Mining Engineering
GATE MN year:2024 PYQs
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Question 11
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Exposure to loud impulsive noise may lead to
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In a self-contained closed-circuit breathing apparatus,
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A rectangular mine airway of 2.0 m width and 2.5 m height has a bend with deflection of
radian. If the radius of curvature of the bend is 4.0 m, the shock factor of the bend is (round off to three decimals)Your answerChoose one option.
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In an underground coal mine, two fatalities and three serious bodily injuries occurred during the year 2022. The average daily employment is 1100 and annual working days is 300. The severity index as per DGMS guideline for the mine is
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For a geared engine winding system, the man winding cage is placed at its normal position at pit top of the shaft. As per CM 2017, the minimum space, in m, between the center of the hole of the detaching hook attached to the rope shackle and detaching belt plate is
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The value of integral,
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The value of
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The spherical semivariogram model
is represented by the following expression, where h is the lag distance.
The parameters
,
and
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In a M/M/1 system, the inter-arrival time of dumpers to a shovel follows exponential distribution with a mean arrival rate of 9 dumpers per hour. The service time of the shovel follows exponential distribution with a mean service rate of 12 dumpers per hour. The probability that exactly one dumper is available to the shovel is
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A project network with the sequence of five activities is shown.

The crashing costs of activities are
Activity | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duration (week) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Crashing cost per week (lakh INR) | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
If the project is crashed by one week, the increase in project cost, in lakh INR, is
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