Which of the following is most suitable for opening up an underground mine?
A. where demand profile is maximum
B. where rehabilitation is suitable
C. where operating cost is least
D. where equipment procurement is easy
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The blasting technique used for controlled throw of overburden is known as
A. cast blasting
B. coyote blasting
C. plaster shooting
D. pop shooting
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Exploration means
A. search of ore
B. estimation of reserve
C. opening up of deposit
D. shaft sinking to access the deposit
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A bord and pillar panel will be developed with square pillars of size 25 m and an extraction ratio of 30%. The width of the gallery in m is
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Why do we close the stoppings on intake & return airways simultaneously?
A. to prevent coal dust explosion
B. to withdraw man & machine from the district
C. to prevent methane explosion by delaying the possible formation of an explosive mixture
D. none of the above
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Minimum air velocity required at long wall face is
A. 30 m/min
B. 60 m/min
C. 90 m/min
D. 120 m/min
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Breaking of coal in 'Hydraulic mining' is done by
A. coal drill
B. jet monitor
C. coal cutting machine
D. blasting
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Which metal is used for the purpose of Capping of Winding ropes?
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Which of the following method is applicable to both metallic and non-metallic minerals?
A. stope and pillar
B. bord and pillar
C. blasting gallery
D. sublevel
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Where seam thickness is more than 8 m and regular, dip < 60°, roof & floor is strong and coal is not liable to spon heating with easily cavable roof. Which of the following method is suitable?
A. inclined ascending slicing
B. horizontal slicing
C. diagonal slicing
D. transverse slicing in descending order
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The ratio of weight per unit volume of solid rock mass in the bench and weight per unit volume of loose rock mass after blasting or loosening is called
A. bucket factor
B. swing factor
C. powder factor
D. swell factor
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It is the mining method in which masses, panels or block of ore are undercut to induce caving, permitting the broken ore to be drawn off below
A. sublevel stoping
B. block caving
C. integral caving
D. sublevel stoping
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Risk of premature collapse and over-ridding of pillars are maximum with
A. shortwall method
B. longwall
C. bord and pillar
D. sub-level caving
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Danger of air blast is maximum with
A. stope and pillar mining
B. cut and fill stoping
C. blasting gallery
D. shrinkage stoping
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In a coal mine the depth of working is 200 m from surface, width of galleries 3 m, height of galleries 3 m and distance of square pillars between centres of bords is 22.5 m. What is strength of the pillar
A. 128.53 kg/cm2
B. 138.97 kg/cm2
C. 142.05 kg/cm2
D. 139.97 kg/cm2
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A surface mine blast design has 9 holes in a row, each of 8 m length and 200 mm diameter. The spacing and burden are 6 m and 5 m respectively. The length of subgrade drilling is 1 m and the density of in-situ rock is 2.43 t/m3 . Assuming no back break, the output per blast in t is
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Wagon drill working at minimum compressed air pressure of
A. 6 kg/cm2
B. 7 kg/cm2
C. 8 kg/cm2
D. 9 kg/cm2
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It is a solid block of coal surrounded on all its side by galleries. Identify it
A. coal face
B. coal roof
C. coal pillar
D. coal floor
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Crown Pillar is
A. at the top of the stope
B. just above the ore drawing crosscuts
C. on the side of the stope
D. at the base
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Apart from mining of coal, the longwall mining method has been practiced for mining the deposits of
A. copper
B. lead and zinc
C. manganese
D. pyrite and phosphate
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