GIET(A)

Rajahmundry
Dept. Of Mining Engineering
Bit bank
MINE PLANNING AND DESIGN
1 The usual inclination for the inclines is ..? C
1in3
1in2
1in4
1in1
2 An underground roadway through stone connecting 2 or more coal seams is ..? B
tunnel
crossmeasuredrift
crosscut
staplepit
3 For a coal seam of moderate dip the shaft may be located in the .... of the B
property?
rise
middle
dipside
1/3from outcrop
4 The mode of entry shall be by shaft if the coal seam lying depth of more than B
by minimum.....m?
20
30
40
500
5 The max width of the gallery in indian coal mines is ....? C
3m
4m
4.8m
5.5m
6 The travelling road height should not be less than ...? B
1m
1.8m
2.5m
3m
7 The gradient in the cross cut should not be less than? D
1 in 4
1 in 8
1 in 10
1 in 12
8 Drivage of two sets of roads and forming of pillar is known is? B
Working in the broken
Working in the whole
Longwall retreat
Slicing
9 Working coal in the pillars formed in the operation in bord and pillar mining is A
?
Working in the broken
Working in the whole
Longwall retreat
Slicing
10 The galleries driven through the pillar for forming stooks are called? B
stooks
splits
slices
judd
11 The pillars formed during development are split into small pillars are called?
stooks
splits
slices
judd
12 The pillar is splitted into 2 or more stooks if the pillar size is more than? B
15 X 15 sq.m
18 X 18 sq.m
20 X 20 sq.m
25 X 25 sq.m
13 Once the pillar extraction is commenced the splitting is of pillars may be done B
upto.....pillars ahead of the pillar is under extraction?
1
2
3
4
14 During development the height of the gallery should not exceed? B
2m
3m
4m
5m
15 The method suitable for workings seam under the surface containing valuable B
property water bodies for whose protection some coal is left unworked is ?
Longwall retreat
Bord and pillar
Hydraulic mining
Longwall advancing
16 The safety device is provided in sinking shaft in case of over wind C
Spider
kibble
detaching hook
rider
17 The advantage of opencast mining is D
Higher productivity
Greater output per mine
Greater geological certainty
All of the above
18 The advantage of opencast mining is D
Lower capital cast
Lower operating
Shorter gestation period
All of the above
19 The advantage of opencast mining is D
Greater recovery of coal
Greater safety
Greater geological certainty
All of the above
20 Which one is not an advantage of opencast mining B
Simple planning & control
High reclamation cast
Lower operating cast
Greater recovered of coal
21 The disadvantage of opencast mining is D
Adverse effect on environment
Agricultural land is damaged
High reclamation cost
All of the above
22 The disadvantage of opencast mining is D
Danger of inrush of water
Handling large amount of unproductive materials
Exposure to adverse climatic conditions
All of the above
23 For opencast mining, the coal seam should be of A
Uniform thickness & feat
Uniform thickness & steep
Non-uniform thickness & feat
Non-uniform thickness & steep
24 Which one is not an element of opencast mine C
Berm
Bench crest
Gallery
Top
25 Factor which affects the choice of mode of entry is D
Shape & size of open cast mine
Angle of dip
Local topography
All of the above
26 The method of driving trenches depends on D
Physical properties of the ground
Cross- section of the trench
Equipment used
All of the above
27 What is minimum bench height for coal in open cast mines C
2m
5m
 3m
6m
28 What is the striping ratio for manual opencast mines A
1.5:1
2:1
3:1
4:1
29 Which country has no known mineral deposits? D
Hungry
Austria
Netherlands
Switzerland
30 The largest producer of bauxite in the world is D
China
USA
Russia
Australia
31 The largest producer of mica in the world is B
Australia
India
China
Canada
32 Which of the following country is largest producer of coal? C
India
USA
China
Australia
33 The starting point of shaft at the ground surface is called? A
Collar
Pithead
Platform
Scaffold
34 The usual inclination for the inclines is? C
1 in 3
1in 2
1in 4
1 in 1
35 An underground roadway through stone connecting 2 or more coal seams is ? B
Tunnel
Crossmeasuredrift
Crosscut
Staplepit
36 For a coal seam of moderate dip the shaft may be located in the of the B
Property?
Rise
Middle
Dipside
1/3 from outcrop
37 The mode of entry shall be by shaft if the coal seam lying depth of more than B
by minimum.....m?
20
30
40
50
38 Drivage of two sets of roads and forming of pillar is known is? B
Working in the broken
Working in the whole
Long wall retreat
Slicing
39 The galleries driven through the pillar for forming stooks are called? B
Stooks
Splits
Slices
Judd
40 The pillars formed during development are split into small pillars are called? A
Stook
Splits
Slices
Judd
41 In metal mines a shaft is always sunk in? D
Hanging wall
the mineral deposit
Across the deposit
foot wall
42 The roadways driven from the shaft from different horizons for access to the C
mineral deposit are?
Winzes
raises
levels or drifts
companion levels
43 The most common method of raising adopted in majority of metal mines is? D
Compartment revising
Long hole drilling
Drop raise
Open raising
44 The method of raising suitable for moderate lengths and inclination of 40 to 60 A
deg with horizontal with strong strata and wall rock is?
