PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE – 2019
SUBJECT: GEOLOGY (PAPER – II)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: Attempt Five Questions in All. Attempt in Urdu or English.
Q No. 1: Make a sketch of cross section of the earth indicating the main subdivision of the earth’s interior and also give their names, thickness of the various layers of the earth and discuss their major composition. (20)
Q No. 2: Define geological fold by giving its anatomy with the help of a sketch of the symmetrical anticline. Also discuss various types of folds. (20)
Q No. 3: Some sedimentary structures can be used to identify the tops and bottoms of beds, discuss with the help of figures how the following structures can be applied to determine the top and bottom. (20)
a. Determination of anticline by Ripple marks b. Determination of syndline by Cross bedding
Q No. 4: How clastic sedimentary rocks are produced give step wise procedure for formation of these rocks by giving examples from Pakistan. (20)
Q No. 5: Discuss the Precambrian and Cambrian sequence of Salt range of Pakistan. (20)
Q No. 6: What is a diagenesis, discuss what type changes and effects occur during deep burial. (20)
Q No. 7: Discuss in detail physical properties of minerals. (20)
Q No. 8: Write short notes on the following. (5 x 4 = 20)
(a) Laccolith and Phacolith (b) Metamorphic rocks (c) Convolute Bedding and Lamination (d) Flaser and lenticular bedding