Railways problems
- 1. The standard width of ballast for B.G.track in Indian Railways, is kept
Options- A. 3.35 m
- B. 3.53 m
- C. 2.35 m
- D. 2.53 m
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: 3.35 m
- 2. If G is gauge is metres, V is speed of trains in km/hour and R is radius of a curve in metres, the equilibrium superelevation is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
Discuss
Correct Answer:
- 3. The angle between the gauge faces of the stock rail and tongue rail, is called
Options- A. switch angle
- B. angle of crossing
- C. angle of turnout
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: switch angle
- 4. The place where a railway line and a road cross each other at the same level, is known as
Options- A. cross over
- B. railway junction
- C. road junction
- D. level crossing
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: level crossing
- 5. Width of the top portion of a flat footed, rail, is
Options- A. 69.85 mm
- B. 63.50 mm
- C. 66.77 mm
- D. 136.52 mm
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: 66.77 mm
- 6. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
Options- A. Sleepers transfer the load of moving locomotive to the girders of the bridges
- B. Sleepers act as a non-elastic medium between the rails and ballast
- C. Sleepers hold the rails at 1 in 20 tilt inward
- D. Sleepers hold the rails loose on curve. Discuss
Correct Answer: Sleepers act as a non-elastic medium between the rails and ballast
- 7. If sleeper density is M + 7 for 13 m rails, the minimum depth of ballast under wooden sleepers (25 cm x 13 cm), is
Options- A. 15 cm
- B. 20 cm
- C. 25 cm
- D. 30 cm
- E. 36 cm Discuss
Correct Answer: 20 cm
- 8. The rail section which is not used on Indian Broad Gauge tracks, is
Options- A. 35 R
- B. 40 R
- C. 45 R
- D. 55 R Discuss
Correct Answer: 40 R
- 9. Wheels of a rolling stock are provided flanges on
Options- A. outer side
- B. inner side
- C. both sides
- D. neither side. Discuss
Correct Answer: inner side
- 10. Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used in cross-overs, is
Options- A. 1152
- B. 1252
- C. 1352
- D. 1452
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: 1352
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