Railways problems
- 1. Safe speed (V) on a curve of radius 970 metres provided with two transition curves on Board Gauge track, is
Options- A. 112 km/hour
- B. 122 km/hour
- C. 132 km/hour
- D. 142 km/hour Discuss
Correct Answer: 132 km/hour
- 2. Arrangement made to divert the trains from one track to another, is known as
Options- A. railway point
- B. railway crossing
- C. turnout
- D. railway junction
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: turnout
- 3. In India the rails are manufactured by
Options- A. open hearth process
- B. duplex process
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. neither (a) nor (b) Discuss
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
- 4. In railways a triangle is mainly provided for
Options- A. diverting trains from the main line to branch line
- B. crossing over between parallel tracks
- C. changing direction of engines through 180°
- D. shunting wagons in yards. Discuss
Correct Answer: changing direction of engines through 180°
- 5. The rail section which is not used on Indian metre gauge tracks, is
Options- A. 25 R
- B. 30 R
- C. 35 R
- D. 40 R Discuss
Correct Answer: 40 R
- 6. The first Indian railway was laid in
Options- A. 1775
- B. 1804
- C. 1825
- D. 1853
- E. 1876 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1853
- 7. To prevent percolation of water into formation, moorum is used as a blanket for
Options- A. black cotton soil
- B. sandy soil
- C. clayey soil
- D. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: black cotton soil
- 8. The weight of the rails depends upon
Options- A. gauge of the tracks
- B. speed of trains
- C. spacing of sleepers
- D. nature of traffic
- E. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: all the above.
- 9. A CST-9 sleeper consists of
Options- A. two inverted triangular pots on either side of rail seat
- B. a central plate with a projected key and box on the top of plate
- C. a tie bar and 4 cotters to connect two cast iron plates
- D. a single two way key provided on the gauge side to hold the rail to sleeper
- E. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: all the above.
- 10. Rail section first designed on Indian railways, was
Options- A. double headed
- B. bull headed
- C. flat footed
- D. (a) and (b) simultaneously Discuss
Correct Answer: double headed
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