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- Question
Arrangement made to divert the trains from one track to another, is known as
Options- A. railway point
- B. railway crossing
- C. turnout
- D. railway junction
- E. none of these.
- Correct Answer
- turnout
- 1. 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
- 2. Best wood for wooden sleepers is
Options- A. chir
- B. deodar
- C. sal
- D. teak
- E. shesham. Discuss
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. In India the rails are manufactured by
Options- A. open hearth process
- B. duplex process
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. neither (a) nor (b) Discuss
- 7. In railways a triangle is mainly provided for
Options- A. diverting trains from the main line to branch line
- B. crossing over between parallel tracks
- C. changing direction of engines through 180°
- D. shunting wagons in yards. Discuss
- 8. The rail section which is not used on Indian metre gauge tracks, is
Options- A. 25 R
- B. 30 R
- C. 35 R
- D. 40 R Discuss
- 9. The first Indian railway was laid in
Options- A. 1775
- B. 1804
- C. 1825
- D. 1853
- E. 1876 Discuss
- 10. To prevent percolation of water into formation, moorum is used as a blanket for
Options- A. black cotton soil
- B. sandy soil
- C. clayey soil
- D. all the above. Discuss
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Correct Answer: 132 km/hour
Correct Answer: teak
Correct Answer: 0.065 m
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: two bowls placed under each rail and connected together with a tie bar
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: changing direction of engines through 180°
Correct Answer: 40 R
Correct Answer: 1853
Correct Answer: black cotton soil
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