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What should be the length of one section in core sampling methods? * 1/1

1.5 m

81 m

9m

3m

Which one among the following is only abundant in Paleozoic? * 0/1

Nannoplankton

Tasmanitids

Acritarchs

Chitinozoa

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Which one of the following has the minimum chances of mechanical 0/1
damage *

Foraminifera

Invertebrates

Vertebrates

Nannoplankton

Which of the following has maximum potentiality for intact fossilization? *0/1

Nannoplankton

Invertebrates

Vertebrates

Foraminifera

Where can you get maximum preservation of remnant of organism? * 1/1

Seashore

Hiatus zone

Zone of high sedimentation

Zone of low sedimentation

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Oxidation method is applicable for the separation of microfossils from * 0/1

Soft limestone

Black shale

Hard limestone

Unconsolidated sediments

Otto splitter is used for * 1/1

Division of sample

Soaking of sample

Staining of sample

Washing of sample

Which description will be suitable to explain tectinous foraminifera? * 1/1

Cohered foreign particles arranged on the primary organic sheath

Carbonate crystal arranged radial way with pores

Thin, non-rigid test of proteinaceous or pseudochitinous matter

The regular arrangement of calcium carbonate crystal on the primary organic sheath

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Which ship was used first for ocean sediment sampling? * 1/1

JOIDES Resolution

HMS Challenger

Chikyu

Glomar Challenger

Planktic foraminifera prefers to live within * 1/1

On a raised object lying on the seafloor

The photic zone

Top 10 cm within sediments

Top 500m water column

Which one amongst the following is composed of siliceous materials? * 1/1

Diatom

Bryozoa

Nannoplankton

Dinoflagellates

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Which of the following is not used for the separation of microfossils? * 0/1

Ammonium hydroxide

Caustic soda

Hydrochloric acid

Hydrogen peroxide

Which one amongst the following is considered an autotroph? * 1/1

Conodonts

Diatom

Ostracod

Calpionellides

Amongst the followings who boarded on H. M. S. Challenger * 1/1

J. Cushman

H. B. Brady

J. M. Flint

A. V. Leeuwenhoek

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Which one amongst the following has the minimum stratigraphic range? 1/1
*

Acritarchs

Dinoflagellates

Ostracodes

Skeletal calcareous algae

Which one amongst the following is multicellular? * 1/1

Pteropod

Foraminifera

Ostracod

Radiolaria

You have a sample with ID 112-680B, 12H-34-36. What is the meaning of 1/1
“B” here? *

Hole

Site

Core

Leg

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Why do marine fossils show continuous evolutionary history * 1/1

The oceanic environment is detached from the atmosphere

Lots of organism lives in the ocean

Deep-sea organisms show a more robust structure

For uninterrupted sedimentation

What do you mean by allochemical sediments? * 1/1

Marine sediments deposited within the same basin after transportation

Marine sediments deposited within the same basin without any transportation

In-situ deposited terrestrial sediments

Terrestrial sediments deposited in a basin after long transportation

230 mesh (ASTM) indicates sieve size * 1/1

63 µm

0.25 mm

4 µm

125 µm

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Which one amongst the following is not terrigenous sediment? * 1/1

Feldspar

Clay minerals

Diatom ooze

Quartz

Clamshell bucket is used for * 0/1

Grab sampling

Long core sampling

Box core sampling

Short core sampling

What is the complete form of “M” in the name of H. M. S. Challenger * 1/1

Massive

Majesty

Magnanimous

Marine

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Calgon solution is used as: * 0/1

Staining reagent

Acid reagent

Deflocculant

Preservative

Which one amongst the following can be used as an index fossil? * 0/1

Tasmanitids

Calpionellides

Foraminifera

Chitinozoa

Which one of the following appears dark in a thin section under 1/1
transmitted light? *

Microgranular wall

Agglutinated wall

Tectinous wall

All of these

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