RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Width of ballast section for Broad Gauge is

4.30 m

1.83 m

3.35 m

2.25 m

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Wear of rails is maximum in weight of

sharp curve

tunnels

coastal area

tangent track

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The distance through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch for movement of trains is called

heel divergence

throw of the switch

flangeway clearance

None of these

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Dog spikes are used for fixing rail to the

CST-9 sleepers

wooden sleepers

steel trough sleepers

concrete sleepers

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Vertical curves are provided where algebraic difference between grades is equal to or

more than 2 mm/m

less than 4 mm/m

more than 4mm/m

less than 2 mm/m

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The formation width for a double line Broad Gauge track in cutting (excluding drains) as adopted on Indian Railways is

6.10 m

8.84 m

10.21m

10.82 m

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Pandrol clips cannot be used with

concrete sleepers

wooden sleepers

CST-9 sleepers

steel trough sleepers

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Number offish bolts per fish plate is

6

2

5

4

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

Round spike

Dog spike

Elastic spike

Rail screw

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The nominal size of ballast used for points and crossings is

50 mm

40 mm

10 mm

25 mm

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