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Common Section - Geology & Geophysics Previous Year Questions

Practice Common Section - Geology & Geophysics previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

24Papers
20Years
459Questions
1Topics

Common Section question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Common Section. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 352 76.7%
Medium 104 22.7%
Hard 3 0.7%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 363 79.1%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 61 13.3%
MSQ 24 5.2%
Fill in the blanks 10 2.2%
Subjective 1 0.2%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Geology & Geophysics
459 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Common Section
459 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
144 Qs
Earth surface processes
65 Qs
Basic structural geology
61 Qs
Stratigraphy and Geological time scale
59 Qs
Elements of hydrogeology
42 Qs
Plate Tectonics
35 Qs
Introduction to remote sensing
25 Qs
Mineralogy
15 Qs
Common Igneous
13 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Geology and Geophysics - Geology (GG) 2026
18 Qs
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG) 2026
5 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 1]
22 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 2]
15 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]
14 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 2]
5 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 1]
17 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 2]
8 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2022
29 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2021
11 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2020
13 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2019
14 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2018
27 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2017
27 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
14 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2015
10 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2014
21 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013
32 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012
41 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011
25 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
32 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009
19 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2008
20 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2007
20 Qs

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Introduction to Earth and planetary systems

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144 questions23 papers20 years

Earth surface processes

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65 questions21 papers20 years

Basic structural geology

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61 questions22 papers18 years

Stratigraphy and Geological time scale

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59 questions23 papers19 years

Elements of hydrogeology

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42 questions23 papers20 years

Plate Tectonics

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35 questions16 papers16 years

Introduction to remote sensing

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25 questions17 papers15 years

Mineralogy

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15 questions9 papers8 years

Common Igneous

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13 questions11 papers10 years

Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Geology and Geophysics - Geology (GG) 2026202618View paper
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG) 202620265View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 1]202522View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 2]202515View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]202414View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 2]20245View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 1]202317View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 2]20238View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2022202229View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2021202111View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2020202013View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2019201914View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2018201827View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2017201727View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016201614View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2015201510View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2014201421View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013201332View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012201241View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011201125View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010201032View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009200919View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2008200820View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2007200720View paper

Sample previous year questions

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2008 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2008
The planet having density less than 1.0 gm/cm³ is
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2009 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009
The Gutenberg discontinuity is located at a depth of around
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3
2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Basic structural geology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

Outcrop pattern parallel to topographic contours signifies

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2011 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011

Which of the following statements is TRUE for the temperature variation with altitude in the earth’s atmosphere?

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2012 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Mineralogy
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012
In Mohs' scale of hardness, how many minerals are of silicate composition?
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2013 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013
It takes approximately __________ minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth.
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