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Question 51. Name the type of shale involving decay and decomposition.
  1.    Residual shales
  2.    Transported shales
  3.    Hybrid shales
  4.    Quartz shales
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Residual shales
Answer: (a).Residual shales
Question 52. Which sedimentary rock is present in majority on earth?
  1.    Shale
  2.    Sandstone
  3.    Breccia
  4.    Conglomerate
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Shale
Answer: (a).Shale
Question 53. Which among the following is not a use of shale?
  1.    Used in manufacture of bricks and tiles
  2.    Used as source of alumina
  3.    Used as paraffin
  4.    Used as precious gemstone
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Used as precious gemstone
Answer: (d).Used as precious gemstone
Question 54. The non-clastic sedimentary rock chiefly made of carbonate of calcium is ____________
  1.    Limestone
  2.    Sandstone
  3.    Shale
  4.    Breccia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Limestone
Answer: (a).Limestone
Question 55. Distinct texture shown by limestone is ____________
  1.    Sheeting
  2.    Lamination
  3.    Fossiliferous nature
  4.    Mud cracks
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Fossiliferous nature
Answer: (c).Fossiliferous nature
Question 56. Factors are also called ____________
  1.    Primary aspects
  2.    Agents of metamorphism
  3.    Agents of changes
  4.    Tertiary aspects
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Agents of metamorphism
Answer: (b).Agents of metamorphism
Question 57. What is the pressure exerted during the crustal movements called?
  1.    Indirect pressure
  2.    Directed pressure
  3.    Secondary pressure
  4.    Primary pressure
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Directed pressure
Answer: (b).Directed pressure
Question 58. Any given rock at some depth below the surface is subjected to pressure from how many sources?
  1.    1
  2.    2
  3.    3
  4.    4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2
Answer: (b).2
Question 59. What is the direction of pressure exertion in load metamorphism?
  1.    Vertical
  2.    Horizontal
  3.    Inclined
  4.    Horizontal or inclined
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Vertical
Answer: (a).Vertical
Question 60. The temperature up to which minerals in rocks are stable is ____________
  1.    100° C
  2.    50° C
  3.    500° C
  4.    200° C
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 200° C
Answer: (d).200° C

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