RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

If ‘A’ is the angle formed by two gauge faces, the crossing number will be

sec A

cot A

Arad

tan A

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Width of ballast section for Broad Gauge is

2.25 m

3.35 m

4.30 m

1.83 m

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In a B.G. railway track, the specified ruling gradent is 1 in 250. The horizontal curve of 3° on a gradient of 1 in 250 will have the permissible gradient of

1 in 257

1 in 457

1 in 512

1 in 357

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

1:1

1:2

2:1

1.5:1

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Heel divergence is

Always greater than flange-way clearance

Equal to flange-way clearance

Always less than flange-way clearance

Sometimes greater than flange-way clearance

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Two important constituents in the composition of steel used for rail are

Manganese and phosphorous

Carbon and silicon

Carbon and sulphur

Carbon and manganese

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The limiting value of cant excess for Broad Gauge is

65 mm

55 mm

75 mm

l00 mm

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60 R rails are mostly used in

Metre Gauge

Narrow Gauge

Broad Gauge

None of these

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Switch angle depends on i) heel divergence ii) length of tongue rail iii) flangeway clearance iv) throw of switch The correct answer is

(i)and(iv)

(ii) and (iii)

(iii) and (iv)

(i) and (ii)

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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?

45.0 tonnes

22.5 tonnes

15.0 tonnes

90.0 tonnes

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