2011 MINING ENGG.

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MN : MINING ENGINEERING
ONLINE Examination

Duration: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 100

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3. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. All questions are of multiple choice type. Each of
these questions carries four choices for the answer labeled A, B, C and D. Only one of the four choices is
the correct answer.
4. Questions Q.1 – Q.25 carry 1-mark each, and questions Q.26 – Q.55 carry 2-marks each.
5. Questions Q.48 – Q.51 (2 pairs) are common data questions and question pairs (Q.52, Q.53) and (Q.54,
Q.55) are linked answer questions. The answer to the second question of the linked answer questions
depends on the answer to the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly
answered or is unattempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated.
6. Questions Q.56 – Q.65 belong to General Aptitude (GA). Questions Q.56 – Q.60 carry 1-mark each, and
questions Q.61 – Q.65 carry 2-marks each.
7. Unattempted questions will result in zero mark. Wrong answers will result in NEGATIVE marks. For
Q.1 – Q.25 and Q.56 – Q.60, ̃ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For Q.26 – Q.51 and Q.61
– Q.65, ̄ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. The question pairs (Q.52, Q.53), and (Q.54,
Q.55) are questions with linked answers. There will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first
question of the linked answer question pair, i.e. for Q.52 and Q.54, ̄ mark will be deducted for each
wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55.
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Q. 1 – Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q.1 A scatter plot prepared using a set of values of lead and zinc from a lead-zinc deposit is shown in
figure below. The value of correlation coefficient is

lead (%)
1

1 8
zinc (%)
(Not to scale)

(A) 1.0 (B) 0.7 (C) 0.5 (D) 0

Q.2 The two vectors are orthonormal, if

(A) vector product is zero and norm of each vector is also zero
(B) vector product is one and norm of each vector is also one
(C) cross product is zero and norm of each vector is one

 
(D) cross product is one and norm of each vector is zero

1  x  1  x is
Q.3 1
The value of lim
x 0 x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

The infinite series 1     , is

Q.4 1 1 1
2 4 8
(A) convergent (B) divergent (C) oscillatory (D) semi-convergent

Q.5 The largest area of a rectangular shaft for a given constant perimeter is obtained when length is
(A) 2.5 times of breadth (B) 1.5 times of breadth
(C) 2 times of breadth (D) equal to breadth

Q.6 A drive shaft of an engine develops torque of 500 N-m. It rotates at a constant speed of 50 rpm. The
power transmitted by the shaft in kW is
(A) 1.46 (B) 2.05 (C) 2.62 (D) 4.32

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Q.7 A mine winder cage traveling 450 m from pit bottom to pit top is following a three period duty
cycle as shown in the figure below. The maximum velocity attained by the cage in m/s is

Velocity (m/s)

10 s 40 s 10 s
Time

(A) 7.5 (B) 9.0 (C) 11.0 (D) 12.0

Q.8 Stress concentration at a point on the wall of a vertical shaft results in a compressive stress of
59.66 MPa. The wall rock mass has an unconfined compressive strength of 89.49 MPa. The safety
factor of the shaft wall at the point is
(A) 0.67 (B) 0.86 (C) 1.23 (D) 1.50

Q.9 A core sample of 54 mm diameter having Young’s modulus of 68.97 GPa fails in uniaxial
compression at 0.1% axial strain. The axial load at failure in kN is
(A) 158.00 (B) 68.97 (C) 58.00 (D) 15.80

Q.10 The maximum number of coal faces in an underground bord and pillar development district is 13.
The number of headings in the district is
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

Q.11 The whole circle bearing of the line AB is 1160 2020 . If there exists an east declination of 200 , the
true quadrantal bearing of line AB is
(A) S410 5940E (B) S4303940E (C) S4505940W (D) S47 05940W

Q.12 It is proposed to connect two straights of a road by a simple circular curve. If the maximum speed
of the vehicle is 60 km/h and the centrifugal ratio for the road is 1/4, the minimum radius of the
curve in m is
(A) 113.26 (B) 98.18 (C) 25.46 (D) 15.50

Q.13 A centrifugal fan rotating at 500 rpm delivers 70 m3/s of air. If the speed is reduced to 200 rpm, the
quantity of air delivered in m3/s will be
(A) 175 (B) 55 (C) 28 (D) 11

