of 0.975. At an abandonment reservoir pressure of 1,500 psi with a gas
deviation factor of 0.892, the gas recovery factor (%) would be most nearly.
A) 34.5
B) 65.5
C) 68.4
D) 71.1

36. An object becomes invisible when it undergoes __________ reflection

A) Regular
B) Irregular
C) Diffused
D) Normal

37. A well is going to be perforated using tubing conveyed guns run below a packer on a 3 ½ inch
tubing string. The completion interval was selected from open hole logs including induction,
neutron, density, gamma ray and spontaneous potential logs. Cased-hole log suite has been
completed which included cement bond, neutron, gamma ray and collar locator logs. The
cased-hole logs are on depth with the open-hole logs.
The method of correlation that would give the greatest accuracy of setting the packer and
firing the guns on depth is most likely.
A) Run a new neutron gamma ray log to correlate with open-hole logs.
B) Run a collar strip to correlate with the existing collar log, which is known to be depth.
C) Tag the plug back TD and correct based on that information.
D) Strap – in the tubing and adjust for pipe stretch.

38. Radius curvature of a concave mirror is always ________ to the mirror.

A) Parallel
B) Perpendicular
C) Inclined at 600
D) Inclined at 450

39. The energy of a Photon of light is ________proportional to its frequency and ________
proportional to its wavelength.
A) Directly , directly
B) Inversely , inversely
C) Inversely, directly
D) Directly , inversely

40. What is the dew point when the dry-blub temperature is 240C and wet-bulb temperature is
150C ?
A) 80 C
B) -180 C
C) 360 C
D) 40 C

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41. When the compressive strength is tested by a method without providing a lateral support
termed as
A) Uniaxial compressive strength
B) Biaxial compressive strength
C) Triaxial compressive strength
D) None of the above

42. The capacity of stones to with stand bending loads is called

A) Shear strength
B) Transverse strength
C) Compressive strength
D) Tensile strength

43. Which one of the following dams is better suited for narrow valleys with strong and
uniformity sloping walls?
A) Gravity dam
B) Arch dam
C) Embankment dams
D) None of the above

44. The lime clay ratio in cement is approximately

A) 4 : 1
B) 1 : 4
C) 2 : 3
D) 4 : 3

45. The sedimentary rocks have the

A) Least load bearing capacity when forces act perpendicular to bedding planes.
B) Greatest load bearing capacity when forces act perpendicular to bedding planes.
C) Greatest load bearing capacity when forces act parallel to the bedding plane.
D) Greatest load bearing capacity when forces act at 450 to the bedding planes

46. Slow flowing from higher to lower ground of masses of soil saturated with water is called
A) Talus
B) Soil creep
C) Mud flows
D) Solifluction

47. The lifting and removal of loose materials from the earth’s surface by wind action is
known as
A) Deflation
B) Alteration
C) Abrasion
D) Erosion

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48. Which one of the following is not erosional feature?

A) Hamada
B) Pedestal rocks
C) Pediment
D) Delta

49. The land counterpart of Delta is a/an

A) Pediment
B) Alluvial fan
C) Inselberg
D) Drumlins

50. Which one of the following conditions is essential for the development of Karst?
A) Presence of lime stone or dolomite.
B) Rocks should be dense, highly jointed and thinly bedded.
C) Existence of entrenched valley below uplands underlain by soluble and jointed rocks.
D) All of the above.

ANSWER KEYS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A A C C A D C B C A
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B A D B D D D C D C
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
D A D C B D D A C B
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
B C A D B A A B D A
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
A B B A B D A D B D

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