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JAM 2019 to be conducted by IIT Kharagpur

This blog is purely for geology candidates, all the information given are related to JAM 2019 MSc., MSc,(Tech) and joint MSc.-Ph.D in Geology. This article includes the examination pattern, eligibility, application fees and syllabus for geology.

JAM 2019 Exam pattern

JAM 2019 will be conducted online for all the seven papers. The duration of the examination will be 3 hours. In JAM, there are total 60 questions comprising of 100 marks. The question paper will consists of three sections namely Section-A, Section-B and Section-C. Questions in Section-A and Section-B will be of objective type while questions in Section-C will be of Numerical Answer Type (NAT). There will be negative marking for Section-A but no negative marking for Section-B and Section-C.

JAM 2019 Eligibility for Masters in Geology

All the candidates who wish to appear for JAM 2019 must have completed their undergraduate in Geology with combination of Mathematics-Physics or Mathematics-Chemistry. If the candidates do not fulfill the eligibility criteria their admission can be revoked at any step of the admission process.

Category-wise minimum marks

Category	Minimum marks required in aggregate of subjects
General/ OBC	55 per cent
SC/ST/PwD	50 per cent

JAM 2019 Application Fees

Category	Application fee amount (in INR)	Application For for two Subjects (INR)
General/ OBC	1500	2100
SC/ST/PwD	750	1050
Female (all categories)	750	1050

JAM 2019 Important Dates

Events	Dates
Application forms begin	September 1, 2018
Application forms close	October 1, 2018
Last date of application submission including documents	October 1, 2018
Last date of remitting application fee	October 1, 2018
Download of JAM 2019 e-admit card begins	January 4, 2019
JAM 2019 online paper	February 10, 2019
Announcement of result	March 20, 2019
JAM 2019 admission form begins	April 11, 2019
Last date of submitting JAM 2019 admission forms	April 24, 2019
Last date of submitting request for change of category in defective documents	To be announced later
Announcement of First Admission List	To be announced later
Announcement of Second Admission List	To be announced later
Announcement of Third and Final Admission List	To be announced later
Admission Closes for JAM 2019	To be announced later

JAM 2019 Geology syllabus

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; 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, unconformities, foliations and lineations,; shear zones. Stereographic and equal area projections of planes and lines; computation of true thickness of beds from outcrops and bore-holes.

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, zones and texture. Characteristic mineral assemblages of pelites in the Barrovian zones and mafic rocks in common facies.

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; Principles of Engineering Geology.