Railways Questions

• The main advantage of a cement concrete sleeper, is :
• If D is the distance between the parallel sidings and β is the limiting angle of crossings, the distance between the noses of crossing measured parallel to the main track, is
• Rail tops of a track are placed
• A triangle of railway consists of
• A turn-in-curve is defined as
• The side of a rail diamond may be obtained by dividing the gauge of track by
• On a single line track, 10 goods trains loaded with iron ore run from A to B and empty wagons return from B to A daily. Amount of creep of the rails will be
• For metal sleepers with rounded edges, maximum size of ballast, is
• If the standard length of a crossing is 480 cm, the number of crossing is
• Advantage of automatic signalling, is:
• Bull headed rails are generally provided on
• The distance between theoretical nose of crossing and actual nose of crossing for practical purposes, is
• The main advantage of a long rail over short one, is
• An extra 7.5 cm ballast width is not provided on outer side on a curve, if its degree is
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
• The gradient on which an additonal engine is required to negotiate the gradient, is called
• If D is distance between centres of two parallel tracks of gauge G with entire curved leads and equal angles of crossing, total length of crossover, is
• The lengths of the standard crossings in India for Broad gauge and Metre gauge tracks is same for
• Cast iron sleeper, is
• In permanent way, ballast