DGMS Exam Question Paper
DGMS Exam Question Paper
1) What would be the capacity of a flat belt conveyor in ton/ hour, if the bulk density of material is 0.8 t/m3, belt width is
1.0 m, angle of repose is 45o and velocity is 100 m/min?
A) 1200
B) 900
C) 1300
D) 1000
E) 1100
2) The point load strength index (Is) of a rock is 0.5 MPa. What will be the approximate compressive strength of that
rock?
A) 14 MPa
B) 11 MPa
C) 10 MPa
D) 13 MPa
E) 12 MPa
3) For a surface mine, the scaled distance for safe ground vibration due to blasting is given by 25 m/kg 1/2. In order to
protect a structure at a distance of 500 m from the blasting site, the maximum charge per delay shall not
exceed________.
A) 600 kg
B) 500 kg
C) 300 kg
D) 200 kg
E) 400 kg
A) 8.19
B) 5.76
C) 7
D) 10
E) 9
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A) DI-NITRO-GLYCOL
B) TNT
C) PETN
D) ASA
E) gun cotton
6) Notice for proposal of exploration for methane from coal seam notice to be submitted to the Chief Inspector shall not
less than _______ months prior to the date of such exploration ?
A) 15 days
B) 1 year
C) 30 days
D) 45 days
E) 6 months
7) While working with HEMM over underground workings, no person shall be allowed to remain belowground within
what distance from the point of blasting measured in any direction in the same or adjacent mine
A) 45m
B) 100m
C) 200m
D) 300m
E) 150m
8) The coal carrying capacity of a trough belt of 1000mm wide at a speed of 30 m/min is around
A) 120 tph
B) 105 tph
C) 70 tph
D) 50 tph
E) 130 tph
9) For intentional flooding, notice of such intention or proposal to the Chief Inspector and the Regional Inspector before
______ days.
A) 60 days
B) 30 days
C) 14 days
D) 45 days
E) 7 days
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10) Which of the following features should be shown in water danger plan?
A) All of these
B) Highest Flood Level of the area
C) River, stream, water course, reservoir
D) Position of dyke, fault and geological disturbances
E) Surface contour lines
11) which is used for raising and lowering the rods of circular section
A) coolbarrel
B) sludger
C) retaining key
D) bulldog
E) Jaws
12) If the bench height is 10m, burden 4 m, specing 5m, sub-grade drilling 1m, explosive per hole 110 kg, density of
rock 2500 kg/m3, then powderfactor will be
A) 6.5
B) 4.5
C) 5.5
D) 6
E) 5
13) The angle of slope of the bench wall from horizontal is called
A) VOD of Explosive
B) Detonating pressure x Density
C) VOD x Density
D) Weight strength x Density
E) Detonating pressure of explosive
15) Which certificate is mandatory for appointed as a shot-firer in opencast coal mines ?
A) Overman’s Certificate
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B) Sirdar’s Certificate
C) First-aid Certificate
D) Manager’s Certificate
E) Gas-testing certificate
16) To get lumpy coal or to minimize the coal dust the blasting technique is adapated is
A) MUFFLED BLASTING
B) CUSHION BLASTING
C) COYOTE BLASTING
D) SNAKE HOLLING
E) POP SHUTTING
A) Safety
B) Efficiency
C) Option A and B
D) All of the above
E) production cost
18) A mining method should be developed and designed to economically mine a deposit of ore/mineral/fossil fuel taking
care of ________, ________ and ________ fulfilling production demand and statutory requirements.
A) Geomechanical gradient
B) Geostatic gradient
C) Geothermal gradient
D) Increase in rock density
E) Geochemical Gradient
20) operation of tracing the broken and lost parts in a borehole and withdrawing them to surface know as
A) Lining
B) drilling
C) boreholeservey
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D) fishing borehole
E) wire line
A) Aluminum Powder
B) Magnesium Carbonate
C) Sodium Nitrate
D) Charcol Powder
E) Ammonimum Nitrate
23) Construction of reservoir, water dam, etc. in any mines need _______ prior notice from Regional Inspector before
such intention.
