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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. Required tilt of 1 in 20 is provided
Options
A. to the tops of rails
B. at rail seats in bearing plates
C. at rail seats in chairs
D. at rail seats in metal sleepers.
Correct Answer
to the tops of rails
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1. Steel sleepers are
Options
A. rectangular is cross section throughout
B. hollow circular pipes
C. 6 mm thick steel sheets with ends bent down
D. 6 mm thick steel sheets with ends bent up.
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Correct Answer: 6 mm thick steel sheets with ends bent down
2. Widening of gauge is provided if degree of the curve, is
Options
A. 3° or less
B. 3° to
C. more than
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: more than
3. The check rails are placed opposite the crossing so that
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A. it is symmetrically placed opposite nose of crossing
B. its one-third length is ahead of the nose of crossing
C. its two-third length is ahead of the nose of crossing
D. its three fourth length is ahead of the nose of crossing.
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Correct Answer: its two-third length is ahead of the nose of crossing
4. Smitch diamond is provided if the angle of diamond is less than
Options
A. 2°
B. 4°
C. 6°
D. 8°
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Correct Answer: 6°
5. Rail section is generally designated by its
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A. total weight
B. total length
C. weight per metre length
D. area of its cross-section.
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Correct Answer: weight per metre length
6. To avoid the damage of nose of crossing, the wing rails are ramped so that nose of crossing remains at a lower level by
Options
A. 3 mm
B. 4 mm
C. 5 mm
D. 6 mm.
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Correct Answer: 3 mm
7. Sand may be used as ballast for
Options
A. wooden sleepers
B. steel sleepers
C. cast iron sleepers
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: cast iron sleepers
8. If
G
is gauge distance and a is crossing, the distance between the nose of acute crossing and nose of obtuse crossing of a rail diamond, measured along the rail not forming the diamond, is
Options
A.
G
cot ?
B.
G
tan ?
C.
G
sin ?
D.
G
cos ?
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Correct Answer:
G
cot ?
9. In a railway track, permissible gauge with tolerance under loaded condition, is
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A. G + 0.1 mm
B. G + 1.5 mm
C. G - l.O mm
D. G - 1.5mm
E. G - 20 mm
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Correct Answer: G + 1.5 mm
10. On Indian Railways, angle of crossing between gauge faces of Vee, is generally calculated by
Options
A. Cole's method
B. Centre line method
C. Isosceles triangle method
D. both (
a
) and (
b
)
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Correct Answer: Cole's method
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