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  • Question
  • For holding a rail in position, no chairs are used for


  • Options
  • A. flat footed rails
  • B. bull headed rails
  • C. double headed rails
  • D. both (a) and (b)

  • Correct Answer
  • flat footed rails 


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    • 1. A welded rail joint is generally

    • Options
    • A. supported on a sleeper
    • B. supported on a metal plate
    • C. suspended
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. If ? is switch angle and R is radius of the turnout, the length of the tongue rail, is

    • Options
    • A. R sin ?
    • B. R tan ?
    • C. R sin ?/2
    • D. R tan ?/2
    • E. R cos ?/2
    • Discuss
    • 3. Boxing of ballast is done

    • Options
    • A. under rails
    • B. at the rails
    • C. in between two rails
    • D. in between two sleepers.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Distance between the inner rail and check rail provided on sharp curve, is

    • Options
    • A. 40 mm
    • B. 42 mm
    • C. 44 mm
    • D. 46 mm
    • E. 50 mm
    • Discuss
    • 5. Distance between inner faces of the flanges, is kept

    • Options
    • A. equal to the gauge distance
    • B. slightly less than the gauge distance
    • C. slightly more than the gauge distance
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pot sleepers are in the form of

    • Options
    • A. a number of bowls connected together with a tie bar
    • B. two bowls placed under each rail and connected together with a tie bar
    • C. two bowls placed under two rails and the one between the rails
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. Rails are directly laid over hard wooden sleepers and fixed with spikes
    • B. Adzing is done on hard wooden sleepers
    • C. Bearing plates are used on soft wooden sleepers
    • D. Chairs are used for bull headed rails
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If absolute levels of rails at the consecutive axles A, B, and C separated by 1.8 metres are 100.505 m, 100.530 m, and 100.525 m respectively, the unevenness of rails, is

    • Options
    • A. 0.065 m
    • B. 0.055 m
    • C. 0.045 m
    • D. 0.035 m
    • Discuss
    • 9. Best wood for wooden sleepers is

    • Options
    • A. chir
    • B. deodar
    • C. sal
    • D. teak
    • E. shesham.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Safe speed (V) on a curve of radius 970 metres provided with two transition curves on Board Gauge track, is

    • Options
    • A. 112 km/hour
    • B. 122 km/hour
    • C. 132 km/hour
    • D. 142 km/hour
    • Discuss


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