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  • Question
  • Rail section first designed on Indian railways, was


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

  • Correct Answer
  • double headed 


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    • 1. A CST-9 sleeper consists of

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    • A. two inverted triangular pots on either side of rail seat
    • B. a central plate with a projected key and box on the top of plate
    • C. a tie bar and 4 cotters to connect two cast iron plates
    • D. a single two way key provided on the gauge side to hold the rail to sleeper
    • E. all the above.
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    • 2. The weight of the rails depends upon

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    • A. gauge of the tracks
    • B. speed of trains
    • C. spacing of sleepers
    • D. nature of traffic
    • E. all the above.
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    • 3. To prevent percolation of water into formation, moorum is used as a blanket for

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    • A. black cotton soil
    • B. sandy soil
    • C. clayey soil
    • D. all the above.
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    • 4. The first Indian railway was laid in

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    • A. 1775
    • B. 1804
    • C. 1825
    • D. 1853
    • E. 1876
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    • 5. The rail section which is not used on Indian metre gauge tracks, is

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    • A. 25 R
    • B. 30 R
    • C. 35 R
    • D. 40 R
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    • 6. If L is length of a rail and R is the radius of a curve, the versine h for the curve, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 7. The tread of wheels is provided an outward slope of

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    • A. 1 in 10
    • B. 1 in 15
    • C. 1 in 20
    • D. 1 in 25
    • E. 1 in 30
    • Discuss
    • 8. Bearing plates are used to fix

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    • A. flat footed rails to the wooden sleepers
    • B. double headed rails to the wooden sleepers
    • C. bull headed rails to the wooden sleepers
    • D. flat footed rails to the cast iron sleepers
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. If D is distance between centres of two parallel track of gauge G, then, total length of cross-over (from the point of commencement to the point of termination) with an intermediate straight portion and N crossing, is given by

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    • A. DN + G (N + 1 + N2)
    • B. DN + G (2N + 1 + N2)
    • C. DN + G (3N + 1 + N2)
    • D. DN + G (4N + l +N2)
    • Discuss
    • 10. The quantity of stone ballast required per metre tangent length, is

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    • A. 1.15 m3
    • B. 1.14 m3
    • C. 1.13 m3
    • D. 1.12 m3
    • E. 1.11 m3
    • Discuss


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