KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (BPS-17), 2018
GEOLOGY, PAPER I
TIME ALLOWED: 03 HOURS MAX: MARKS: 100
NOTE: Attempt any five questions
Q-1: Write a detailed note on the internal structure of the earth, list the significant lithospheric plates and describe main types of plate boundaries by examples and illustrations?
Q-2: Describe the main structural features of northern Pakistan, highlight their significance in the context of Himalayan Geology with main reference to the India-Asia collision?
Q-3: Describe the types of secondary structures and explain their importance in structural geology as well as in petroleum geology?
Q-4: Describe morphological features, classification evolution and geological distribution of Foraminifera?
Q-5: What is biostratigraphy? Explain different types of bio stratigraphic zones?
Q-6: Write a detailed note on sedimentary basins of Pakistan and describe their importance in the context of socio-economic development of Pakistan?
Q-7: Describe the Permian succession of Salt Range Pakistan in detail and highlight its importance in terms of Petroleum geology as well as in terms of paleogeography?
Q-8: Write a detailed note on metamorphism? Reflect on principle types zones and facies of metamorphism, illustrate by examples?