Open raising
Compartment raising
Long hole raising
Alamak raiser
45 Two or three compartment raising is limited to? B
10 to 15m
15 to 20 m
20 to 25 m
25 to 30 m
46 Raising by long hole drilling is limited to? B
10 to 15m
15 to 50m
50 to 100m
100 to 120m
47 The raising capacity of amine depends on the shaft capacity which in turn B
depends on?
Speed of winding
Pit top and pit bottom arrangement
Rolling stock
Despatch system
48 The pit top and pit bottom arrangement which deals with reasonable output per C
month and occupies less space is?
Run round arrangement
Back shunt circuit
Turn table circuit
Traverse circuit
49 Why outlets from a mine are not provided closer than 13.5m C
For quicker intercommunication
For easier pit top arrangment
Closer outlets will weaken the shaft pillar causing possibility of leakage
There may be possibility of subsidence
50 Manpower distribution plan should not show one of the following identify C
it___
Name of districts
The month to which the – plan relates
Categories of persons ans OMS of the district
Total number of persons employes in underground
51 Longwall mining method is best suitable for A
Flat & moderately flat seam
Steply inclined seam
Fractured and geologically disturbed seam
Seam with high cavability index
52 Quick production can be achieved from B
Retreating long wall mining method
Advance long wall mining method
Jankowice method
Both advancing and retreating method
53 Prior to installation of a longwall equipment at face, the face is to be A
developed by road headers in
Retreating long wall mining method
Advance long wall mining method
Both advancing and retreating method
Conventional longwall
54 Value of bulking factor is D
0
0.5
1
 More than 1
55 In Indian longwall mines, support resistance is calculated with due A
consideration to
Convergence of the strata above coal seam
Face length
Panel length
Height of the immediate roof
56 Power pack is provided at long wall face give pressure to A
Powered support
Armoured flexible conveyor
Double ended ranging drum shearer
Stage loader
57 Which of the following occur first in underground coal mines? C
Periodic fall
Main fall
Local fall
Air blast
58 Over 90% of underground coal production in india comes from C
Longwall method
Hydraulic mining method
Bord & pillar method
Blasting gallery method
59 In hydraulic mining the coal pulp is carried by A
Flumes
Belt conveyor
Coal tub
Scraper haulage
60 Breaking of coal in ‘Hydraulic mining’ is done by B
Coal drill
Jet monitor
Coal cutting machine
Blasting
61 ‘Soutirage’ mining is the other name of C
Sub level caving
Horizon mining
Integral caving
Depillaring with caving
62 Shale as immediate roof in underground coal mine is not suitable because C
It is difficult to support
It gives less waning prior to fall
It has high affinity to moisture & departs from roof easily
It gives bad sound while testing
64. Which type of drilling is followed in blasting gallery method? A
Ring pattern
Burn cut pattern
Wedge cut
Coromant cut
65. The slope angle for hard and compact ground should not be more than D
 100
300
500
700
66. Prior to starting opencast working some trenches are excavated to expose the D
mineral body. These trenches are generally very long but limited in depth.
What is its approximate depth?
0.5m
1m
1.5m
2m
67. In order to get better safety, the optimum gradient of a haul road is B
10 - 30
50 - 90
150 - 190
> 200
68. The opening cut in opencast mining is known as B
Berm
Box cut
Trench
Drift
69. The effective position of box cut for a deposit, where ratio of OB: Ore is least B
should be
At boundary of mineral
At the middle of the boundary
At high seam slope end
At any place
70. Which of the following equipment if very common for over casting or side C
casting?
Shovel
Dozer
Dragline
Payloader
71. It eliminated drilling, blasting in opencast mines and has scope of selective D
mining. Identify the machine?
Dozer
Shovel
Dragline
Surface continuous miner
72. How much time a dragline may take to completer a cycle for a single pass? C
30 sec
1 min
1 min 45 sec
3 min
73. Filling up of the void in opencast mines is known as C
OB Removal
Trenching
Reclamation
 Salvaging
74. The natural and geological conditions of the mineral deposits are as follows: C
i) Ore strength : weak to moderate
ii) Rock strength: Moderate to strong
iii) Deposit shape : Tabular
iv) Dip : Flat
v) Depth : shallow to moderate
vi) Cost of mining : moderate
From the options listed below select the optimal or best suited method possible
for the available conditions?
Cut and fill stoping
Square set stope
Room & pillar
All
75. In room and pillar mining multiple faces are advanced but driving entries or B
rooms a pattern known as
Line of face
Cut sequence
Line of pillaring
Diagonal line of extraction
76. Which of the following method of mining is only applicable to non-coal B
mines?
Boad and pillar mining
Stope and pillar mining
Sublevel stoping
Long wall mining
77. Extraction to a small sized, irregular and unsystematic underground working is B
called
Sublevel stoping
Gophering
Room and pillar mining
Sublevel stoping
78. The process of extraction of soluble metal compounds by reaction with acid or B
basic solvents or water is called
Hydraulicking
Leaching
Dredging
Placer mining
79. It is the part of cost of the fixed asset to the owner which is treated as loss in B
value of capital?
Fixed capital
Depreciation
Liability
Depletion allowance
80. The ratio of current assets to current liability is known as C
Quick ratio
Assessment ratio
Liquidity
Profit ratio