RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

The nominal size of ballast used for points and crossings is

50 mm

10 mm

40 mm

25 mm

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52 kg rails are mostly used in

both (a) and (b)

Narrow Gauge

Broad Gauge

Meter Gauge

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Number of keys used in CST-9 sleeper is

4

None of these

3

2

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The shape of transition curve used by Indian Railways is

cubic parabola

sine curve

lemniscate of Bernoulli

spiral

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On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ and then empty wagons run from ‘B’ to ‘A’. The amount of creep in the rails:

Will be maximum at the middle of A and B

Will be more in the direction of B to A

Will be more in the direction of A to B

Cannot be determined from the given data

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A treadle bar is used for

interlocking points and signal

setting marshalling yard signals

track maintenance

setting points and crossings

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One degree of curve is equivalent to (where R is the radius of curve in meters.)

1850/R

1750/R

1700/R

1600/R

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Head width of 52 kg rail section is

67 mm

72.33 mm

61.9 mm

66.7 mm

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Composite sleeper index is the index of

Strength and toughness

Wear resistance and hardness

Toughness and wear resistance

Hardness and strength

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Number offish bolts per fish plate is

5

2

6

4

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