Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)
Competitive Examination for Recruitment to BPS-17 Posts under the Federal Government
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 Marks
PAPER-I : GEOLOGY
PART-I(Objective) 20 Marks
Q.1 Write very short notes on the following:
(1) Foraminifers
(2) Pseudotachylite
(3) Trachyte
(4) Magma
(5) Seafloor spreading
(6) Magnetic anomalies
(7) Transform Faults
(8) Strike slip faults
(9) Graben
(10) Trench
(11) Island Arc
(12) Sheet Volcanic Eruption
(13) Liquefaction
(14) Crystal
(15) Salt pseudomorph structure
(16) Cross Bed
(17) Ripple Mark
(18) Pyrope
(19) Amphibole
(20) Manganese Nodule
PART – II(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt FOUR questions from PART-II (20×4)
Q.2 Give a detailed account of the origin, life history, weather type, and distribution of extra-tropical or frontal cyclone.
Q.3 What do you know about the distribution of atmospheric pressure and the resulting wind system on the earth’s surface?
Q.4 Describe the conditions essential for the development of Karst Topography. List the principal features of Karst regions.
Q.5 Examine the evolution of AEOLIAN Landforms.
Q.6 Make a comparative study of the Gulf Stream and KUROSHIO current under the following heads:
(a) Origin
(b) Characteristics
(c) Course
(d) Impact on economy
Q.7 What are AERIAL photographs? How are these different from Topographical Maps? Discuss their importance to map making.
Q.8 Write short notes on the following:
(a) Tides
(b) Conventional Signs
(c) Alluvial Fan
(d) Air Mass
PAPER-II : GEOLOGY
PART-I(Objective) 20 Marks
Q1. Write Very Brief NOTES on the followings:
(1) Confined and unconfined aquifer
(2) Monocline
(3) Orocline
(4) Gemstones
(5) Geochemical Exploration
(6) Soils
(7) Any two engineering properties of Soils
(8) Reservoir Rocks
(9) Salt Dome
(10) Porosity
(11) Permeability
(12) Rockslide
(13) Any two properties of building stones
(14) Avalanche
(15) Point source of pollution
(16) BOD
(17) Bentonite
(18) Wire line logs
(19) Kerogen
(20) Trace elements
PART – II(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt FOUR questions from PART-II (20×4)
Q.2 “Geographers have to rethink their approach to regional studies in the light of increasing environmental stress from local to international levels.” Assess this statement.
Q.3 Explain the process of demographic transition comparing the % areas and populations of either Canada or the United States of America (USA).
Q.4 Bring out the importance of geographic differences within the Western European region and Eastern European, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union region.
Q.5 Write a comprehensive note on world economic activities, their geographic significance, extent, and recent globalizing trends.
Q.6 Discuss ancient, river-based regional structures of South Asia with special access to its resource realm.
Q.7 In what ways does regional knowledge actually lead to improved self and mutual understanding of people and places in Pakistan?
Q.8 Describe any TWO of the following:
(i) Economies of the oil producers in Arab Southwest Asia
(ii) Geopolitical role of the Central Asian Countries
(iii) Urban landscape of Latin America
(iv) Future of the ASEAN countries
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