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  • Regional Indian railways use different types of sleepers according to their


  • Options
  • A. availability
  • B. economy
  • C. suitability
  • D. design
  • E. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 

    • Railways problems

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    • 1. Coning of wheels is provided

    • Options
    • A. to check lateral movement of wheels
    • B. to avoid damage to inner faces of rails
    • C. to avoid discomfort to passengers
    • D. All the above.
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    • 2. According to Railway Board, no diamond crossing should be flatter than

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 6
    • B. 1 in
    • C. 1 in 12
    • D. 1 in 16
      • Discuss
    • 3. The field capacity of a soil depends upon

    • Options
    • A. capillary tension in soil
    • B. porosity of soil
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
      • Discuss
    • 4. A river is said to be of

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    • A. aggrading type if it builds up its bed to a certain slope
    • B. degrading type if it cuts its bed to a certain slope
    • C. meandering type if it flows in sinuous curve
    • D. all the above.
      • Discuss
    • 5. According to Lacey, in regime conditions

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    • A. silt is kept in suspension by vertical components of eddies
    • B. entire cross-section of the channel is generated at all points by the forces normal to the wetted perimeter
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
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    • 6. Minimum length of a transition curve required for

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    • A. 2° curves for a maximum permissible speed of 135 km/hr, is 220 metres
    • B. 4° curves for a maximum permissible speed of 95 km/hr, is 220 metres
    • C. 6° curves for a maximum permissible speed of 80 km/hr, is 220 metres
    • D. All the above.
      • Discuss
    • 7. Heel of crossing is the line joining

    • Options
    • A. ends of splice rail and point rail
    • B. ends of lead rails butting the crossing
    • C. ends of wing rails
    • D. throat and actual nose of crossing.
      • Discuss
    • 8. The spread between the point and splice rails at a distance of 4.25 rn is 50 cm. The size of the crossing is

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 6
    • B. 1 in
    • C. 1 in 12
    • D. 1 in 16
      • Discuss
    • 9. By interchanging gibs and cotters of a pot sleeper, gauge may be slackened by

    • Options
    • A. 1.2 mm
    • B. 2.2 mm
    • C. 3.2 mm
    • D. 4.2 mm
    • E. 5.0 mm
      • Discuss
    • 10. A mono-block sleeper has

    • Options
    • A. square section
    • B. rectangular section
    • C. trapezoidal section
    • D. semi-circular section
    • E. none of these.
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