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22375
3 Hours / 70 Marks Seat No.

Instructions : (1) All Questions are compulsory.

(2) Answer each next main Question on a new page.

(3) Illustrate your answers with neat sketches wherever necessary.

(4) Figures to the right indicate full marks.

(5) Assume suitable data, if necessary.

(6) Use of Non-programmable Electronic Pocket Calculator is permissible.

(7) Mobile Phone, Pager and any other Electronic Communication


devices are not permissible in Examination Hall.

Marks

1. Attempt any FIVE of the following : 10

(a) Define Draw point.

(b) Define the term crown pillar & sill pillar.

(c) Define the directional terms – Inby & Outby, Overhand & Underhand.

(d) Explain the importance of Crosscut.

(e) Define Incline & Decline.

(f) Write how ramp is formed & state its use.

(g) Summarize the ore dressing process.

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2. Attempt any THREE of the following : 12

(a) Compare overhand stoping with underhand stoping.

(b) Enlist different factors on which choice of stoping depends.

(c) Classify the stoping methods as per U.S. Bureau of Mines.

(d) State the advantages of sublevel caving method.

3. Attempt any THREE of the following : 12

(a) Explain the applicability conditions, cycle of operation and advantages of


Sublevel stoping.

(b) State how cut & fill stoping method is worked out & explain its working with
its applicability conditions, drilling, blasting & filling the stope.

(c) Classify different boring methods and explain purpose of Boring.

(d) Draw a layout of sublevel caving & explain its applicability conditions,
purpose of wire netting, operations of drilling and blasting.

4. Attempt any THREE of the following : 12

(a) Enlist and draw neat sketches of different tools used in percussive drilling.
Also draw sketches of tools used for withdrawing broken rods from the
borehole in percussive drilling.

(b) Elaborate the factors which are to be considered for deciding the location of
shaft.

(c) Explain with a neat sketch various drilling bits used in Rotary drilling.

(d) State how will you fix the centre of a sinking shaft & explain the procedure to
maintain the verticality of a sinking shaft.

(e) Draw a neat sketch of sinking rider and bricking scaffold.


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5. Attempt any TWO of the following : 12

(a) Explain working of Block caving method with respect to its applicability
conditions, stope preparation, stoping operation and its merits & demerits.

(b) Compare Sublevel stoping method with cut & fill stoping method.

(c) Justify the meaning of “Shrinkage” in shrinkage stoping ? Draw its layout, &
explain its applicability condition, preparation & stoping operations with its
advantages & disadvantages.

6. Attempt any TWO of the following : 12

(a) Classify special methods of shaft sinking and explain the process of
cementation.

(b) Explain the process of deepening and widening in a working shaft.

(c) Explain single tube core barrel & double tube core barrel with respect to core
recovery in core drilling process.

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