IIT JAM 2016 Examination : Geology (GG) Syllabus

IIT Joint Admission Test-2016 Examination Syllabus

JAM Geology (GG) 2016 Syllabus

Indian Institute Of Technology Conducts The JAM-2016 (Joint Admission Test-2016) For Admission in M.Sc. Courses in IIT's. In 2016 IIT Madras Conducts The Exam For Seven Various Subjects Program For M.Sc. Admission. JAM-2016 Geology(GG) Syllabus is given Below :
The Planet Earth : 

• Origin of the Solar System and the Earth; Geosphere and the composition of the Earth; Shape and size of the earth; Earth-moon system; Formation of continents and oceans; Dating rocks and age of the Earth; Energy in the earth system; Volcanism and volcanic landforms; Interior of earth; Earthquakes; Earth’s magnetism and gravity, Isostasy; Elements of Plate tectonics; Orogenic cycles.

Geomorphology : 

• Weathering and erosion; Transportation and deposition due to wind, ice, river, sea, and resulting landforms, Structurally controlled landforms.

Structural Geology : 

• Concept of stratum; Contour; Outcrop patterns; Maps and cross sections; Dip and strike; Classification and origin of folds, faults, joints, foliation and lineation, unconformities; shear zones.

Palaeontology : 

• Major steps in the evolution of life forms; Fossils; their mode of preservation and utility; Morphological characters, major evolutionary trends and ages of important groups of animals – Brachiopoda, Mollusca, Trilobita, Graptolitoidea, Anthozoa, Echinodermata; Gondwana plant fossils; Elementary idea of verterbrate fossils in India.

Stratigraphy : 

• Principles of stratigraphy; Litho-, chrono- and biostratigraphic classification; distribution and classification of the stratigraphic horizons of India from Archaean to Recent.

Mineralogy : 

• Symmetry and forms in common crystal classes; Physical properties of minerals; Isomorphism and polymorphism, Classification of minerals; Structure of silicates; Mineralogy of common rock-forming minerals; Mode of occurrence of minerals in rocks. Transmitted polarised light microscopy and optical properties of uniaxial and biaxial minerals.

Petrology : 

• Definition and classification of rocks; Igneous rocks-forms of igneous bodies; Crystallization from magma; classification, association and genesis of igneous rocks; Sedimentary rocks – classification, texture and structure; size and shape of sedimentary bodies. Metamorphic rocks – classification, facies, texture and properties.

Economic Geology : 

• Properties of common economic minerals; General processes of formation of mineral deposits; Physical characters; Mode of occurrence and distribution in India both of metallic and non-metallic mineral deposits; Coal and petroleum occurrences in India.

Applied Geology : 

• Ground Water; Mineral exploration, elements of Mining Geology and Environmental Geology; Principles of Engineering Geology.

IIT JAM-2016 Syllabus : Biological Sciences (BL) | Biotechnology (BT) I Chemistry (CY) | Geology (GG) | Mathematics (MA) | Mathematical Statistics (MS) | Physics (PH) I