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  • Question
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 2.0 cm to 5 cm 


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    • 1. 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
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 3. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Rails are bent to correct curvature if the degree of curve, is more than

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    • A. 1°
    • B. 2°
    • C. 3°
    • D. 4°
    • E. 6°
    • Discuss
    • 5. Wooden sleepers used on the girders of bridges, are generally made of

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    • A. sal
    • B. chir
    • C. teak
    • D. deodar.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Minimum depth of ballast prescribed of B.G. trunk lines of Indian Railways, is

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    • A. 20 cm
    • B. 15 cm
    • C. 25 cm
    • D. 30 cm
    • E. 35 cm
    • Discuss
    • 7. To design a cross-over between parallel tracks, the required components are :

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    • A. two switch, points, two acute angle crossings and two check rails
    • B. two switch points, two acute angle crossings and four check rails
    • C. two switch points, two acute angle crossings and six check rails
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. On a straight railway track, absolute levels at point A on two rails are 100.550 m and 100.530 m and the absolute levels at point B 100 m apart are 100.585 m and 100.515 m respectively, the value of twist of rails per metre run, is

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    • A. 0.4 mm
    • B. 0.5 mm
    • C. 0.7 mm
    • D. 0.8 mm
    • E. 1.0 mm
    • Discuss
    • 9. A scissors cross-over consists of

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    • A. two pairs of points, four acute angle crossings and two obtuse angle crossings
    • B. four pairs of points, four acute angle crossings and four obtuse angle crossings
    • C. four pairs of points, six acute angle crossings and two obtuse angle crossings
    • D. two pairs of points, six acute angle crossings and four obtuse angle crossings.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Rail joint supported on a single sleeper, is known

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    • A. suspended rail joint
    • B. bridge rail joint
    • C. supported rail joint
    • D. square rail joint.
    • Discuss


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