How the anemometer is used to determine the average velocity of air?
A. Anemometer should be moved throughout the cross section of the roadway
B. It is kept at the roof of the gallery
C. It is laid at the floor of the roadway
D. It is moved along a straight line
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The important gaseous pollutants, contributing to acid rains, are
A. SO2 and NOx
B. CO2 and H2 S
C. NOx and O3
D. None of the
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The delay between the ignition and the application of the heat source termed as
A. lag on ignition
B. incubation period
C. saturation period
D. thermal conductivity
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A high volume air sampler is operated for 8 hrs in a mine with the flow rate of air varying from 1.5 m3 /min to 1.3 m3 /min. The empty weight of the filter paper is 2.30 g and the final weight is 2.65 g. The mean concentration of the suspended particulate matter (SPM) during the study period in μg/m3 is
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What is the center frequency of the band number whose lower and upper bands are 1414 and 2828 Hz respectively?
A. 3000 Hz
B. 1814 Hz
C. 2000 Hz
D. 1500 Hz
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The primary aim of ventilation control in the event of fires is
A. to help fire fighters and rescuers as far as practicable
B. to keep continuing the production work in the district
C. arranging fire doors to control fire
D. to withdraw workers from the mine as early as possible
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The curvature of diffuser vane shall be so fixed that the fluid enters the guide passage with minimum loss. This is possible only when
A. the guide vane inlet angle is always less than 2 π rad
B. the diffuser vane entrances angles are laid at same radii for a constant pitch
C. the outlet velocity angle has tangential component only
D. angle between guide vane inlet and the direction of the absolute velocity of air leaving the impeller is small or equal to
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What is the mass of 1 m3 CH4 at NTP?
A. 0.316 Kg
B. 0.416 Kg
C. 0.616 Kg
D. 0.716 Kg
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What should be minimum quantity of air to be circulated along a long wall face at its maximum speed of 7.5m for a 3m thick gassy seam of 3rd degree?
A. 989.5 m3 /min
B. 1447.5 m3 /min
C. 1687.5 m3 /min
D. 2022 m3 /min
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Hairs of our nose can remove all particles of size, greater than
A. 1 mm
B. 1 micron
C. 10 micron
D. 100 micron
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Stink damp is synonymous with
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When the effect of surface temperature on natural ventilation will be less or negligible?
A. in shallow mines
B. in deeper mines
C. when fan size is inadequate
D. when the mine size is extensive
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In ambient air of industrial area, the permissible concentration of particulate matter less than 2.5 μm size measured on 24 hours average in μg/m3 is
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It is the ratio of the power actually absorbed by the impeller and converted into the head of the power applied to the shaf
A. volumetric efficiency
B. static efficiency
C. total efficiency
D. mechanical efficiency
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The temperatures in upcast shaft & downcast shaft are 40°C & 30°C respectively. Shaft is 350 m deep. Find the height of motive column?
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CO2 is treated as best extinguisher for
A. class A fire
B. class B fire
C. class C fire
D. all fires
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The nature of flow of a fluid is governed by a dimensionless parameter called
A. boundary layer
B. reynolds number
C. resistance co-efficients
D. turbulent fluid
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Natural ventilation can be caused by
A. Auto-compression in downcast shaft
B. Differences in air densities in upcast and downcast shafts
C. auto-expansion in upcast shaft
D. moisture content in the mine
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During hard work e.g. shoveling, tramming, the metabolic heat rate (W m-2 ) from the body surface of an average person is in the range of
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Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. C O D B O D = 0 : Mine water is taxic
B. C O D B O D ⩽ 0.2 : Acclimatization of seed is necessary
C. C O D B O D ⩾ 0.6 : Mine water is non-biodegradable
D. BOD = COD = 0 : Mine water is devoid of organic matter
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