Mining Engineering
GATE MN discipline:mining-engineering PYQs
Build your understanding with focused practice from past exam papers.
Questions 371–380 of 650. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 36
Open questionMNMCQ2 marksNeeds review
In order to check whether iron ore is supplied to the specification of 62% Fe, a steel company has conducted a hypothesis test with the null hypothesis as H₀: μFe = 62% and alternative hypothesis Ha: μFe < 62%. A random sample of 5 observations reveal the following grade values of the lot, 58%, 56%, 60%, 64%, 62%. The t-test statistic for the hypothesis is
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 37
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
Production plan of a small quarry having 3 years of life is shown in the figure.

The following information of revenue and cost data are available. Ore: 3.0 million tonne each year; waste: 5.0 million m³ in the 1st year, 5.5 million m³ in the 2nd year, and 5.0 million m³ in the 3rd year. Selling price of ore = Rs. 150/tonne. Ore mining cost = Rs. 500/tonne. Waste mining cost = Rs. 500/m³. Initial capital = Rs. 1000 million. Discount rate = 10%. By neglecting depreciation, salvage value and corporate tax, the NPV of the mining project, in million Rs., is ______. [round off to 2 decimal places]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 38
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
A triangular distributed load is applied on top of a beam as shown in the figure.

The value of maximum bending moment in kN-m is ______. [round off to 2 decimal places]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 39
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
For a dumpy level, the bubble tube has sensitivity of 40″ for one division. While taking a staff reading at a distance of 60 m, the bubble is out of centre by 2 divisions. The error in staff reading in mm is ______. [round off to one decimal place]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 40
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
On an old plan of scale 1:100, leasehold area of a mine is now measured as 802 cm² using a planimeter. The plan is found to have shrunk, such that the original line of 10 cm is now measured as 9.8 cm on the plan. True lease hold mine area, in m², is ______. [round off to the nearest integer]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 41
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
CO is released from a point source on a level ground at a rate of 25 g/s. The average wind speed is 5 m/s. The dispersion coefficients are 150 m and 200 m in horizontal and vertical directions, respectively, at a receiver station located on the ground along the downwind direction. Assuming the plume follows Gaussian dispersion model, the concentration of CO, in μg/m³, at the station is ______. [round off to 2 decimal places]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 42
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
Assume that COVID-19 growth rate of number of infections per day (c) in a certain population is represented by the following differential equation.
Here, t stands for time in days. Time taken for the number of infections per day to double, in days, is ______. [round off to the nearest integer]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 43
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
Ore is hoisted from 620 m depth using a single skip of 7 tonne pay load. The skip winding system has constant acceleration/deceleration of 1 m/s² and a constant speed of 10 m/s. The skip loading time and unloading time are 120 s and 60 s, respectively. Considering the overall utilization of the skip as 70 %, the maximum daily capacity of the winding system, in tonne, is ______. [round off to the nearest integer]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 44
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
In an analysis of fragmented blast muck, the mean fragment size is found to be 60 cm with uniformity index of 1.25. Considering Rosin-Ramler equation, the cumulative mass fraction, in percent, to pass the grizzly screen size of 100 cm is ______. [round off to 2 decimal places]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 45
Open questionMNNAT2 marksNeeds review
A single-acting reciprocating ram pump, while running at 120 rpm, delivers water at a rate of 10 litres per second. Considering the ram diameter is 150 mm and stroke length is 300 mm, the volumetric efficiency of the pump, in percent is ______. [round off to one decimal place]
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answer