TNSET 2024 Paper 2 Earth Sciences Question Paper (06-Mar-2025) (Shift-1)

Question 1

Match the following:(a) Interstellar dust hypothesis           (i) F. Hoyle and R.A Lyttleton(b) Binary star hypothesis                   (ii) Gerald Kuiper(c) Nova hypothesis                            (iii) N.N. Russel(d) Photo planet hypothesis               (iv) James Jeans and Harold Jeffrys                                                            (v) Otto Schimdt

Accepted Answer

(a) (i), (b) - (iii) (c) - (v) (d) - (ii)

Answer

(a) (i), (b) - (iii) (c) - (iv) (d) - (ii)

Answer

(a)(v), (b) - (iii) (c) - (i) (d) - (ii)

Answer

(a) (iv), (b) - (iii) (c) - (i) (d) - (ii)

Question 2

At depths greater than about __________ the deep abyssal plain is reached.

Accepted Answer

5 km

Answer

3 km

Answer

4 km

Answer

10 km

Question 3

A clastic rock with >2 mm grain size with mixed composition is named as :

Accepted Answer

Conglomerate

Answer

Limestone

Answer

Sandstone

Answer

Mudstone

Question 4

Reason and Assertion Type:Assertion [a]: Meteorites are the solid extraterrestrial material that strikes the surface of the earth.Reason [r]: The most primitive among chondrites are those containing carbon called carbonaeous chondrites and they retain at least some of their volatile elements.

Accepted Answer

Both (a) and (r) are True and (r) is not correct explanation of (a)

Answer

(a) is true but (r) is false

Answer

(a) is false but (r) is true

Answer

Both (a) and (r) are false

Question 5

Among the following statements, choose valid statement for Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
(i) Planets move faster at perihelion and slower at aphelion.
(ii) A line joining a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
(iii) Planets moves slower at perihelion and faster at aphelion.

Accepted Answer

(i) and (ii) only

Answer

(i) only

Answer

(ii) only

Answer

(ii) and (iii) only