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  • Question

  • Sand may be used as ballast for


  • Options
  • A. wooden sleepers
  • B. steel sleepers
  • C. cast iron sleepers
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • cast iron sleepers 

    • Railways problems

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    • 1. 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.
      • Discuss
    • 2. 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.
      • Discuss
    • 3. 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.
      • Discuss
    • 4. 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.
      • Discuss
    • 5. The check rails are placed opposite the crossing so that

    • Options
    • 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.
      • Discuss
    • 6. 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 ?
      • Discuss
    • 7. In a railway track, permissible gauge with tolerance under loaded condition, is

    • Options
    • A. G + 0.1 mm
    • B. G + 1.5 mm
    • C. G - l.O mm
    • D. G - 1.5mm
    • E. G - 20 mm
      • Discuss
    • 8. 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)
      • Discuss
    • 9. If w is width of sleepers, s is sleeper spacing and d is depth of ballast then

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
      • Discuss
    • 10. Weight and cross section of the rails are decided on

    • Options
    • A. gauge of tracks
    • B. speed of trains
    • C. spacing of sleepers
    • D. type of rails
    • E. all the above.
      • Discuss

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