Geology KP PMS Paper I 2016

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PESHAWAR

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR

PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, 2016

GEOLOGY PAPER I

Time Allowed: 03 Hours Max. Marks: 100

NOTE: Attempt only five questions.

Q.No.1 Write an essay on the agents of physical weathering.

Q.No.2 With the help of sketches, explain how faults are recognized in the field?

Q.No.3 Describe morphological features, classification and geological distribution of phylum Brachiopods.

Q.No.4 Give detailed stratigraphy of Khewra gorge section.

Q.No.5 Enlist physical properties of minerals and describe them with the help of examples.

Q.No.6 Describe petrological characteristics of acidic plutonic rocks.

Q.No.7 What are different agents of metamorphism and discuss metamorphic zones and facies?

Q.No.8 Name members of feldspar family and describe their distribution in igneous rocks.