ACFMGY-23 Booklet Serial No.
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Examination : Assistant Conservator of Examination : Assistant Conservator of
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Forests (Group-IA) in the Forests (Group-IA) in the
Tamil Nadu Forest Service- Tamil Nadu Forest Service-
Main Written Examination Main Written Examination
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Subject : Geology Subject : Geology
(Degree Standard) (Degree Standard)
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(Descriptive Type) (Descriptive Type)
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Date of Examination : 15.10.2023 A.N. Date of Examination : 15.10.2023 A.N.
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SECTION — A
Note : i) Answer any Fifteen questions out of Eighteen questions.
ii) Answer not exceeding 100 words in each question.
iii) Each question carries ten marks.
(15 × 10 = 150)
Q.No. Write an essay about cretaceous system of Tamil Nadu and its Significance.
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Define Aquifer and different types aquifer with neat sketch.
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Q.No. Give an account on “embankment dams’’.
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Q.No. Explain the Geological investigations for Roads and highways.
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Q.No. Explain the Evaporate deposits with examples.
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Q.No. Write the Ore Minerals Origin, Occurrences and distribution of Iron ore formations
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Q.No. Evaluate the grades of metamorphism and its significances.
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Q.No. Write a note on elastic sediments and their economic significance.
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Q.No. Write a detailed note on Assimilation.
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Q.No. Give a descriptive note on ‘Dolomite’.
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Q.No. Write a detailed note on physical properties of minerals.
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Q.No. Write an elaborate note on the Crystallographic characters of Gypsum.
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Q.No. Write a short note on the crystallographic characters of ‘Calcite’.
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Q.No. Explain the uses of fossils.
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Q.No. Define : Joints and explain how to identify the various joints in the field.
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Q.No. Explain the working principles of Clinometer Compass with a neat sketch.
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Q.No. Explain how Geological Time Scale is constructed.
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Q.No. Write an essay about causes, effects and uses of volcanoes.
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SECTION — B
Note : i) Answer any Ten questions out of Twelve questions.
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ii) Answer not exceeding 200 words in each question.
iii) Each question carries fifteen marks.
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Q.No. Write an elaborate note on ‘Requirements and Equipments’ for a geological field
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Q.No. Write a detailed note on Oxidation and Super gene enrichment process.
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Q.No. Give a detailed account on physical properties, chemical composition, mode of
21 occurrance and distribution of ‘Bauxite’ in India.
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Q.No. Write in detail about the structures and textures of metamorphic rocks with
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Q.No. Explain in detail about the composition and constitution of Magma.
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Q.No. Write a detailed account on the accessory plates and their uses in a Petrological
24 microscope.
Q.No. Write a detailed note on the Pyroxene group of minerals.
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Q.No. Write an essay about Crystal Habits and Twinning of crystal and its types.
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Q.No. Give an account on the morphology and classification of Mollusca with neat
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Q.No. Give an account on the different types of Unconformity.
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Q.No. Evaluate the economic importance of Archaean formations of India.
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Q.No. Write a detailed note on the wind formed landforms with neat sketches.
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