RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Pandrol clips cannot be used with

steel trough sleepers

wooden sleepers

concrete sleepers

CST-9 sleepers

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Which of the following methods of designation of crossing is mostly used in India ?

None of these

center line method

isosceles angle method

right angle method

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The compensation for curvature on gradient for Meter Gauge is given by (where R is radius of curve.)

35/R

70/R

52.5/R

105/R

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Study the following statements regarding creep.<br/>i) Creep is greater on curves than on tangent railway track,<br/>ii) Creep in new rails is more than that in old rails,<br/>iii) Creep is more on steep gradients than on level track.The correct answer is

only (i)

(i)and(ii)

(ii) and (iii)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

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Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting ?

traverser

turntable

scotch block

triangle

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Number of switches provided on a Gaunt-letted track is

None of these

2

3

1

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The limiting value of cant excess for Broad Gauge is

55 mm

l00 mm

65 mm

75 mm

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The desirable rate of change of cant deficiency in case of Metre Gauge is

20 mm/sec

35 mm/sec

55 mm/sec

65 mm/sec

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The treadle bar is provided

at right angle to the rail

near and parallel to inner side of both the rails

in the middle of the track a little in front of the toes of the tongue rail

near and parallel to inner side of one of the rails

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Lead of crossing is the distance from the

toe of the switch to the theoretical nose of crossing

heel of the switch to the toe of the switch

heel of the switch to the theoretical nose of the crossing

toe of the switch to the actual nose of crossing

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