A) 60 days
B) 30 days
C) 7 days
D) 45 days
E) 14 days
24) Respirable dust in a coal mine contains 4.5% fee silica. As per the CMR, 2017, the maximum allowable respirable
dust concentration, in mg/cu.m, in the mine air is
A) 3
B) None of the above
C) 2
D) 2.5
E) 1.5
A) Braking device
B) None of the above
C) Increasing the angle of wrap
D) Safety device
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E) Cleaning device
A) Hysteresis
B) Creep
C) Tensile Failure
D) Compressive Failure
E) Shear failure
A) Deviation
B) none of obove
C) study of core
D) time taken
E) Depth
28) The time study data of equipment deployed in a mine during a calendar month is given below:
A) 85
B) 60
C) 65
D) 75
E) 80
A) Boxcut
B) Berm
C) Crest
D) Haighwall
E) None of the above
30) In case of manual opencast mine where any pillar is left ‘in situ’ for the purpose of measurement, its height shall
_____ and where the height of such pillar exceeds 1.25 meters, the base of the pillar shall not be less than _____
meters in diameter.
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A) Blasthole dia
B) Sub-grade drilling
C) Bench height
D) All the Options
E) Stemming height
32) To avoid vibration on conveyor belt, the rpm of the idler should not exceed__________
A) 600
B) 400
C) 100
D) 800
E) 200
34) In an opencast working, no tree, loose stone or debris shall be allowed to remain within a distance of
_________from the edge or side of the excavation.
A) 5m
B) 9m
C) 3m
D) 7m
E) 1m
35) In opencast mine the height of the bench is 5 m. Then provide the suitable combination of excavation and
trasportation.
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36) In the hot strata, if the temperature of hole exceed_____ degree farenheat, such hole shall not be charged.
A) 142
B) 176
C) 157
D) 80
E) 127
37) Which equipment in opencast mines are required to be fitted with Rear Vision Systems ?
A) Drill Machines
B) Excavators
C) Dumpers and tippers
D) Dragline
E) Dozers
A) Sulphuric acid
B) Calcium carbonate
C) Top soil
D) Sodium chloride
E) Nitric acid
39) If the spoil bank exceeding 30 metre in height shall be benched so that no bench exceeds 30 metre in height and
the overall slope shall not exceed ____________
A) 1 vertical to 2 horizontal.
B) 1 vertical to 2.4 horizontal.
C) 1 vertical to 1.8 horizontal.
D) 1 vertical to 1.5 horizontal.
E) 1 vertical to 1.2 horizontal.
A) 1 amps
B) 3.5 amps
C) 2.5 amps
D) 2 amps
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E) 0.5 amps
41) Tensile strength of intact rocks is generally determined in the laboratory by _________ Test.
A) Australian
B) Canadian
C) European
D) Dutch
E) Brazilian
42) Methane monitors shall be placed at every ____________ meters interval along the main pipeline in return air way
or at closer interval if so required by the Regional Inspector.
A) 500
B) 100
C) 250
D) 750
E) 200
44) VOD of large dia commercial explosives are found in the range of
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46) No person shall be permitted to remain on the same bench where charging of holes with explosives is carried within
a radius
A) 100m
B) 30m
C) 150m
D) 300m
E) 60m
A) Cos -1 (1/16)
B) Tan -1 (1/16)
C) Sin -1 (1/16)
D) Sec -1 (1/16)
E) Cot -1 (1/16)
A) environmental issue
B) coal and overburden economical ratio
C) thickness of the seam
D) dip of the seam
E) O/B dumping
49) Which of the following features doesn't shown in water danger plan ?
50) Which of the following process / action associated with Bucket Wheel Excavator ?
A) Reaming
B) Terracing
C) Wedge cut
D) Key cut
E) Fan cut
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Equipment Action/purpose
P.Dragline 1.Reaming
Q.Bucket wheel excabvator 2.Key cut
R.Tunnel Boring Machine 3.Pulsating impact
S.Hydraulic monitor 4.Terracing
52) Improved techique of removal of core during drilling with raising drill rods
53) Which of the following factor is considered for calculation of cycle time of of excavator ?
