For a sleeper density of (n+5), the number of sleepers required for constructing a broad gauge railway track of length 650 m is 975 963 985 900 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The purpose of providing fillet in a rail section is to Increase the lateral strength Avoid the stress concentration Reduce the wear Increase the vertical stiffness TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The steepest gradient permissible on a 2.5° curve for Broad Gauge line having ruling gradient of 1 in 200 is 1 in 235 1 in 275 1 in 250 1 in 222 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The formation width for a double line Broad Gauge track in cutting (excluding drains) as adopted on Indian Railways is 6.10 m 10.21m 8.84 m 10.82 m TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The shape of transition curve used by Indian Railways is spiral sine curve lemniscate of Bernoulli cubic parabola TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Standard size of wooden sleeper for Broad Gauge track is 225x23x13 cm 250x26x12 cm 180x20x11.5 cm 275x25x13 cm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Consider the following statements: Automatic signalling system results in 1. greater risk 2. higher efficiency 3. avoidance of block instruments 4. higher operating cost Of these statements 2 and 3 are correct 3 and 4 are correct I and 2 are correct 1 and 4 are correct TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting ? traverser scotch block triangle turntable TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If ‘A’ is the angle formed by two gauge faces, the crossing number will be cot A Arad sec A tan A TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?