Discussion
Home ‣ Civil Engineering ‣ Railways Comments
- Question
On Indian Railways, the approximate weight of a rail section is determined from the formula
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- Correct Answer
-
- 1. 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° Discuss
- 2. 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. Discuss
- 3. 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
- 4. If w is width of sleepers, s is sleeper spacing and d is depth of ballast then
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
Discuss
- 5. 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
- 6. Spacing of sleepers
Options- 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. Discuss
- 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- 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. Discuss
- 8. Continuity of electric current across welded rail joints, is maintained by
Options- 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. Discuss
- 9. 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. Discuss
- 10. On either side of the centre line of rails, a cant of 1 in 20 in the sleeper is provided for a distance of
Options- A. 150 mm
- B. 165 mm
- C. 175 mm
- D. 185 mm Discuss
Railways problems
Search Results
Correct Answer: 8°
Correct Answer: 45° to the vertical
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: Cole's method
Correct Answer: at the middle of rails, is kept closer
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: none of these.
Correct Answer: equal to that of a wooden sleeper
Correct Answer: 175 mm
Comments
There are no comments.More in Civil Engineering:
Programming
Copyright ©CuriousTab. All rights reserved.