BGYCT-131 · December 2023 · English
IGNOU BGYCT-131 December 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
PHYSICAL AND GENERAL GEOLOGY
Structured previous year question paper for BGYCT-131, December 2023 session.
Max marks: 50 · Questions: 4
Verified: 10 Aug 2026
B. SC. (GENERAL) (BSCG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2023
BGYCT-131 : PHYSICAL AND GENERAL
GEOLOGY
Time : 2 Hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note :
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks allotted for each question are
indicated against it.
(iii) Draw well labelled diagrams, wherever
necessary.
Q1.Briefly answer any five questions from the following : 5x2=10
(a) Tsunami
(b) Yardang
(c) Outcrop
(d) Horst and graben
(e) Reverse fault
(f) Ophiolitic melange
(g) Seafloor spreading
(h) Expanding Earth hypothesis
Q2.Write short notes on any four from the following : 4x5=20
(a) Role of geologists in natural disaster management.
(b) Convection in mantle and core
(c) Types of river channels
(d) Tectonic joints
(e) Shallow water depositional landforms developed by geological actions of oceans
(f) Evidences of continental drift
Q3.Answer any one of the following : 10
(a) Discuss modern views of origin of the Earth with emphasis on the Big-bang theory.
(b) Describe the factors affecting process of weathering.
Q4.Answer any one of the following : 2x5=10
(a)
(i) Explain classification of folds based on the plunge of fold hinge line. Gi) Discuss the basis of field geology.
(b)
(i) Give an account of geosynclinal theory of mountain building. Gi) Discuss development of volcanoes in the light of plate tectonics.