Q.14 According to mine regulations, the value of the fleet angle α, in degree of a drum winder
installation lies in the range of
(A) 1.5<α≤2.0 (B) 0<α ≤1.5 (C) 2.0< α ≤2.5 (D) 2.5<α ≤3.0

Q.15 Water will not be delivered by a centrifugal pump due to

(A) lack of priming (B) too low discharge head
(C) wrong direction of rotation (D) partial obstruction at discharge outlet

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Q.16 Match the following

Mine car type Mode of unloading

P. Granby 1. Bottom opening

Q. Gable bottom 2. Both side tilting
R. Drop bottom 3. Single side opening
S. Rocker dump 4. Both side opening
(A) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1 (B) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2
(C) P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-2 (D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Q.17 Mean air temperature of a 450 m deep downcast shaft is 29 0C and that of the upcast shaft is 37 0C.
The height of the motive column in m is
(A) 8.2 (B) 9.5 (C) 11.6 (D) 12.8

Q.18 The total pressure and the static pressure measured at a point in a ventilation duct are 20 mm and
10 mm of water gauge respectively. If density of air is 1.2 kg/m3, the velocity of the air in m/s is
(A) 14.08 (B) 12.78 (C) 8.53 (D) 6.24

Q.19 The type of fire extinguisher that must NOT be used in case of fire in an electric substation located
in an underground metal mine is
(A) multi-purpose dry chemical extinguisher (B) CO2 snow extinguisher
(C) dry chemical powder extinguisher (D) foam extinguisher

Q.20 ISO 9000 Quality Systems DO NOT contain

(A) legal provisions (B) measurement (C) document control (D) standardization

Q.21 Air samples collected from the intake and the return gates of a retreating longwall face show
methane concentration values of 0.1 % and 0.8 % respectively. The production from the longwall
face is 2000 tonne/day and the air quantity circulating the face is 15 m3/s. The rate of methane
emission in m3 per tonne of coal produced is
(A) 11.0 (B) 9.5 (C) 5.5 (D) 4.5

Q.22 The time study data of an equipment deployed in a mine during a calendar month is given below.

Total working hours = 400

Total maintenance hours = 100
Total hours of actual work = 240

The percentage of utilization of the equipment is

(A) 85 (B) 80 (C) 65 (D) 60

Q.23 100 ml of waste water is allowed to evaporate in a dish weighing 48.6232 g. The weight of the dish
with dry solids is 48.6432 g. The concentration of dry solids in waste water in mg/l is
(A) 200 (B) 220 (C) 260 (D) 320

Q.24 A longwall face cut by double back shuffle method can be only worked with
(A) fixed drum shearer (B) single ended ranging drum shearer
(C) double ended ranging drum shearer (D) plough

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Q.25 Proximate analysis of 50 g of a coal sample shows the following:

Moisture = 0.80 g
Ash = 7.85 g
Volatile matter = 15.90 g

The fixed carbon in percentage on a dry, ash free basis is

(A) 83 (B) 66 (C) 55 (D) 45

Q. 26 to Q. 55 carry two marks each.

Q.26 For an oil exploration drilling, chance of striking an oil reservoir is 1 out of 15. If an oil exploration
company decides to explore 5 sites, the probability of striking at least one successful oil reservoir is
(A) 0.292 (B) 0.250 (C) 0.034 (D) 0.0024

3 2 5
Q.27 Product of the eigen values of the matrix A is

 
A = 2 2 1
1 5 4
 
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 35

 2 x  3 y , the value of y at x = 0.1 in one step using Runge-Kutta fourth

Q.28 dy
For the equation

order method for the condition y  1 when x  0 , is

dx

(A) 0.3608 (B) 1.2508 (C) 1.3608 (D) 1.4625


Q.29 1 x
1

1 x
Value of the integral dx is
0

 
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C)   1 (D)   1
2 2

Q.30 A 1 tonne mine car traveling at a constant speed of 10 km/h collides with a stationary buffer and
comes to rest. If the buffer spring stiffness is 200 kN/m, the maximum compression in the spring in
mm is
(A) 49 (B) 98 (C) 196 (D) 247

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Q.31 In an iron ore handling port, a barge is pulled by ropes using two tugboats as shown in the figure. In
equilibrium, the resultant of the forces T1 and T2 along the axis of the barge in the direction of its
travel is 5000 N. The tensions T1 and T2 in N respectively are
Tugboat 1

