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  • According to Taggart's rule for selecting between a gyratory crusher and a jaw crusher; the later should be used, if the hourly tonnage to be crushed divided by the square of the gape expressed in cm is less than


  • Options
  • A. 0.00184
  • B. 0.0184
  • C. 0.184
  • D. 1.84

  • Correct Answer
  • 0.0184 


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    • 1. What is the selectivity index, if the grade of tailings & concentrate is the same?

    • Options
    • A. 0
    • B. ?
    • C. 1
    • D. 0.5
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    • 2. The most suitable equipment used to devulcanise rubber scrap and to make water dispersion & rubber solution is a

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    • A. boundary mixer.
    • B. propeller agitator.
    • C. sharpies centrifuge.
    • D. none of these.
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    • 3. A widely used size reduction equipment for __________ is Bradford breaker.

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    • A. talc
    • B. coal
    • C. iron core
    • D. wheat
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick out the wrong statement.

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    • A. Gape is the greatest distance between the crushing surfaces or the jaws.
    • B. The angle of nip (2?) is the angle between roll faces at the level where they will j ust take hold of a particle and draw it in the crushing zone.
    • C. Crushing efficiency is the ratio of the energy absorbed by the solid to the surfaces energy created by crushing.
    • D. Reduction ratio is the ratio of the maximum size of the particles in the feed to that in the product.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Size reduction mechanism used in Jaw crushers is

    • Options
    • A. attrition
    • B. compression
    • C. cutting
    • D. impact
    • Discuss
    • 6. The constants (Kb, Kr and Kk) used in the laws of crushing (i.e., Bond's law, Rittinger's law and Kick's law) depend upon the

    • Options
    • A. feed material.
    • B. type of crushing machine.
    • C. both (a) & (b).
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 7. __________ conveyor is the most suitable for long distance transportation of cold, non-abrasive granular/irregular shape/fine materials.

    • Options
    • A. Bucket
    • B. Belt
    • C. Screw
    • D. Apron
    • Discuss
    • 8. A suspension of glass beads in ethylene glycol has a hindered settling velocity of 1.7 mm/s, while the terminal settling velocity of a single glass bead in ethylene glycol is 17 mm/s. If the Richardson-Zaki hindered settling index is 4.5, the volume fraction of solids in the suspension is

    • Options
    • A. 0.1
    • B. 0.4
    • C. 0.6
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The work index in Bond's law for crushing of solids has the following dimensions

    • Options
    • A. no units (dimensionless)
    • B. kWh/ton
    • C. kW/ton
    • D. kWh.m1/2/ton
    • Discuss
    • 10. In filtration, the use of 'filter aid' helps in

    • Options
    • A. reducing the filtration pressure.
    • B. accelerating the rate of filtration.
    • C. deplugging the filter medium.
    • D. enhancing the cake porosity in case of a dense impermeable cake.
    • Discuss


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