CMR 2017, Chapter-1, MCQ Practice Set-2

  1. “banksman” means ?
    A. a person appointed to superintend the lowering and raising of persons.
    B. a person appointed to superintend the lowering and raising of persons, tools and materials.
    C. a person appointed to superintend the lowering and raising of persons, tools and materials and to transmit signals at the top of a shaft or incline;
    D. None of the above
    C. a person appointed to superintend the lowering and raising of persons, tools and materials and to transmit signals at the top of a shaft or incline;

  2. “booster fan” means ?
    A. mechanical ventilator used belowground for boosting the whole current of air passing along the intake
    B. mechanical ventilator used belowground for boosting the whole current of air
    C. mechanical ventilator used belowground.
    D. mechanical ventilator used belowground for boosting the whole current of air passing along the intake or return airway of a mine or ventilating district;
    D. mechanical ventilator used belowground for boosting the whole current of air passing along the intake or return airway of a mine or ventilating district;

  3. According to CMR 2017, Coal includes:
    A. All organic and inorganic substances
    B. All organic and inorganic substances including natural gas
    C. all those substances sold as coal
    D. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite, peat and any other form of carbonaceous matter sold or marketed as coal;
    D. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite, peat and any other form of carbonaceous matter sold or marketed as coal;

  4. “Coal Mine Methane (CMM)” means ?
    A. Methane gas
    B. methane and ethane gas
    C. natural gas recovered from a coal mine or part thereof
    D. LPG and methane
    C. natural gas recovered from a coal mine or part thereof

  5. As per CMR 2017, “Committee” means
    A. a committee appointed under section 13 of the Mines Act 1952
    B. a committee appointed under section 12 of the Mines Act 1952
    C. a committee appointed under section 12 of the Mines Rule 1955
    D. a committee appointed under Regulation 12 of the CMR 2017
    B. a committee appointed under section 12 of the Mines Act 1952

  6. Which of the following will be a “competent person” as per CMR 2017?
    A. Dispatch incharge, 19 years of age
    B. Dispatch incharge, 21 years of age
    C. Dispatch incharge, 21 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.
    D. In case of Dispatch incharge, duly appointed in writing by Manager not required.
    C. Dispatch incharge, 21 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person. As Per definition, whoever is appointed as a competent person has to be appointed by manager in writing to qualify as a competent person.

  7. Can a Dumper operator/ stemming capsule mazdoor be a competent person?
    A. yes if he has attained 20 years of age.
    B. yes if he has attained 20 years of age and is highly skilled.
    C. yes if he has attained 20 years of age and is highly skilled and having ITI degree from AICTE approved college.
    D. yes if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.
    D. yes if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.

  8. When a Belt/ pump operator be a competent person?
    A. if he has attained 20 years of age.
    B. if he has attained 20 years of age and is highly skilled.
    C. if he has attained 20 years of age and is highly skilled and having ITI degree from AICTE approved college.
    D. if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.
    D. if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.

  9. When a Mining Sirdar/ shotfirer/ overman/ Assistant manager becomes a competent person as per CMR 2017?
    A. if he has attained 20 years of age.
    B. if he has attained 20 years of age and is highly skilled.
    C. if he has attained 20 years of age and is highly skilled and having 1st class mines manager certificate from DGMS and duly appointed by OWNER as a competent person.
    D. if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.
    D. if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by Manager as a competent person.

  10. “official” means a person appointed in writing by the owner, agent or manager to perform duties of supervision in a mine or part thereof and includes
    A. an assistant manager
    B. a ventilation officer, a safety officer,
    C. a sampling in-charge, a dust in-charge, an overman, a sirdar, an engineer and a surveyor;
    D. All of the above
    D. All of the above

  11. When a competent person becomes an official?
    A. if he has to do work of supervision.
    B. if he is working as a specialist of Underground mines machinery.
    C. if he is a good person and superior to overman.
    D. None of the above.
    A. if he has to do work of supervision

  12. When an official will be called a competent person as per CMR 2017 ?
    A. official is always a competent person.
    B. if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by the Manager as a competent person.
    C. official is never be a competent person.
    D. None of the above.
    B. if he has attained 20 years of age and duly appointed in writing by the Manager as a competent person.

  13. “contractor” means______________ who provides for the services or operations in a mine on contract basis, and includes a sub-contractor;
    A. an individual
    B. association of individuals,
    C. company,firm, local authority or local body
    D. All of the above
    D. All of the above

  14. “deep-hole drilling and blasting” means drill holes more than ___________meters in depth and used for blasting in an opencast mining operation;
    A. Two
    B. three
    C. Four
    D. Five
    B. three

  15. “designer” means______________ ,who designs a coal mining system, method of coal mining, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance or substances for use in coal mines;
    A. an individual
    B. association of individuals,
    C. company or institution
    D. All of the above
    D. All of the above

  16. such working in a mine as have been discontinued for any reason and are inaccessible or rendered inaccessible but are likely to be worked again;
    A. continued working
    B. discontinued working
    C. Abandoned working
    D. Disused working
    B. discontinued working

  17. in disused working, one can go the workings ?
    A. No
    B. Yes
    A. No; work has been temporarily stopped

  18. “explosive” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in__________________
    A. the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884);
    B. the Explosives Act, 1984 (4 of 1984);
    C. the Explosives Act, 1957 (4 of 1957);
    D. None of the above
    A. the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884);

  19. Which of the following is an Explosive ?
    A. gunpowder
    B. nitroglycerine
    C. nitroglycol
    D. gun-cotton
    E. All of the above
    E. All of the above

  20. Which of the following is an Explosive ?
    A. fog-signals
    B. fireworks
    C. fuses
    D. rockets
    E. detonators
    F. All of the above
    F. All of the above

  21. “face” means the moving front of___________________
    A. any working place or the inbye end of any gallery,
    B. roadway or drift;
    C. All of the above
    C. All of the above

  22. inbye means
    A. in the direction of coal face
    B. in the opposite direction of coal face
    A. in the direction of coal face

  23. outbye means
    A. in the direction of coal face
    B. in the opposite direction of coal face
    B. in the opposite direction of coal face

  24. “fiery seam” means a seam in which___________________ in the working belowground or in open cast workings lying within the precincts of a mine;
    A. a fire or spontaneous heating exists
    B. a fire or spontaneous heating doesn’t exists
    A. a fire or spontaneous heating exists

  25. financial year means?
    A. 31 April of this year to 1 March of the next year
    B. 1 April of this year to 31 March of the next year
    C. 31 March of this year to 1 April of the next year
    D. 1 March of this year to 31 April of the next year
    B. 1 April of this year to 31 March of the next year