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  • Check rails are provided on inner side of inner rails if sharpness of a B.G. curve, is more than


  • Options
  • A. 3°
  • B. 5°
  • C. 6°
  • D. 8°

  • Correct Answer
  • 8° 

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    • 1. For even distribution of load through ballast, load dispersal is assumed as

    • Options
    • A. 30° to the vertical
    • B. 45° to the vertical
    • C. 60° to the vertical
    • D. none of these.
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    • 2. Weight and cross section of the rails are decided on

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    • A. gauge of tracks
    • B. speed of trains
    • C. spacing of sleepers
    • D. type of rails
    • E. all the above.
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    • 3. If w is width of sleepers, s is sleeper spacing and d is depth of ballast then

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 4. On Indian Railways, angle of crossing between gauge faces of Vee, is generally calculated by

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    • A. Cole's method
    • B. Centre line method
    • C. Isosceles triangle method
    • D. both (a) and (b)
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    • 5. 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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    • 6. On Indian Railways, the approximate weight of a rail section is determined from the formula

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 7. Spacing of sleepers

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    • A. throughout the length of a rail is kept uniform
    • B. near rail joints, is kept closer
    • C. at the middle of rails, is kept closer
    • D. none of these.
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    • 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. The line which connects a number of parallel tracks, and also provides an access to main track, is called a gathering line
    • B. With a diagonal gathering line, the length of the siding decreases with increase of its distance from main track
    • C. To have sidings of same length, a diagonal line is laid at one end and a parallel gathering line at the other end
    • D. For most economical layout of yards, the gathering lines are laid at the limiting angle
    • E. All the above.
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    • 9. Continuity of electric current across welded rail joints, is maintained by

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    • A. welding ends of a wire to each rail
    • B. placing an insulated plate underneath the rails
    • C. placing insulation in expansion gaps
    • D. none of these.
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    • 10. Total effective bearing area of both the bowls of a pot sleeper, is

    • Options
    • A. slightly more than that of a wooden sleeper
    • B. slightly less than that of a wooden sleeper
    • C. equal to that of a wooden sleeper
    • D. none of these.
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