List of MCQ Questions for Geo Physics

1 ID:[296] Which of the formation is of Eocene age ?

A Jutana Formation
B Amb Formation
C Shirinab Formation
D Sembar Formation
E Gaj Formation
F Lei Conglomerate
Answer: F

2 ID:[299] Which is the oldest Rock Formation in the Upper Indus Basin and Lower
Indus Basin?
A Kirana Group
B Salkhala Formation
C Hazara Formation
D Nagar Parkar Granite
E A,B & C
F None of the above
Answer: F

3 ID:[324] In what geological time the tectonic rifting of pengea had started?
A Cambrian
B Eocene
C Cretaceous
D Permian
Answer: C

4 ID:[326] Which one is Lumshiwal equivalent in Lower Indus Basin?

A Chiltan Limestone
B Sembar Formation
C Parh Limestone
D Pab Sandstone
E Lakhra Formation
Answer: D

5 ID:[329] The Mesozoic supercontinent is known as...

A Gondwanaland
B Laurasia
C Pangea
D Iceland
Answer: C

6 ID:[332] The first land plant appeared in..

A Ordovician
B Silurian
C Devonian
D Carboniferous
Answer: B

7 ID:[342] The deepest well of Pakistan is...

A Sui Deep
B Kalar X1
C Khaur-1
D Kundi x1
E Mari Deep-1
Answer: B

8 ID:[346] What is the Name of first Commercial well of Pakistan?

A Kundal
B Khaur-1
C Dhulian
D Joya Mair
E Balkassar
Answer: B

9 ID:[347] What is the equivalent of Daccan Trap in Pakistan?

A The Tethys Sea was located between
B North America and South America
C North America and Eurasia
D Eurasia and Africa
E Antarctica and Australia
Answer: D

10 ID:[349] Sediments produced by the erosion of mountain ranges subsequent to an

orogenic episode are described as
A Flysch
B Molaasse
C Preflysch
D Geoclines
Answer: B

11 ID:[354] The water that is trapped in a sediment or bed against gravity is called...
A Capillary water
B Gravitational water
C Hygroscopic water
D None of the above
Answer: C

12 ID:[356] Which of the following are the most active bases present in igneous
magmas?
A K and Na
B Na and Ca
C Na, Ca and Ba
D K and Ba
Answer: A

13 ID:[358] Choose the correct combination from the following.

A Eons, Eras, Period, Epoch and Age
B System, Period, Series, Stage
C Group, Formation, Member
D Biozone, Biochron, Teilzone, Teilchron
Answer: A

14 ID:[361] Arenaceous rocks dominant range in size from ...

A 1/16 – 2mm
B 2mm – 64mm
C 64 – 256mm
D 1/16 – 1/256mm
Answer: A

15 ID:[365] The deposits such as sand, clay and silt formed at the mouth of the rivers due
to floods are termed as
A Alluvium
B Colluvium
C Interalluvium
D Proluvium
Answer: A

16 ID:[367] The movement of the transform faults are...

A Parallel to the line of the fault
B Perpendicular to the line of the fault
C Inclined to the line of the fault
D None of the above
Answer: A

17 ID:[370] The erosive power of river depends on its velocity ,if the velocity is doubled,
the erosive power increases by...
A Two times
B Four times
C Six times
D Twelve times
Answer: B

18 ID:[371] If sedimentary rocks overlie plutonic igneous rocks, the unconformity is

described as
A Nonconformity
B Disconfirmity
C Local Unconfirmity
D Angular Unconfirmity.
Answer: A

19 ID:[392] The amount of dip along the strike direction of a vertical bed is always...
A 90
B 45
C Zero
D 60
E None of the above
Answer: C

20 ID:[393] The max. amount of dip of a bed is measured along the N 40o E. The Strike
direction of the bed will be...
A N-S
B E-W
C N 50 W
D S 50 W
E None of the above.
Answer: C

21 ID:[394] The Himalayan Orogenic Belt is the ------------ mountain chain in the World.
A Oldest
B Largest
C Highest
D Youngest
Answer: D

22 ID:[395] The Continent-continent collision between the Indian and Eurasian

subcontinents started about -------- years ago
A 40
B 45
C 50
D 55
Answer: A

23 ID:[396] The MKT is in the North of the Kohistan-Island Arc and was formed as a
result of collision between -------------- plate and the Kohistan Island arc.
A Indian plate
B Tibet
C Karakurram plate
D None of them
Answer: C
24 ID:[398] The Salt Range Thrust in the southwest of Pakistan Himalaya is the Lateral
equivalent of -------------- of the Central himalaya.
A MBT
B MCT
C MMT
D MFT
Answer: D

