- “manager” means a manager appointed under regulation_____________
A. 27
B. 28
C. 29
D. 30 - __________________means the general atmosphere in a coal seam and includes the atmosphere in the roof cavities, but does not include general atmosphere in the sealed off area or in any borehole drilled in coal or in the adjacent strata;
A. general body of air
B. Natural Ventilation
C. Good ventilation air
D. VIP air - “general body of air” does not includes the air from____________
A. Coal Face
B. Dispatch point
C. Goaf
D. Return side - “goaf” means any part of workings below ground wherefrom a pillar or part thereof, or in the case of longwall workings, coal has been extracted but which is______________.
A. a working place;
B. None of the Above
C. not a Danger place;
D. not a working place; - _____________means any passage or road, which is maintained and used in connection with the working of opencast mines for plying of machinery within the precincts of a mine;
A. main road
B. haul road
C. haul highway
D. toll road - “Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM)” means machinery used in opencast mines for digging, drilling (excluding hand held drills and drill machines capable of drilling hole of a diameter _), dredging, hydraulicking, ripping, dozing, grading, excavating, loading or transporting minerals or overburden;
A. up to 50 mm
B. up to 500 mm
C. up to 50 cm
D. up to 50 km - A Jumbo drill machine used in Underground mines for drilling of holes up to 100 mm can be termed as “Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM)”?
A. Yes, as per definition.
B. No, this term is only applicable for opencast mines
C. Yes, if DGMS inspector says so
D. None of the Above - Can a dozer be termed as HEMM?
A. Yes
B. no
C. may be
D. None of the Above - An explosive van moving in the opencast mines for loading purposes. Can it be termed as HEMM?
A. Yes
B. no
C. may be
D. None of the Above - A drill machine deployed in OC mines and it is capable of drilling holes of radius 30 mm. Can it be termed as HEMM?
A. Yes
B. no
C. may be
D. None of the Above - _________means an inclined passage or road either on the surface or belowground;
A. incline
B. outline
C. adit
D. shaft - “intrinsically safe” as applied to apparatus or associated circuits shall denote that say sparking that may occur in normal working,
A. is incapable of causing explosion of inflammable gas or vapor.
B. is capable of causing an explosion of inflammable gas or vapor.
C. None of the Above
D. All of the above - _____________means a landing or platform in a shaft, and includes an excavation therefrom between the top and the bottom of the shaft;
A. outline
B. inset
C. adit
D. shaft - “machinery” means
A. any locomotive or any stationary or portable engine, air compressor, boiler or steam apparatus which is,
B. any such equipment used for cutting, drilling, loading and transport of material which is
C. any such apparatus, appliance or combination of appliances if any power is developed, stored, transmitted, converted or utilised thereby is, used or intended for use in connection with mining operations;
D. All of the above - “manufacturer” means an individual, association of individuals, company or institution who manufactures appliance or substances for use in coal mines;
A. machinery
B. plant
C. equipment
D. All of the above - Can coal be termed as material or not?
A. yes
B. no
C. may be
D. None of the Above - “mine”, for the purpose of chapter IV under these regulations, means all excavations within the mine boundary and all _ as specified in clause (j) of sub section (1) of Section 2 of the Act and the same shall collectively constitute a mine;
A. premises,
B. plants,
C. machinery and works
D. All of the above - _ means the failure to explode of an entire charge of explosives in a shot hole or blast hole;
A. misfire
B. socket
C. detonator
D. cap sensitive - month means
A. calendar month
B. 30 days period
C. 31 days period
D. 28 days period - “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, a ventilation officer, a safety officer, a sampling in-charge
B. a dust in- charge, an overman, a sirdar,
C. an engineer and a surveyor;
D. All of the above - _____________ means a person appointed to superintend the raising and lowering of persons, tools and materials and to transmit signals at any inset or shaft bottom;
A. Banksman
B. Whistle man
C. Signal man
D. onsetter - _____________means a person possessing a Manager’s or Overman’s Certificate, appointed by the manager in writing, under any designation whatsoever, to perform the duties of supervision or control in a mine or part thereof, and is as such superior to a sirdar;
A. overman
B. senior mining sirdar
C. shift incharge
D. Ventilation officer - Can a 2nd class mines manager certificate holder having mining B.Tech degree be an overman, if the manager appoints him to do so?
A. yes
B. No
C. may be
D. Never - _____________means an explosive manufactured by such firm and of such types as the Chief Inspector may, from time to time specify by a general or special order;
A. Non permitted explosive
B. Dangerous explosive
C. permitted explosive
D. sensitive explosive - To use explosive in the mines, permission required from_____________
A. Chief Inspector of Mines
B. Chief Controller of Explosives
C. both
D. None of the Above - _____________means a pipeline laid or being used in a mine for the purpose of pumping or supply of water, sand stowing or filling of material other than sand stowing, nitrogen flushing or for any other purpose including extraction of Coal Mine Methane (CMM), Abandoned Mine Methane (AMM) and other associated pipelines;
A. pumpline
B. pipeline
C. incline
D. adit - _____________means the senior-most mine official in mining discipline on duty in the mine;
A. principal overman
B. principal official
C. principal manager
D. principal sirdar - _____________means a road maintained for public use and under the jurisdiction of any Government or local authority;
A. Highway road
B. safety road
C. public road
D. mine road - _____________means a period of three months ending on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December;
A. quarter
B. Mining quarter
C. UG quarter
D. financial quarter - _____________means a railway as defined in the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989);
A. tramway
B. railway
C. roadway
D. expressway - _____________ means an Inspector of Mines having jurisdiction over a geographical area in which the mine is situated and over which he exercises his powers under the Act;
A. Chief Regional Inspector
B. Chief Inspector of Mines
C. Regional Inspector
D. None of the Above - _____________means any stream or current of water, whether seasonal or perennial, and includes its banks extending up to the highest known flood level;
A. Nallah
B. pond
C. safety pond
D. river - _____________means combination of likelihood of a specific unwanted event and its potential consequences;
A. risk
B. dangerous occurrence
C. hectic risk
D. Risk Impact - _____________means any part of a passage or gallery below ground which is maintained in connection with the working of a mine;
A. tramway
B. railway
C. roadway
D. expressway - _____________means a Schedule appended to these regulations;
A. Schedule
B. Act
C. Rules
D. None of the Above - _____________means a way or opening leading from the surface to workings below ground or from one part of the workings belowground to another, in which a cage or other means of conveyance can travel freely suspended, with or without the use of guides;
A. outline
B. inset
C. adit
D. shaft - “shot-firer” means a person so appointed under regulation _____________
A. 190
B. 191
C. 192
D. 193 - _____________means a shot hole or blast hole or part thereof remaining after being charged with explosive and blasted, and which is not known to be a misfired hole;
A. misfire
B. socket
C. detonator
D. hole - _____________means an individual, association of individuals, company or institution who supplies a technology, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance or substance for use in coal mines;
A. Distributor
B. employer
C. supplier
D. owner - _____________includes a wagon, car, truck or any other vehicle moving on rail(s) for conveying materials;
A. tub
B. mine car
C. dispatch truk
D. dumper - _____________ means such part of a mine belowground as has an independent intake airway commencing from a main intake airway, and an independent return airway terminating at a main return airway, and, in the case of a mine or part thereof which is ventilated by natural means, the whole mine or part;
A. production district
B. main road
C. ventilation district
D. main district - _____________means any excavation made or being made in a mine for search of or obtaining coal
A. production district
B. main road
C. ventilation district
D. working - _____________means any place in a mine to which any person has lawful access.
A. working
B. working place
C. production district
D. main road