RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

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

10.82 m

8.84 m

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

12

8

4

16

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Switch angle is the angle between

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

the outer face of the stock rail and tongue rail

the gauge face of the stock rail and tongue rail

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

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The reception signal is<br/>i) outer signal<br/>ii) home signal<br/>iii) starter<br/>iv) advanced starter <br/>The correct answer is

(ii) and (iii)

(i) and (ii)

(iii) and (iv)

(i)and(iv)

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The width of foot for 90 R rail section is

122.2 mm

100 mm

146.0 mm

136.5 mm

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Largest dimension of a rail is its

foot width

height

head width

Any of these

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In a shunting signal if the red band is inclined at 45° it indicates

proceed

stop

None of these

proceed cautiously

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A Broad Gauge branch line takes off as a contrary flexure from a main line If the superelevation required for branch line is 10 mm and cant deficiency is 75 mm, the superelevation to be actually provided on the branch line will be

10 mm

85 mm

15 mm

65 mm

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Fish plate is in contact with rail at

fishing plane

foot of rail

head of rail

web of rail

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For a Broad Gauge route with M+7 sleeper density, number of sleepers per rail length is

21

19

18

20

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