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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

Sleepers hold the rails at proper gauge on straights
Sleepers provide stability to the permanent way
Sleepers act as an elastic cushion between rails and ballast
Sleepers transfer load of moving trains to ballast
None of the these.

Correct Answer: None of the these.

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