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  • Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used in cross-overs, is


  • Options
  • A. 1152
  • B. 1252
  • C. 1352
  • D. 1452
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • 1352 


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    • 1. Wheels of a rolling stock are provided flanges on

    • Options
    • A. outer side
    • B. inner side
    • C. both sides
    • D. neither side.
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    • 2. The rail section which is not used on Indian Broad Gauge tracks, is

    • Options
    • A. 35 R
    • B. 40 R
    • C. 45 R
    • D. 55 R
    • Discuss
    • 3. If sleeper density is M + 7 for 13 m rails, the minimum depth of ballast under wooden sleepers (25 cm x 13 cm), is

    • Options
    • A. 15 cm
    • B. 20 cm
    • C. 25 cm
    • D. 30 cm
    • E. 36 cm
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Width of the top portion of a flat footed, rail, is

    • Options
    • A. 69.85 mm
    • B. 63.50 mm
    • C. 66.77 mm
    • D. 136.52 mm
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. For calculating the length of curve lead (C.L.), the correct formula is

    • Options
    • A. C.L. = G. cot ?/2
    • B. C.L. = 2IG
    • C. C.L. = 2 GN
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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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    • 8. Degree of a railway curve is defined as number of degrees subtended at the centre of a curve by an arc of

    • Options
    • A. 10 m
    • B. 15 m
    • C. 20 m
    • D. 30.5 m
    • E. 30 m
    • Discuss
    • 9. A wing rail is renewed or reconditioned if its maximum vertical wear is

    • Options
    • A. 9.5 m
    • B. 7.5 m
    • C. 5.5 m
    • D. 5.0 m
    • Discuss
    • 10. Monnier, the inventor of R.C.C., suggested the introduction of reinforced cement concert sleepers for the railways in

    • Options
    • A. 1857
    • B. 1867
    • C. 1877
    • D. 1887
    • E. 1897
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