RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is

72

71

70

73

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A train is hauled by 2-8-2 locomotive with 22.5 tonnes and on each driving axle. Assuming the coefficient of rail-wheel friction to be 0.25, what would be the hauling capacity of the locomotive?

90.0 tonnes

15.0 tonnes

22.5 tonnes

45.0 tonnes

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The side slope of embankments for a railway track is generally taken as

2:1

1:2

1.5:1

1:1

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The height of the center of arm of a semaphore signal above the ground is

7.5 m

8.5m

6.5 m

5.5m

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On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ and then empty wagons run from ‘B’ to ‘A’. The amount of creep in the rails:

Will be more in the direction of A to B

Cannot be determined from the given data

Will be maximum at the middle of A and B

Will be more in the direction of B to A

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Normally maximum cant permissible in Meter Gauge is

140 mm

90 mm

165 mm

75 mm

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Largest dimension of a rail is its

height

Any of these

foot width

head width

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Switch angle is the angle between

the gauge face of the stock rail and tongue rail

the outer face of the stock rail and tongue rail

the outer face of the stock rail and the gauge face of the tongue rail

the gauge face of the stock rail and outer face of the tongue rail

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For a sleeper density of (n+5), the number of sleepers required for constructing a broad gauge railway track of length 650 m is

963

900

975

985

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Minimum depth of ballast cushion for a Broad Gauge wooden sleeper of size 275x25x13 cm with 75cm sleeper spacing is

48 cm

30 cm

25 cm

15 cm

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