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Geology deals with that part of geography which gives an insight into the earth, the soil, rocks and minerals and the impact of weather on them. The study of geology is interesting and also important to understand the changes that the earth is going through in the coming times and how to monitor the changes that have taken place through the different changes in weather. The most important topics covered in this subject are interior of the earth and their characteristics, chief agents of weathering and the impact of weathering on rocks, chief physical properties of minerals and ways to identify them, seismic waves and the different zones in India, formation and classification of soils in India, artesian wells and their formation, properties described in good building stones, various methods of determining the age of the earth, chief geological agents and a comparison of their work, geological investigation required in tunneling operations.