A treadle bar is used for track maintenance setting marshalling yard signals setting points and crossings interlocking points and signal TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The main function of a fish plate is None of these To allow rail to expand and contract freely To join rails with the sleeper To join the two rails together TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following factors govern the choice of the gauge ? i) volume and nature of traffic ii) speed of train iii) physical features of the country The correct answer is only (i) (i), (ii) and (iii) both (i) and (ii) both (ii) and (iii) TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
What will be the curve lead for a 1 in 8.5 turnout taking off from a straight broad gauge track? 28.49 m 21.04 m 7.45 m 14.24 m TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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 512 1 in 357 1 in 457 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Standard size of wooden sleeper for Broad Gauge track is 275x25x13 cm 225x23x13 cm 250x26x12 cm 180x20x11.5 cm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Wear of rails is maximum in weight of tangent track coastal area tunnels sharp curve TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The side slope of embankments for a railway track is generally taken as 1.5:1 2:1 1:2 1:1 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The height of the rail for 52 kg rail section is 187 mm 189 mm 156 mm 162 mm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
52 kg rails are mostly used in Narrow Gauge both (a) and (b) Broad Gauge Meter Gauge TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?