A) Swing factor
B) Powder factor
C) Swell factor
D) Bucket factor
E) Detonator factor
54) In opencast mine, shovel dumper combination is used for handling the overburden. The distance between the
loading point and dumping point is 5 km. The speed of empty dumper is 25 km/hr while the speed of loaded dumper is
20 km/hr. So how much time is take
A) 30 min/cycle
B) 27 min/cycle
C) 20 min/cycle
D) 28 min/cycle
E) 25 min/cycle
55) In indian coal mies, the powder factor in solid blasting vary from ____________.
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56) A 15 cum dragline works for 30 days @ 6 hrs per shift and 3 shifts a day. The cycle time , bucket fill factor and
operating efficiency are 50 s, 0.85 and 75 % respectively. What will be the total volume in cum handled by the dragline
in a month ?
A) 371790 cum
B) 427860 cum
C) 351720 cum
D) 349970 cum
E) 45750 cum
57) Blasting operation in fire area shall be carried out under the direct supervision of
A) Mining Sirdar
B) Asst Manager
C) Any of these
D) Mining Sirdar & Overman
E) Overman
58) Min. std. of horizontal and vertical illumination in Lux at places where manual work is done in opencast coal mine
are---respectively.
A) 15H,10V
B) 15H, 25V
C) 10H, 10V
D) 15H, 15V
E) 10H, 5V
A) Air vibration
B) Ground vibration
C) Fly rock
D) Explosive desensitization
E) None of the Options
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61) In an opencast mine bench failure has occurred in which a triangular portion has come out. The type of failure is
A) linear failure
B) None of these
C) wedge failure
D) toppling up
E) curved failure
62) Which explosive may be issued for use or taken into or used in non-cartridge form ?
A) ANFO
B) PETN
C) Slurry Explosive
D) Energel
E) Loquid oxygen
63) Calculate the total resistance for 10 numbers of electric delay detonator connected in parallel where the resistance
of each detonator is 2 ohms and resistance of connecting wire and blast cable is 7 ohms and 2 ohms respectively ?
A) 34 ohms
B) 29 ohms
C) 7.2 Ohms
D) 9.2 ohms
E) None of these
64) In the rock blasting the term "Impedence of medium" is the product of
65) For a surface mine, the scaled distance for safe ground vibration due to blasting is given by 25m/kg1/2 . In order to
protect a structure at a distance of 500 m from the blasting site, the maximum charge per delay shall not
exceed________.
A) 300 kg
B) 400 kg
C) 600 kg
D) 200 kg
E) 500 kg
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66) Match the following blasting elements with the corresponding initiators.
67) Permissible Peak Particle Velocity (ppv) at the foundation level of structures in mining areas depend on ownership
of building, type of structure and _____________.
A) Air Overpressure
B) Degree of Gassiness
C) Output per Man-Shift
D) Dominanat Excitation Frequency
E) Velocity of Detonation
68) In the context of surface mine development, a box cut is defined as _____________________.
69) A 10 m thick coal block is excavated by a contractor at a cost of Rs.40 per cu.m. The excavated area, measured in
the mine plan, is found to be 50 sq.cm. If the mine plan has been drawn to a scale of 1:1000, the payment to be made
to the contractor, in la
A) 23
B) 20
C) 25
D) 18
E) 26
70) The scrapers may be used in an operating surface mine practicing simultaneous backfilling and topsoil replacement.
For handling the topsoil the scrapers should be ideally used for ________.
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71) Slope of spoil bank shall not exceed A gree from the horizontal. A is given be
A) 37.5
B) 39.5
C) 40.5
D) 42.5
E) 41.5
73) The scale of the mine plans is generally required to be maintained on the scale of__________.
A) 1:3000
B) 1:3500
C) 1:2000
D) 1:5000
E) 1:2500
74) Which of the following factor is considered for calculation of cycle time of excavating machine?
A) Drill factor
B) None of the above
C) Bucket factor
D) Swell Factor
E) Swing Factor
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E) Hardness of rock
76) What would be the capacity of a flat belt conveyor in ton/ hour, if the bulk density of material is 0.8 t/m3, belt width is
1.0 m, angle of repose is 45° and velocity is 100 m/min?