25 ID:[399] The geological age of the Kohat Formation is ------------?

A Eocene
B Miocene
C Paleocene
D Pliocene
Answer: A

26 ID:[400] The Basin Located in the Northern Pakistan and separated from the Lower
Indus Basin by Sargodha high is -------------------
A Central Indus Basin
B Balouchistan Basin
C Karakurram Basin
D Upper Indus Basin
Answer: D

27 ID:[401] According to the geochemical calculations and measurements of

stratigraphic sections, the relative proportion of which of the following sediment is
highest in the earth’s crust?
A Shale
B Limestone
C Sandstone
D Conglomerate
E none of the above
Answer: A

28 ID:[402] The environment between the highest and lowest levels of spring tides is
described as...
A Littoral environment
B Neritic environment
C Continental shelf
D Bathyl environment
E none of the above
Answer: A

29 ID:[403] The Stratigraphy of the Jehlum Group is ……

A khisor Baghanwala Kussak
B Khisor Baghanwala Kussak Khewra
C Khisor Kussak Khewra
D Khisor Baghanwala Jutana Khussak Khewra
Answer: D

30 ID:[404] Grabben is formed by ------------------

A Reverse faults
B Thrust faults
C Normal faults
D Strike-slip faults
Answer: C

31 ID:[405] The evaporite that is that is typical of non marine basin is...
A Gypsum
B Halite
C Trona
D Calcite
E none of the above
Answer: C

32 ID:[406] Normal faults are formed in ------------------- Regime

A Compressional
B Extensional
C Lateral movement
D None of this
Answer: B

33 ID:[407] Which of the following materials has the highest porosity?

A Clay
B Silt
C Gravel
D Sandstone
Answer: A

34 ID:[408] The porosity of most sandstone reservoir rock is chiefly ----------

A Primary
B Secondary
C Fracture
D Moldic
Answer: A

35 ID:[409] The Geological Age of Sembar Formation is ---------

A Lower Cretaceous
B Upper Cretaceous
C Upper Jurrasic
D Paleocene
Answer: A
36 ID:[410] The main potential reservoir rock in Cambrian is --------
A Khewra Sandstone
B Baghanwala
C Wargal Limestone
D Salt Range
Answer: A

37 ID:[411] Caliper Logging is employed for determining...

A Physical property of Rocks
B Calibration of Tool
C Variation in the Bore Hole Diameters
D The porosity of reservoir rock.
E none of the above
Answer: C

38 ID:[412] Tobra Formation, Dandot Formation,Warcha Sandstone. And Sardhai

Formation constitute----
A Zaluch Group
B Rawalpindi Group
C Nilawahan Group
D Jehlum Group
Answer: C

39 ID:[413] The Kingriali Formation is predominantly composed of --------

A Limestone
B Dolomite
C Sandstone
D Shale
Answer: B

40 ID:[414] The ability of rock to conduct a particular fluid (which does not completely
saturate the rock) in presence of other fluids is called ……
A Effective porosity
B Porosity
C Effective permeability
D Permeability
Answer: C

41 ID:[415] The ratio of pore spaces to total volume of reservoir rock is --------
A Porosity
B Effective porosity
C Permeability
D Effective permeability
Answer: A

42 ID:[416] The ratio of total volume of pore spaces to total volume of rock is called -----
-
A Absolute permeability
B Effective permeability
C Absolute porosity
D Effective porosity
Answer: C

43 ID:[418] Increase in temperature has the following effect on permeability.

A Increase
B Decrease
C No effect
D None of this
Answer: A

44 ID:[419] Due to the process of dolomitization the porosity ----------

A Increases
B Decreases
C No effect
D None of this
Answer: A

45 ID:[420] The water that was fallen as rain and has filled up the porous and permeable
rock is called -------
A Interstitial water
B Connate water
C Meteoric water
D Free water
Answer: C

46 ID:[421] The size of the clay particle is --------

A >4 micron
B 62-4 micron
C 62 micron
D <4 micron
Answer: D

47 ID:[422] Which of the following is not a benthic foram.

A Assilina
B Milioliid
C Textularia
D All of these are benthic
Answer: D

48 ID:[423] The geological range of Nummulities is ----------

A Paleocene – Miocene
B Paleocene – Middle Oligocene
C Permian – Miocene
D Permian – Middle Oligocene
Answer: B

49 ID:[424] Ostracods belongs to phylum ---------

A Echinodermata
B Molluska
C Arthropoda
D None of this
Answer: C

50 ID:[425] When several thrust planes develop in parallel sets, a series of high-angle
reverse faults may also develop between pairs of thrust planes giving rise to ---------
A Grabben
B Steps faults
C Imbricate
D Horst
Answer: C

51 ID:[427] The fold having two limbs parallel is called --------

A Symmetrical
B Parallel
C Isoclinal
D Recumbent
Answer: C

52 ID:[428] An anticline structure which plunges in all directions is called ------

A Basin
B Dome
C Box fold
D Antiform
Answer: B

53 ID:[429] An anticline having the younger rocks in the core is called ---------
A Synform
B Isoclinal
C Overturned
D Antiform
Answer: D

