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Introduction to Earth and planetary systems - Common Section - Geology & Geophysics Previous Year Questions

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

23Papers
20Years
144Questions
1Topics

Introduction to Earth and planetary systems question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Introduction to Earth and planetary systems. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 120 83.3%
Medium 24 16.7%

Question type distribution

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

MCQ 119 82.6%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 19 13.2%
Fill in the blanks 4 2.8%
MSQ 2 1.4%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Geology & Geophysics
144 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Common Section
144 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
144 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Geology and Geophysics - Geology (GG) 2026
2 Qs
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG) 2026
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 1]
7 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 2]
6 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 1]
3 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2022
8 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2021
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2020
6 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2019
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2018
13 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2017
11 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2015
6 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2014
5 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013
14 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012
19 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011
15 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
12 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009
4 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2008
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2007
2 Qs

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) 202620262View paper
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG) 202620261View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 1]20257View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 2]20256View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]20242View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 1]20233View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 2]20232View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 202220228View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 202120212View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 202020206View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201920192View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2018201813View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2017201711View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201620161View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201520156View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201420145View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013201314View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012201219View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011201115View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010201012View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 200920094View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 200820081View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 200720072View paper

All Introduction to Earth and planetary systems 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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2009 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009

Thermohaline circulation in the oceans is driven by

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2009 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009

LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) consists mainly of

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2009 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009

If a planet revolves around the Sun with a period of 8 years, then its distance from the Sun would be (in terms of distance between Earth and Sun)

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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

Bode’s law expresses the approximate distance between

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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

If the average crustal thickness is 35 km and the height of a mountain is 5 km above mean sea level, the crustal thickness based on Airy’s model beneath the mountain will be approximately

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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

An invertebrate in which the plane of symmetry bisects the shell through the mid-point of the hinge is a

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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
His rather casual remarks on politics ________ his lack of seriousness about the subject.
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word below:
Circuitous
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

25 persons are in a room. 15 of them play hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of them play both hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neither hockey nor football is:

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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair.
Unemployed : Worker
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
If 137 + 276 = 435 how much is 731 + 672?
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) are siblings (i.e. brothers and sisters). All were born on 1st January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is born one after another) is less than 3 years. Given the following facts:
i. Hari's age + Gita's age > Irfan's age + Saira's age
ii. The age difference between Gita and Saira is 1 year. However, Gita is not the oldest and Saira is not the youngest.
iii. There are no twins.
In what order were they born (oldest first)?
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be suited to such warfare; and regrettably, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause.
Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

5 skilled workers can build a wall in 20 days; 8 semi-skilled workers can build a wall in 25 days; 10 unskilled workers can build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2 skilled, 6 semi-skilled and 5 unskilled workers, how long will it take to build the wall?

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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
Given digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 how many distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000 can be formed?
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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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2011 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Introduction to Earth and planetary systems
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011

The deflection of ocean currents in the northern and southern hemispheres is due to

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

The planet which contributes maximum to the angular momentum of the solar system is

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