Calcutta University Geography SEM 3 Geotectonics Question Paper 2024 (DSCC-3 Major)
CU SEM 3 Geotectonics question paper 2024 (DSCC-3 Major) with original Calcutta University questions for Geography Honours exam practice.
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Calcutta University Geography SEM 3 Geotectonics Question Paper 2024 (DSCC-3 Major)
University of Calcutta SEM - III (CCF) 2024 GEOGRAPHY MAJOR Paper: DSCC-3 (GEOTECTONICS) Full Marks: 75 | Time: 3 Hours Category - A Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words). 2 × 10 01. What do you mean by radio-carbon dating? 02. What is dendrochronology? 03. Differentiate between era, period and epoch. 04. What is asthenosphere? 05. What is Lehmann discontinuity? 06. What is ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’? 07. Define Triple junction. 08. What is MOR? 09. What is hotspot? 10. Which two plates are involved in formation of the Barren Island? 11. What is a caldera? 12. What is nappe? 13. Define faultline scarp. 14. What is mountain front sinuosity? Category - B Answer any five questions (each within 125 words). 5 × 5 15. Differentiate between relative and absolute dating of rocks. 16. What were the major events that occurred during the Pleistocene? 17. What do you mean by structural differentiation of the earth? 18. Differentiate between normal fault and reverse fault with help of diagrams. 19. Explain the tectonic characteristics and r…