A) 900
B) 1300
C) 1200
D) 1000
E) 1100
A) over-loading
B) linear tension
C) all of these
D) multi-directional tensions
E) two tensions in inclined directions
78) All corners and bends in the haul oads of an open-cast mine shall be made in such a way that vehicle operator have
a clear view for a distance of not less than
A) 30m
B) 20m
C) 45m
D) 25m
E) 35m
79) Who will prepare the a standard manner of extraction of methane from an abandoned or closed mine or part
thereof, or from a discontinued working of a mine or part thereof or from an existing working of a mine or part thereof ?
A) None of these
B) CMPDIL
C) Consultant
D) CMRI
E) Ministry of Coal
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81) The holes charged with explosives but not blasted on the same day are known as
A) Contolled blasting
B) None of these
C) Waiting charges
D) Sleeping holes
E) Muffled holes
82) The contraventions pointing out during inspection of the Chief inspector or an Inspectors shall entered in a register
and the copy thereof shall be displayed on notice board within _________ day of the date of such entry for not less
than ________.
A) 3; 14days
B) 1; 15days
C) 7; 7days
D) 14; two weeks
E) 10; 15 days
Chemical Purpose
P.Calcium nitgrate 1.Cross linking agent
Q.Potassium dichoromate 2.Gelling agent
R.TNT 3.Oxidiser
S.Starch 4.Fuel
85) Approximate explosive charge per hole for a 150 mm dia hole, 4m stemming height in a 12 m high overburden
bench immediately above the coal seam with ANFO as column charge is__________.
A) 310 kg
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B) 110 kg
C) 210 kg
D) 175 kg
E) 160 kg
86) In case of an oxygen balance mix of an explosive, the release of energy on detonation is
A) Medium
B) Maximum
C) Average
D) Minimum
E) None of the other options
87)
A) RQD
B) Shear Strength
C) Tensil Strength
D) RMR
E) Compressive Strength
A) Single row of closely spaced charged hole along the neat excavation oine
B) Single row of closely spaced uncharged holes along the neat excavation line
C) None of the above
D) Single row of closely spaced buffer holes along the neat excavation line
E) Single row of closely spaced decoupled charged holes along the neat excavation line
90) For a delay blasting of 10 circuits a sequential timer is set on 25 ms between circuit initiations. If the nominal firing
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time of a detonator is 400 ms, the totals add on time in ms for 10 circuits will be
A) 500
B) 625
C) 400
D) 550
E) 650
A) 25
B) 5
C) 6.5
D) 5.5
E) 3.5
A) 2.5 m
B) 1m
C) 1.5 m
D) 2.0 m
E) 3m
93) Rotary drills are generally suited best for rocks of _________ strength.
A) 300
B) 200
C) 500
D) 1000
E) 700
95) A surface coal mine is worked by 10 m3 shovel – 85 tonne dumper combination. If the shovel bucket fill factor is 0.8,
the material swell factor is 0.75 and the average in-situ sp.gr. of the material is 3.5 tonne/m3, the number of shovel
bucket loads required to fill a dumper will be nearly_____
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A) 6
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
E) 7
A) 2500-3500 m/s
B) 4500-5500 m/s
C) 5500-6500 m/s
D) 6500-7200 m/s
E) 3500-4500 m/s
97) A 15yd3 dragline is deployed in an overburden bench of an opencast mine. It works for 40 days at the rate of 6
hours per shift and 3 shifts a day. The cycle time, bucket fill factor, and operating efficiency of the dragline are
respectively 50 s, 0.8, and 75%. The total volume of overburden in m 3 handled by the dragline is (1yd3 = 0.765 m3).
A) 356918
B) 557685
C) 991440
D) None of the above
E) 634521
Equipment Component
P.Scraper 1.Dribble belt
Q.Dragline 2.Dipper stick
R.Bucket wheel excavator 3.Fair lead
S.Rope shovels 4.Bowl
99) A surface coal mine is worked by 12 m3 shovel – 100 tonne dumper combination. If the shovel bucket fill factor is
0.8, the material swell factor is 0.75 and the average in-situ sp.gr. of the material is 2.8 tonne/m 3, the number of shovel
bucket loads required to fill a dumper will be nearly_____
A) 7
B) 6
C) 4
D) 3
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E) 5
A) Physical
B) Bacterial
C) Mechanical
D) Electrolysis
E) Fungal
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Answer Key
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