T1
300
Barge Direction of travel
450
T2

Tugboat 2

(A) 9700 and 6831 (B) 6831 and 9700

(C) 3660 and 2588 (D) 2588 and 3660

Q.32 A flat belt conveyor is carrying coal of bulk density 1 tonne/m3 at a rate of 400 tonne/h. The belt
speed is 3 m/s. Coal is spread over the belt covering 80% of the belt width in a shape of a triangle.
If the pile height is 1/4 of the belt width, the width of the belt in mm is
(A) 1109 (B) 909 (C) 709 (D) 609

Q.33 Match the following.

Hydraulic system components Symbols

P Fixed displacement unidirectional flow pump 1

Q Fixed displacement unidirectional flow motor 2

R Accumulator 3

S Filter 4

(A) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1 (B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
(C) P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4 (D) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4

Q.34 Match the following

Method of mining Stope support Ore loading

P. Shrinkage stoping 1. Insitu pillar a. Overhead mucker

Q. Blasthole stoping 2. Broken ore b. Pneumatic autoloader
R. Top slicing 3. Timber mat c. Load haul dumper
(A)P-2-a, Q-1-c, R-3-b (B) P-2-a, Q-3-c, R-1-b
(C) P-2-b, Q-3-c, R-1-a (D) P-3-c, Q-2-a, R-1-b

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Q.35 A typical case of gravity loading under complete lateral restraint in flat strata is shown in the figure

(  Z , H ) on the top of the coal seam in MPa are

below. The physico-mechanical parameters of the strata are given in the table. The in situ stresses

Surface

10 MPa

Sandstone
Shale
Coal

Cross-section of the strata

Strata Thickness Specific Young’s Shear

(m) Gravity Modulus (GPa) Modulus (GPa)
Sandstone 50 2.35 26.40 12.5
Shale 25 2.15 20.50 8.25
Coal 20 1.52 2.41 0.95
(A) (10.17, 2.54) (B) (10.17, 3.69) (C) (11.68, 3.69) (D) (11.68, 2.54)

Q.36 The sale value of chromite ore from an open pit mine is Rs. 6500 per tonne. Cost of mining,
excluding stripping cost, is Rs. 2450 per tonne. If the cost of stripping is Rs. 1150 per m3, the
breakeven stripping ratio in m3/tonne is
(A) 2.18 (B) 3.52 (C) 3.65 (D) 4.25

Q.37 An investment at 10% yearly interest rate, compounded quarterly, accumulates to a sum of
Rs. 120,000 in 5 years. The present value of the sum in rupees is
(A) 72,233 (B) 74,511 (C) 88,232 (D) 106,063

Q.38 A toxic gas flows into a mine working place at the rate of 2.52 m3/min. The concentration of the
gas in the intake air is 0.25%. The minimum quantity of intake air in m3/min required to dilute the
gas to its threshold limit value of 1.0 % is
(A) 123 (B) 252 (C) 295 (D) 333

Q.39 An exhaust fan attached to an evasee of 18 m2 cross-sectional area at the outlet circulates 150 m3/s
of air at the pressure of 1000 Pa in a mine ventilation system. The ratio of the inlet to outlet area of
the evasee is 1:4 and the density of air is 1.2 kg/m3. The quantity of air circulated in the mine in
absence of evasee is 120 m3/s. The evasee efficiency in % is
(A) 57.6 (B) 43.2 (C) 39.06 (D) 37.7

Q.40 A fan circulates 24 m3/s of air at a pressure of 1200 Pa in a ventilation district. It is intended to
reduce the air quantity to 16 m3/s by placing a regulator. Assuming the pressure remains
unchanged, the size of the regulator in m2 is
(A) 1.48 (B) 0.74 (C) 0.37 (D) 0.18

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Q.41 An air sample taken from the return airway of a district contains the following gases. The Graham’s
ratio for the district is

Gas Concentration (%)

CO2 0.40
H4 1.17
O2 19.92
N2 78.49
CO 0.02
(A) 5.6 (B) 4.8 (C) 3.0 (D) 2.3

Q.42 An incandescent headlight of a mining vehicle is of spot beam type with a beam angle of 300. The
spherical surface in m2 subtended by the lighted beam at a distance of 5 m from the headlight is
(A) 7.5 (B) 15 (C) 21 (D) 25

