RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Loose jaws of steel trough sleepers are made of

mild steel

spring steel

cast iron

cast steel

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Largest dimension of a rail is its

Any of these

foot width

height

head width

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The limiting value of cant excess for Broad Gauge is

75 mm

55 mm

65 mm

l00 mm

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The standard length of rail for Broad Gauge and Meter Gauge are respectively

12 m and 13 m

12 m and 12 m

13 m and 13 m

13 m and 12 m

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When the rail ends rest on a joint sleeper, the joint is termed as

suspended rail joint

supported rail joint

base joint

bridge joint

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The rail is designated by its

length

cross-section

weight per unit length

weight

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Number of keys used in CST-9 sleeper is

4

2

None of these

3

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For the purpose of track maintenance, the number of turn out equivalent to one track km are

1

10

2

5

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The type of spike used for fixing chairs of bull headed rails to wooden sleepers is

Rail screw

Dog spike

Elastic spike

Round spike

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A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is

12

4

16

8

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