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  • The spike commonly used to fix rails to wooden sleepers in Indian railways, is


  • Options
  • A. dog spike
  • B. screw spike
  • C. round spike
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


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    • 1. Indian Railways detects the rail flow by

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    • A. Mitsubish Rail flow dector
    • B. Soni Rail flow dector
    • C. Audi-gauge Rail flow detector
    • D. Kraut Kramer Rail flow detector.
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    • 2. On Indian Railways standard length of rails for B.G. track, is

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    • A. 33 ft (10.06 m)
    • B. 36 ft (10.97 m)
    • C. 39 ft (11.89 m)
    • D. 42 ft (12.8 m)
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    • 3. On Indian Railways standard length of rails for M.G. track, is

    • Options
    • A. 33 ft (10.06 m)
    • B. 36 ft (10.97 m)
    • C. 39 ft (11.89 m)
    • D. 42 ft (12.8 m)
    • Discuss
    • 4. The arrangement of rails which permit trains to cross another track and also to divert to the other track, is called

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    • A. diamond crossing
    • B. diamond crossing with single slip
    • C. diamond crossing with double slip
    • D. cross over.
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    • 5. Monnier, the inventor of R.C.C., suggested the introduction of reinforced cement concert sleepers for the railways in

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    • A. 1857
    • B. 1867
    • C. 1877
    • D. 1887
    • E. 1897
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    • 6. The main advantage of a cement concrete sleeper, is :

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    • A. its heavy weight which improves the track modulus
    • B. its capacity to maintain gauge
    • C. its suitability for track circuiting
    • D. its flat bottom which is very suitable for modern track
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. If D is the distance between the parallel sidings and ? is the limiting angle of crossings, the distance between the noses of crossing measured parallel to the main track, is

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    • A. D sin ?
    • B. D cot ?
    • C. D tan ?
    • D. D sec ?
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    • 8. Rail tops of a track are placed

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    • A. horizontal
    • B. at an inward slope of 1 in 20
    • C. at an outward slope of 1 in 20
    • D. at an outward slope of 1 in 30
    • E. at an inward slope of 1 in 30
    • Discuss
    • 9. A triangle of railway consists of

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    • A. three turn outs
    • B. one turn out and two diamonds
    • C. two turn outs and one split
    • D. one turn out, one split and one diamond.
    • Discuss
    • 10. A turn-in-curve is defined as

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    • A. a curve introduced between two straights
    • B. a reverse curve
    • C. a reverse curve introduced in continuity of a turn out
    • D. a spiral transition curve.
    • Discuss


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