Q.43 The thickness of a coal deposit is represented by a spherical semi-variogram model with sill of
5 m2. If the semi-variogram value at lag distance h is 3 m2, the correlogram value at the same lag
distance is
(A) 0.4 (B) 2.0 (C) 2.5 (D) 5.0

Q.44 The total cost C (lakh rupees) of a longwall face of length L in m is given by the equation
C  0.1L   300 . Length of the face in m for the minimum total cost is
1562.5
L
(A) 40 (B) 125 (C) 156 (D) 300

Q.45 20 plain detonators in series, each of 2  resistance, are fired by a DC exploder supplying a current
of 1.25 A. If 250 mJ energy is spent to fire the detonators, the time required in millisecond after
detonator initiation is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16

Q.46 A sudden increase of CO incidence has occurred in an underground mine section. A man at point A
starts to run out to the main intake of the mine where he will be safe. Refer figure below for the
mine section and the logic diagram. The probabilities that he will successfully cross the gallery
sections A, B, C, D, E, and F are 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.8, 0.7 and 0.9 respectively. The probability that he
will successfully reach the main intake is

Intake

D
E
B
C
A B D
A F
C E

Section of the mine Series-parallel logic diagram

(A) 0.40 (B) 0.51 (C) 0.66 (D) 0.77

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Q.47 In an underground correlation survey by the Weisbach triangle (figure below) the following data

ˆ  1791433 , BCDˆ  1791017 and bearing of

are obtained.

AB = 1152349 . The bearing of traverse CD is

AB = 3.50 m, BC = 2.75 m, CA = 6.20 m, ACD

D
North
B

A C

(A) 1022716 (B) 11441 49

(C) 1152716 (D) 1791416

Common Data Questions

Common Data for Questions 48 and 49:

A concentrator pilot plant is fed with 1 tonne of copper ore at ROM grade of 1.5 % Cu. Metal recovery in
the concentrator pilot plant is 90% and the grade of copper in concentrate is 20%.

Q.48 The amount of copper in concentrate in kg is

(A) 13.5 (B) 14.0 (C) 14.5 (D) 15.0

Q.49 Amount of concentrate produced from 1 tonne of ore in kg is

(A) 75.0 (B) 72.0 (C) 70.0 (D) 67.5

Common Data for Questions 50 and 51:

A mine ventilation system consists of two splits A and B with resistances of 0.8 Ns2m-8 and 3.2 Ns2m-8,
respectively as shown in figure. Trunk airways have resistance of 0.2 Ns2m-8. The main mine fan is
generating pressure of 500 Pa.
Split A

Trunk airway Trunk airway

Split B

Q.50 The air quantities in m3/s circulated in the splits A and B respectively are

(A) 20 and 30 (B) 30 and 20 (C) 20 and 10 (D) 40 and 10

Q.51 The flows in the two splits are equalized by placing a booster fan in split B. Assume that the fan
pressure does not change after installation of the booster fan. The size of the booster fan in Pa is
(A) 749.05 (B) 850.08 (C) 950.02 (D) 1000.50

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Linked Answer Questions

Statement for Linked Answer Questions 52 and 53:

A 400 V, 3 phase, star connected induction motor takes a line current of 10 A with 0.86 p.f. lagging. Total
stator losses are 5 % of the input. Rotor copper losses are 4 % of the input to the rotor, and mechanical
losses are 3 % of the input to the rotor.
Q.52 The input power to the rotor in Watts is

(A) 5958 (B) 5788 (C) 5660 (D) 5532

Q.53 The shaft output power in Watts is

(A) 5562 (B) 5490 (C) 5434 (D) 5264

Statement for Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55:

The bolts are spaced at 1.5 m centre-to-centre in a square pattern as shown in the figure below. The tensile
stress in 22 mm diameter bolt rod is 193.35 MPa. The unit weight of the roof layer is 25 kN/m3.