54 ID:[430] There will be a Gas Zone in a well if the Neutron Log and Density log have
the criteria.
A Neutron Log and Density log both are low and making cross over
B Neutron Log and Density log both are high and making cross over
C Neutron Log and Density log both are equal.
D None of the above.
Answer: A

55 ID:[431] The structures formed on bedding surface when current becomes fast enough
tp transport sand is ----------
A Cross-bedding
B Ripple marks
C Graded bedding
D Lamination
Answer: B

56 ID:[432] The asymmetrical structures found on sole of some sandstone beds,

particularly where turbidity currents have been common, are -------
A Flute casts
B Groove casts
C Ripple marks
D Imbrication
Answer: A

57 ID:[433] Which of the following field is of Condensate?

A Dhodak
B Mari
C Bhit
D Qadirpur
E none of the above
Answer: A

58 ID:[434] The bedding which begins with the coarsest grains at base, gradually
becoming finer, and being finest at top, is called ---------
A Aggradation
B Graded bedding
C Laminated bedding
D All of three
Answer: B

59 ID:[435] hydrocarbons are ------------- conductor of electricity

A Good
B Poor
C Non-conductive
D None of these
Answer: C

60 ID:[436] The Permo -Triassic boundary is between ...

A Wulgai/Sakasar
B Tobra/Sakasar
C Tobra/Wulgai
D Chhidru/Mianwali
E none of the above
Answer: D

61 ID:[437] All resistivity logs include

A SP curve
B DT curve
C RHOB curve
D NPHI curve
Answer: A

62 ID:[438] The log which is very useful of porosity determination is -----------

A Sonic
B Density
C SP
D GR
Answer: A

63 ID:[439] Arkose is a type of sandstone which contains --------

A Feldspar only
B Quartz only
C Feldspar + Quartz as major minerals
D Feldspar + Lithic fragments as major
Answer: C

64 ID:[440] Kohat sub-basin and Potwar sub-basin are part of ------------

A Central Indus Basin
B Southern Indus Basin
C Upper Indus Basin
D Lower Indus Basin
Answer: C

65 ID:[441] Permo-Triassic boundary is mainly present between ---------

A Wargal and Mianwali
B Chiddhru and Mianwali
C Chiddhru and Wargal
D Warchha and Mianwali
Answer: B

66 ID:[442] Dandot Formation is a ------------------

A Poor source rock
B Poor reservoir rock
C Good source rock
D Good reservoir rock
Answer: C

67 ID:[443] The upper contact of Salt Range Formation is ------------- with Khewra
Sandstone
A Gradational
B Unconformable
C Conformable
D Transitional
Answer: D

68 ID:[444] Relatively unconformable, genetically related succession of strata bounded

by unconformities or their correlative conformities is called -------
A Cycle
B System
C Sequence
D Stratigraphic Unit
Answer: C

69 ID:[445] Surface separating younger from older strata along which there is evidence
of subaerial erosional truncation or subaerial exposure or correlative sub-marine erosion
in some areas, indicating a significant hiatus, is called ----------
A Stratigraphic Unit
B Conformity
C Disconformity
D Unconformity
Answer: D

70 ID:[446] Two or more superposed beds characterized by the same composition,

texture, and sedimentary structure is called ----------
A Facies
B Sequence
C Bedsets
D Stratigraphic units
Answer: C

71 ID:[448] A landward movement of the shoreline indicated by a landward migration of

the littoral facies in a given Stratigraphic unit is --------------
A Aggradation
B Regression
C Transgression
D Reggradation
Answer: C

72 ID:[449] An unconformity in which the beds above and below are parallel, but where
the unconformity is of regional extent is called --------------
A Parallel unconformity
B Angular unconformity
C Disconformity
D Uniform unconformity
Answer: C

73 ID:[450] A marl is a ----------

A Calcareous sandstone
B Calcareous mudstone
C Arenaceous limestone
D Arenaceous mudstone
Answer: B

74 ID:[451] The duration of Carboniferous period is ---------

A 65 m.y
B 80 m.y
C 60 m.y
D 55 m.y
Answer: A

75 ID:[452] Clay is an ----------------------

A Arenaceous rock
B Argillaceous rock
C Calcareous rock
D Siliciclastic rock
Answer: B

76 ID:[453] A sedimentary particle composed of calcium carbonate derived by local

erosion of the floor of the sedimentary basin is ----------------
A Extraclast
B Siliciclast
C Intraclast
D Marl
Answer: C

77 ID:[454] The environment between the highest and lowest levels of spring tide is ------
-------
A Shelf
B Reef
C Littoral
D Supra Littoral
Answer: C