Mining Engineering Interview Questions and Answers

Mining Engineering Interview Questions and Answers

1. Which cut is used for solid blasting in Indian coal Mines

Wedge cut



2. Permitted explosives are safe to use because

Special chemical are used to extinguish the spark produced during blasting.



3. Burden is the distance between

Distance between first row of blast holes and bench



4. Which of the following explosive have maximum strength

RDX



5. To measure the performance of blasting which factor is calculated

Powder factor



6. What is the formula for blast ability?

B = c / t

Where B = Blast ability c = compressive strength t = tensile strength of a rock



7. As per provision of regulation 170 (1a)(of CMR 1957 danger zone is an area falling a radius of ——–

300m



8. While blasting in hot strata the temperature of hole should not exceed

80 c



9. Fly rocks during opencast blasting is controlled by

muffled blasting



10. While dealing with Misfire shot the relieving hole is drilled at a distance not less than

10 m



11. As per CMR the recapping of rope is done once at least in every

6 months



12. what is the maximum angle of fleet is permissible in winding as per CMR

1.5



13. a coal seam is said to be of degree III if rate of emission of gas in m3 /te of coal raised is

more than 10



14. reportable injury means any injury other than serious bodily injury, which involves the enforced absence of injured person from work for a period of

72 hours or more



15. When the air and mineral flow is in same direction the ventilation is known as

Homotropal ventilation



16. Roof falls are more common if the face is at

Parallel to the main cleat



17. A seam is worked at a depth of 70 mtrs . from surface and the width of the galleries is 3.2 mtr the dimension of the pillar should not exceed

16.5 mtrs



18. in board and pillar panel worked in conjuction with hydraulic stowing extraction line preferred is

step diagonal



19. emulsion explosive is mixtur

ammonium nitrate, water, hollow microballons



20. Coalfication has taken place in order of

peat . lignite, bituminous, anthracite



21. coal seams are normally found in

Sedimentary rocks



22. In India a coal seam is defined as a thick coal seam if its thickness is

More than 4.8m



23. black damp is a mixture of

CO2 + N2



24. When working approaches waterlogged areas apparatus used as precautionary measure is

Burn side boring



25. keps are used in

Drum winding



26. Chasnala mine disaster is due to

Explosion



27. permissible dust concentration in Indian mines is

5mg/m2 of air



28. Factor of safety for winding rope is

10



29. Life of winding rope is

4.5 years



30. Runaway switch is used in

Rope haulage



31. The purpose of wire gauge in flame safety lamp is

to prevent the passage of flame from inside to the outside of the lamp



32. the hopkalite used in CO detector is a mixture of MnO2 and

Silica gel



33. Self-rescuer can be used upto ________ % of CO

3



34. According to CMR 1957 CH4 % in return airway should not exceed

0.75%



35. the wet bulb temperature in development faces should not exceed

33 C



36. In contiguous seams means the parting between two seams is within

9m



37. which of the following instruments is used to measure the cooling power of the air

Katathermometer



38. Joining of two ropes is called as

Splicing



39. Clifton pulley is used in

Endless rope haulage



40. when shot hole is blasted at a uarry face, fracture of rock takes place by

Both by compression and tensile



41. The minimum accuracy of colliery triangulation survey is aimed at

1 in 5000



42. fast and accurate extension of centerlines in long tunnels can be done by

Laser beam ranger



43. Mechanized opencast mining in India is economically feasible at present if the overburden to coal ratio is approximately up to

1in 8



44. for overburden removal with shovel dumper combination the optimum size of the dumper depends on

Size of the shovel and the distance of haul



45. In an underground coal mine the place where explosive is stored in underground is called as

Reserve station



46. for heavy duty crushing on hard material the type of jaw crusher normally selected is

