CSS Geology Past Paper 2013

GEOLOGY (PAPER-I)

PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

Q. No. 2. Discuss three types of collision at plate boundaries with reference to the plate system of Pakistan.

Q. No. 3. How is an earthquake located? How did the earthquake in 2005 affect Pakistan? Discuss briefly.

Q. No. 4. Differentiate between structural geology and tectonics. Enlist the classification of faults based on slip and attitude of fault and the attitude of strata, with brief descriptions and diagrams.

Q. No. 5. Describe the tertiary succession of the Lower Indus Basin.

Q. No. 6. How are minerals classified? Discuss and enlist the classification of minerals other than silicates.

Q. No. 7. What do you understand by sedimentary environment? Discuss in detail the marine environment.

Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following:
(a) Present is the key to the past
(b) Stages of deformation
(c) Stratigraphy of Khewra Gorge
(d) Kinds of unconformities
(e) Mechanism of metamorphism
(f) Hardness of the minerals and scale

GEOLOGY (PAPER-II)

PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

Q. No. 2. Discuss the processes of mineralization of pegmatites.

Q. No. 3. Discuss in detail the geology of non-metallic minerals in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.

Q. No. 4. Discuss various types and patterns of slope failures in Pakistan and their stability techniques.

Q. No. 5. Describe the economic significance of the Pab Formation in the Lower Indus Basin.

Q. No. 6.
(a) Discuss in detail the causative mechanisms of earthquakes in Pakistan.
(b) How was the Rector’s scale devised?

Q. No. 7. Discuss the occurrence and industrial utilization of bentonite deposits of Pakistan.

Q. No. 8. Write short notes on FOUR of the following:
(a) Types of aquifers
(b) Hydrological cycle
(c) Sequence stratigraphic approach in exploration of hydrocarbons
(d) Foundation analysis
(e) Exploration in the Badin Block in the Lower Indus Basin with reference to stratigraphic traps exploration strategy