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  • Question

  • Wooden sleepers used on the girders of bridges, are generally made of


  • Options
  • A. sal
  • B. chir
  • C. teak
  • D. deodar.

  • Correct Answer
  • teak 

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    • 1. Coal ash (or cinder) is used in initial stages of a new construction of railway for

    • Options
    • A. wooden sleepers
    • B. steel sleepers
    • C. cast iron sleepers
    • D. none of these.
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    • 2. Charles Vignoles invented the flat footed rails in

    • Options
    • A. 1814
    • B. 1836
    • C. 1846
    • D. 1856
    • E. 1873
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    • 3. If q is the discharge per unit width of a channel and D1 D2 are the depths of water before and after hydraulic jump, the following relationship is true

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 4. In a Sarda type fall, the rectangular crest, may be used for discharge upto

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    • A. 6 cumecs
    • B. 10 cumecs
    • C. 14 cumecs
    • D. 20 cumecs
    • E. 25 cumecs.
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    • 5. A water-logged land is found suitable for cultivation due to

    • Options
    • A. ease of tillage for preparation of the field for optimum condition of germination
    • B. absence of aeration of soil from root zone of the plant
    • C. regular supply of water to plants from the water table by capillary action
    • D. none of these.
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    • 6. Rails are bent to correct curvature if the degree of curve, is more than

    • Options
    • A. 1°
    • B. 2°
    • C. 3°
    • D. 4°
    • E. 6°
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    • 7. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. Sleepers hold the rails at proper gauge on straights
    • B. Sleepers provide stability to the permanent way
    • C. Sleepers act as an elastic cushion between rails and ballast
    • D. Sleepers transfer load of moving trains to ballast
    • E. None of the these.
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    • 8. If L1 and L2 are actual and theoretical lengths of a tongue rail, d is heel divergence and t is thickness of tongue rail at toe, the switch angle ? is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 9. Dimensions of a plate girder, are :

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    • A. 851 mm x 851 mm
    • B. 255 mm x 254 mm
    • C. 851 mm x 254 mm
    • D. 551 mm x 254 mm
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    • 10. Best ballast contains stones varying in size from

    • Options
    • A. 1.5 cm to 3 cm
    • B. 2.0 cm to 4 cm
    • C. 2.0 cm to 5 cm
    • D. 2.5 cm to 6 cm
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