Blake type double toggle



47. To separate two finely divided solids from one another the process to be selected is

Floating



48. A Zn deposit is formed by a geological process is called

Hydrothermal



49. cut and fill stoping can be operated

Both underhand and overhand



50. If the RD of the ore and wall rock are low the method of stoping selected will be

Block caving



51. the stoping method in which maximum cost is incurred is

Suare set stoping



52. In the panel caving system of block caving the contact between the ore and capping is kept

Inclined



53. The ventilation plan of a mine should be on a reference scale o

2000:1



54. In any working below ground there should be provided at least two shafts or incline which should be away from each other by a minimum distance

13.5 mtrs



55. Poisson ratio is a relationship between

Longitudinal strain and lateral strain



56. RD is a uantitative index based on core recovery procedure, which is determined by incorporation of only those pieces of core that is

Greater than or eual to 100mm



57. In a contoured Map if there are higher values in side the loop it indicates

Ridge



58. The intersection of a vertical line through the observer’s station with the upper portion of the celestrial sphere is called

Nadir



59. the effect of curvature in leveling is an error, which is

Subtractive



60. The minimum accuracy of colliery triangulation survey is aimed at

1in 5000



61. The earliest indication of the spontaneous heating of coal can be given by

Sweating of strata



62. In an underground coal mine ventilated by 100 HP fan (Air HP) it is reuired to double the uantity ofair for the purpose of air HP reuired will be

800 H.P.



63. Ore for metal lead is

Galena



64. DGMS comes under

Labour Ministry



65. lily controller is used for the protection in winder

Over wind



66. balance rope is used on Koepe friction winder

To balance cage winding rope and to reduce power consumption



67. Factor of safety (FOS) in connection with winding

applicable to static loading



68. LHD is a

Loading, hauling and dumping machine



69. the shape of the casting in a centrifugal pump is

involute



70. Magnetic separation is

A dry method



71. Notice to regional inspector of mines about occurrence of serious accident is given in form

IV A



72. Blasting Gallery method is not suitable for working seam thickness

Less than 7 m



73. The size and speed of rotation being the same the head developed is max in case of

A forward bladed centrifugal fan



74. In water gas explosion the two highly explosive gases that are involved are

H2 and CO



75. In an underground working area CH4 and CO2 are normally expected to be found respectively

Near the roof and near the floor



76. The most important parameter of a dust that governs its physiological effect is

Size of dust



77. In a mine a big roof fall has taken place in the mine intake place in main intake airway. The fan drift water gauge

Will register an increase



78. Stone dust barriers are installed in underground

to prevent the imitation of coal dust explosion



79. 60 dB + 60dB

63 dB



80. In ventilation network analysis, kirchhoff’s first law is used which states

the algebraic sum of uantitities flowing at a junction is zero



81. Atkinson’s euation P = R2 is applicable for

Laminar flow only



82. NVP in a mine is more in

Winter as the air going in is cold



83. Reynolds number varies

Directly with flow velocity



84. Resistance of a mine airway does not depend upon

uantity of air flowing in it



85. An electric cap lamp as used in mine has a fuse of capacity

4 amp



86. A 10% increase in cross sectional area of a roadway will reduce the resistance approximately by

10%



87. The recommended instrument for the air borne respirable dust sampling in the Indian mines is

NCB/MRE-113A



88. The oxygen concentration in underground mine should not be less than

19%



89. the thickness of ventilation stopping should not be less than

38 cms



90. A cap lamp must be able to produce an illumination of

0.25 lumans



91. Gravimetric dust samplers works on the principals of

filtration



92. carbon monoxide detector tubes uses

Potassium palladium sulphate



93. Installation of booster fan in one district

Reduces the flow of air in other district



94. Pitot tube is generally used for

Measurement of air velocity in ducts



95. Gas chromatography utilizes the principal of

Solid gas absorption



96. Explosibility of coal dust generally does not depends on

d)Colour of dust



97. For measuring relative humidity we use

Psychrometer



98. Geothermal gradient in Indian coalfields is about

1 0 C / 38m



99. A drum Shearer is mounted on

Its own skid



100. Dust generation may be reduced by drilling

Sharp bit