Mining Engineering
GATE MN topic:mining PYQs
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Question 31
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The void ratio of an unconsolidated soil heap of volume 1000 m
is 1.0. If the soil heap is consolidated to a volume of 800 m
, the corresponding void ratio is_______. (round off up to 2 decimals)Log in to check the answer
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For a circular path of radius 300 m, the super elevation is restricted to 0.1 m for a width of 1.6 m. The maximum speed, in m/s, of vehicle to avoid overturn is ____. (round off up to 2 decimals)
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A scanline survey between points A and B of a rock mass is shown. Consider
,where,
is the frequency of discontinuity per m. The RQD of the rock mass is_______. (round off up to 2 decimals)
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In a VCR stope, blast holes of 165 mm diameter are drilled. For the blast hole to behave as a spherical charge, the maximum charge length, in m, is_____. (round off up to 2 decimals)
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A rectangular development heading of dimension 3 m × 2.8 m is to be blasted with holes of 2.4 m in length. If the pull factor is 0.95 and swell factor is 1.20, the volume of blasted rock per round, in m
, is_______. (round off up to 2 decimals)Log in to check the answer
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Data from two production faces of an open pit iron ore mine are given.
Item description | Face 1 | Face 2 |
|---|---|---|
Maximum production capacity (tonne/day) | 1600 | 2000 |
Fe (%) | 63 | 58 |
Production cost of ores (in INR/tonne) | 1500 | 1200 |
Ores from two different faces are blended and supplied with Fe grade not less than 60 %. Based on the demand, the combined production is limited to a maximum of 2500 tonne/day. If the selling price of blended iron ores is INR 4500 /tonne, the optimal production from two faces in tonne/day, for maximizing the profit, respectively are
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Four identical districts of a mine are ventilated with a quantity of 350 m
/min at a fan drift pressure of 1.15 kPa. When one of the districts is sealed off, the change in resultant resistance is 0.072 Ns
m
. If the fan is stopped, keeping a district sealed, the quantity through the mine becomes 850 m
/min. The natural ventilation pressure in Pa, isYour answerChoose one option.
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Matrix
, and
, then B isYour answerChoose one option.
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The roof convergence data for 30 days at a monitoring station in a coal mine gallery is given.
Day | Convergence reading (mm) |
|---|---|
0 | 0 |
5 | 4.7 |
10 | 11.3 |
16 | 19.6 |
22 | 28.8 |
30 | 34.8 |
The management decides on a Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP) if the following two premises occur simultaneously.
Premise 1: Rate of convergence exceeds 1.5 mm/day between two consecutive measurements.
Premise 2: Rate of cumulative increase in convergence exceeds 1.0 mm/day.
Identify the day on which TARP is enforced in that gallery.
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Magnitude of error in the determination of the integral, I using Simpson’s 1/3 rule, taking step length as 1.0 is
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