AMIE Study Circle

1. In which of the following cases the "Mines Act" provision is not applied? (a) depth of excavation is less than 15 cm (b) less than 20 persons are employed on one day (c) depth of excavation is less than 15 cm and at least 20 persons are employed on a day (d) in all cases irrespective of manpower 2. When the percentage of inflammable gas falls below 0.6, the determination shall be done in (a) once in 7 days (b) once in 24 hours (c) once in 15 days (d) once in 30 days 3. Inflammable gas shall be deemed to have been found or detected in Deg III gassy mine when the percentage of gas is indicated by lowered flame safety lamp as: (a) 0.5% (b) 0.75% (c) 1.25% (d) 3% 4. One of the main criteria to decide the size of the panel for depillaring   (a) construction of artificial panels   (b) the incubation period of coal seam (c) depth of cover   (d) systematic support rule 5. In erecting crossbar support, the side clamps are put in holes of at least –––– cm d...

Each question carries two marks. 1. If the workers employed in a mine contract any disease notified by the central government in the official gazette, the owner, agent or manager shall, within –––– days of his being informed of the diseases, send notice in –––– of the first schedule to the higher authorities. (a) seven, form V (b) three, form IV (c) two, form V (d) three, form V 2. Buffer inventory is required as (a) one or more stages in the operation can not supply all the items it produces simultaneously. (b) compensation for differences in the timing of supply and demand. (c) compensation for the uncertainties inherent in supply and demand (d) material can not be transported instantaneously between the point of supply and the point of demand. 3. If the nominal rate of interest that a bank offers is 12%, which is compounded quarterly, what is the effective rate of interest? (a) 13.25% (b) 12.55% (c) 11.45% (d) 12.25% 4. Roof fall accidents are caused due to (a) no support give...

Each question carries two marks. 1. Which one of the following might a manager be responsible for? (a) determining organizational objectives (b) implementing policy decisions (c) formulating policies for the organization as a whole (d) all of the above 2. Rule no 58 of the CMR 1957 standardized the signs and conventions for preparing mine plans and sections and are depicted in the second schedule. The convention for the shaft is (a)  (b)   (c)   (d)   3. A mining lease can be granted at a time for a minimum period of –––– years and  a maximum period of –––– years as per MMDR Act 1957. (a) 10 and 20 (b) 20 and 30 (c) 20 and 50 (d) 10 and 50 4. A person is said to be competent if he has attained (a) 21 years and permitted in writing by the overman (b) 20 years and permitted in writing by the sirdar (c) 20 years and permitted in writing by the mine manager (d) 18 years and permitted in writing by the overman. 5. The maximum area that can be granted...

Each question carries two marks. 1. Which one of the following qualities is least considered while evaluating the effectiveness of a mine manager? (a) competentness (b) committedness (c) cost-effectiveness (d) conciliatoriness 2. Ergonomics is the synonym of (a) organizational behaviour (b) human behaviour (c) human factors (e) environmental behaviour 3. Modern mine management follow the organisation of the type (a) line organization (b) line, staff and committee organization (c) line and staff organization (d) functional organization 4. Chairman of the safety committee in a mine is the mine (a) manager (b) safety manager (c) agent (d) workmen inspector 5. Reportable injuries are those which involve enforced absence of persons sustained with injuries for (a) 3 days or more (b) 14 days or more (c) 21 days or more (d) 28 days or more 6. One of the assumptions underlying scientific management is that "the application of the methods of science to problems of management will lead to ...

Choose the correct answer for the following (10 x 2) 1. In the Coal Mines Regulation 1957, the duties and responsibilities of the manager are prescribed in (a) Regulation 39 (b) Regulation 40 (c) Regulation 41 (d) Regulation 43 2. Under which one of the following systems, Zener barriers are associated? (a) Increased safety (b) Intrinsic safety (c) Flameproof (d) Statistically safety 3. In the terminology associated with fault, the angle, which a fault plane makes with the vertical plane, is termed as (a) strike (b) dip (c) hade (d) throw 4. The name of the deepest coal mine in India is (a) Sudamdih colliery (b) Churcha colliery (c) Chinakury colliery, 1/2 pit (d) Jitpur colliery 5. Upsidence, a phenomenon denoting valley closure or gorge closure, is associated with (a) longwall mining (b) Soutirage mining (c) bord and pillar mining (d) short wall mining 6. According to mine legislation in India, the minimum dimension of width and height  of underground travelling roadways (in m) ar...