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Mineral Dressing In Mining — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Mining Engineering MCQs on Mineral Dressing In Mining — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for PPSC Mines, KPPSC, FPSC, BPSC.

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Question 1 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following is the approximate conversion factor for sieve size to projected diameter in microscopic procedure?

Question 2 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

What is the maximum feed size in secondary crusher?

Question 3 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

A separation dependent on optical and radioactive properties is called

Question 4 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

What advantage you will get if it is known that data obtained from the material usually yields a straight line point?

Question 5 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following bacterium is used to enhance the rate of bacterial oxidation to liberating the occluded gold for subsequent removal by cyanide leaching?

Question 6 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The path of a typical ball mill in a ball mill is

Question 7 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The radiation absorbed by elements of low atomic number is lower than that absorbed by elements of high atomic number. This variation of absorption co-efficient with atomic number can be very well applied to

Question 8 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The mill which accepts the lowest size of feed is

Question 9 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

When the particles of same or different specific gravity come to rest at different instants, the phenomenon is termed as

Question 10 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The laser beam particle size analysis is suitably applicable for particle size measurement of

Question 11 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

In-situ are of 1.5% Cu got diluted with waste rock of value 0.2% Cu. If the resultant extracted ore has 1.2% Cu, what is the percentage of dilution?

Question 12 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

If the two particles have the same density but different diameter then which of the following is true?

Question 13 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

This is the method in which the particle size of the ore is progressively reduced until the clean particles of mineral can be separated?

Question 14 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following properties are utilized in froth floatation?

Question 15 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following equation can be used to determine the maximum size of rock gripped in relation to roll diameter and the reduction ratio required?

Question 16 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

A mineral processing plant treating almost 10,000 ton of ore per day requires water almost

Question 17 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following property of frothing action is very useful in froth floatation technique?

Question 18 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The general procedure for test sieving are comprehensively covered in

Question 19 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Reduction ratio increases with

Question 20 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

One of the greatest problem lies in comminution is

Question 21 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following is the Stoke's equation for the derivation of terminal velocity of particles?

Question 22 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Sedimentation method is based on

Question 23 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The method of separation of two or more of minerals of different specific gravity is called

Question 24 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

In the field of automatic control of mineral processing operation, the output signal is controlled by a standard algorithm known as

Question 25 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The fine product from classification is known as

Question 26 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

It is s simple algorithm used to update the model parameters to give a reasonably accurate prediction of the dynamic behavior of the process

Question 27 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which crusher is to be recommended for use where the crusher gap is more important than the capacity?

Question 28 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Hammer mill is a type of

Question 29 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following is the widely used method for particle size analysis?

Question 30 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

As the ball load increases, the energy consumed by ball mill

Question 31 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

For heavy duty crushing on hard material, the type of jaw crusher normally selected is

Question 32 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

How will you quote the size of an irregular particle using a single quantity?

Question 33 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

This is one of the most common methods often used to presenting the results of sieve analyses performed on material which has been ground to ball mills

Question 34 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Normally how many cyclones are arranged in series within the unit of cyclosizer?

Question 35 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

If the bond work index for quartz is 13.57 what is the same for graphite?

Question 36 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Grinding within a tumbling mill is not influenced by

Question 37 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The feed to a flotation plant assays 0.75% Cu. The concentrate produced assays 30% Cu and the tailings 0.2%. Calculate the ratio of concentration?

Question 38 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

A slurry stream containing quartz is diverted into one litre density can. The time taken to fill up the can is measured as 5 sec. The pulp density is measured to be 1250 kg/m 3 . Calculate the mass flow rate of quartz within the slurry. Assuming the density of quartz is 2650kg/m 3

Question 39 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

The percentage of the mineral occurring as free particles in the ore in relation to the total content is known as

Question 40 of 40
★ PPSC Mines ★ KPPSC

Which of the following rod mill is widely used in mining industry with the principal function is to convert crushing-plant product into ball mill feed introduced through one trunnion and discharges through the other?

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