1.5m
1.5m

Plan view of rock bolting pattern

Q.54 The axial load in the bolt rod in kN is

(A) 294.0 (B)173.5 (C) 147.0 (D) 73.5

Q.55 At equilibrium, the thickness of the roof layer supported by the bolt in m is
(A) 1.31 (B) 2.4 (C) 2.62 (D) 3.08

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General Aptitude (GA) Questions

Q. 56 – Q. 60 carry one mark each.

Q.56 Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given
word:
Deference
(A) aversion
(B) resignation
(C) suspicion
(D) contempt

Q.57 Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.
We lost confidence in him because he never __________ the grandiose promises he had made.
(A) delivered
(B) delivered on
(C) forgot
(D) reneged on

Q.58 Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence below.
______________ in the frozen wastes of Arctic takes special equipment.
(A) To survive
(B) Surviving
(C) Survival
(D) That survival

Q.59 In how many ways 3 scholarships can be awarded to 4 applicants, when each applicant can receive
any number of scholarships?
(A) 4 (B) 12 (C) 64 (D) 81

Q.60 Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.
The _________ of eviden ce was on the side of the plaintiff since all but one witness testified
that his story was correct.
(A) paucity
(B) propensity
(C) preponderance
(D) accuracy

Q. 61 to Q. 65 carry two marks each.

Q.61 If (2y+1)/(y+2) < 1, then which of the following alternatives gives the CORRECT range of y?
(A) - 2 < y < 2 (B) - 2 < y < 1 (C) - 3 < y < 1 (D) - 4 < y < 1

Q.62 A student attempted to solve a quadratic equation in x twice. However, in the first attempt, he
incorrectly wrote the constant term and ended up with the roots as (4, 3). In the second attempt, he
incorrectly wrote down the coefficient of x and got the roots as (3, 2). Based on the above
information, the roots of the correct quadratic equation are
(A) (-3, 4) (B) (3, -4) (C) (6, 1) (D) (4, 2)

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Q.63 L, M and N are waiting in a queue meant for children to enter the zoo. There are 5 children between
L and M, and 8 children between M and N. If there are 3 children ahead of N and 21 children
behind L, then what is the minimum number of children in the queue?
(A) 28 (B) 27 (C) 41 (D) 40

Q.64 Four archers P, Q, R and S try to hit a bull’s eye during a tournament consisting of seven rounds.
As illustrated in the figure below, a player receives 10 points for hitting the bulls’ eye, 5 points for
hitting within the inner circle and 1 point for hitting within the outer circle.

Outer circle
1 point

Inner circle
5 points

Bull’s eye
10 points

The final scores received by the players during the tournament are listed in the table below.

Round P Q R S
1 1 5 1 10
2 5 10 10 1
3 1 1 1 5
4 10 10 1 1
5 1 5 5 10
6 10 5 1 1
7 5 10 1 1

The most accurate and the most consistent players during the tournament are respectively
(A) P and S (B) Q and R (C) Q and Q (D) R and Q

Q.65 Nimbus clouds are dark and ragged, stratus clouds appear dull in colour a nd cover the entire
sky. Cirrus clouds are thin and delicate, whereas cumulus clouds look like cotton balls.

It can be inferred from the passage that

(A) A cumulus cloud on the ground is called fog
(B) It is easy to predict the weather by studying clouds
(C) Clouds are generally of very different shapes, sizes and mass
(D) There are four basic cloud types: stratus, nimbus, cumulus and cirrus

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MN 1 A MN 41 D
MN 2 MarkstoAll MN 42 C
MN 3 B MN 43 A
MN 4 A MN 44 B
MN 5 D MN 45 A
MN 6 C MN 46 C
MN 7 B MN 47 B
MN 8 D MN 48 A
MN 9 A MN 49 D
MN 10 B MN 50 C
MN 11 MarkstoAll MN 51 A
MN 12 A MN 52 C
MN 13 C MN 53 D
MN 14 B MN 54 D
MN 15 A MN 55 A
MN 16 D MN 56 D
MN 17 C MN 57 B
MN 18 B MN 58 A
MN 19 D MN 59 C
MN 20 A MN 60 C
MN 21 D MN 61 B
MN 22 B MN 62 C
MN 23 A MN 63 A
MN 24 C MN 64 B
MN 25 MarkstoAll MN 65 D
MN 26 A
MN 27 D
MN 28 C
MN 29 B
MN 30 C
MN 31 C
MN 32 D
MN 33 B
MN 34 A
MN 35 C
MN 36 B
MN 37 A
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MN 39 A
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