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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

Sleepers transfer the load of moving locomotive to the girders of the bridges
Sleepers act as a non-elastic medium between the rails and ballast
Sleepers hold the rails at 1 in 20 tilt inward
Sleepers hold the rails loose on curve.

Correct Answer: Sleepers act as a non-elastic medium between the rails and ballast

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