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The rail section which is not used on Indian Broad Gauge tracks, is
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A. 35
R
B. 40
R
C. 45
R
D. 55
R
Correct Answer
40
R
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1. If sleeper density is M + 7 for 13 m rails, the minimum depth of ballast under wooden sleepers (25 cm x 13 cm), is
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A. 15 cm
B. 20 cm
C. 25 cm
D. 30 cm
E. 36 cm
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Correct Answer: 20 cm
2. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
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A. Sleepers transfer the load of moving locomotive to the girders of the bridges
B. Sleepers act as a non-elastic medium between the rails and ballast
C. Sleepers hold the rails at 1 in 20 tilt inward
D. Sleepers hold the rails loose on curve.
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Correct Answer: Sleepers act as a non-elastic medium between the rails and ballast
3. Width of the top portion of a flat footed, rail, is
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A. 69.85 mm
B. 63.50 mm
C. 66.77 mm
D. 136.52 mm
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: 66.77 mm
4. The place where a railway line and a road cross each other at the same level, is known as
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A. cross over
B. railway junction
C. road junction
D. level crossing
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: level crossing
5. The angle between the gauge faces of the stock rail and tongue rail, is called
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A. switch angle
B. angle of crossing
C. angle of turnout
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: switch angle
6. Wheels of a rolling stock are provided flanges on
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A. outer side
B. inner side
C. both sides
D. neither side.
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Correct Answer: inner side
7. Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used in cross-overs, is
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A. 1152
B. 1252
C. 1352
D. 1452
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: 1352
8. For calculating the length of curve lead (C.L.), the correct formula is
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A. C.L. = G. cot ?/2
B. C.L. =
2
IG
C. C.L. = 2
GN
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
9. The distance between the theoretical noses of crossing along the same rail, in case of diamond crossing, is
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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10. Degree of a railway curve is defined as number of degrees subtended at the centre of a curve by an arc of
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A. 10 m
B. 15 m
C. 20 m
D. 30.5 m
E. 30 m
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Correct Answer: 30.5 m
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