Railway Bridge And Tunnel Engineering Set 10

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This set of Railway Bridge and Tunnel Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Railway Bridge And Tunnel Engineering Set 10

Q1 | The standard width of ballast for B.G. Track in Indian Railways, is kept
  • 3.35 m
  • 3.53 m
  • 2.35 m
  • 2.53 m
Q2 | In India, metre gauge permanent way was adopted in
  • 1855
  • 1860
  • 1866
  • 1871
Q3 | Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at expansion joints?
  • Crushed head
  • Angular break
  • Split head
  • Transverse fissures
Q4 | Best wood for wooden sleepers is
  • Chir
  • Deodar
  • Sal
  • Teak
Q5 | Bull headed rails are generally provided on
  • Points and crossing
  • Straight tangents
  • Curved tracks
  • Metre gauge tracks
Q6 | The type of bearing plate used in all joints and on curves to give better bearing area tothe rails is
  • Flat mild steel bearing plate
  • Mild steel canted bearing plate
  • Cast iron anti-creep bearing plate
  • None of the above
Q7 | For holding a rail in position, no chairs are used for
  • Flat footed rails
  • Bull headed rails
  • Double headed rails
  • Both (a) and (b)
Q8 | Cast iron sleeper, is
  • Pot sleeper
  • Box sleeper
  • Duplex sleeper
  • All the above
Q9 | Gauge is the distance between
  • Center to center of rails
  • Running faces of rails
  • Outer faces of rails
  • None of the above
Q10 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
  • Rails are directly laid over hard wooden sleepers and fixed with spikes
  • Adzing is done on hard wooden sleepers
  • Bearing plates are used on soft wooden sleepers
  • All the above
Q11 | Rail section is generally designated by its
  • Total weight
  • Total length
  • Weight per metre length
  • Area of its cross-section
Q12 | At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is
  • 51
  • 62
  • 70
  • 78
Q13 | The quantity of stone ballast required per metre tangent length, is
  • 1.15 m3
  • 1.14 m3
  • 1.13 m3
  • 1.11 m3
Q14 | Weight and cross section of the rails are decided on
  • Gauge of tracks
  • Speed of trains
  • Spacing of sleepers
  • All the above
Q15 | Number of switches provided on a Gaunt-letted track is
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • None of the above
Q16 | If S is cant deficiency in centimetres and V is maximum permissible speed in kmph, the maximum length of transition curves, is
  • SV/13.6
  • SV/19.8
  • SV/127
  • SV/16.8
Q17 | A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is
  • 4
  • 8
  • 12
  • 14
Q18 | Maximum cant deficiency prescribed on Indian Board Gauge Railways, is
  • 40 mm
  • 50 mm
  • 75 mm
  • 100 mm
Q19 | Vertical curves are provided where algebraic difference between grades is equal to or
  • Less than 2 mm/m
  • More than 2 mm/m
  • Less than 4 mm/m
  • More than 4mm/m
Q20 | A scissors cross over consists of one diamond and
  • one turn out
  • Two turn outs
  • Three turn outs
  • Four turn outs
Q21 | The slipping of driving wheels of locomotives on the rail surface causes
  • Wheel burns
  • Hogging of rails
  • Scabbing of rails
  • Corrugation of rails
Q22 | Wooden sleepers used on the girders of bridges, are generally made of
  • Sal
  • Chir
  • Teak
  • Deodar
Q23 | To ensure exact gauge, the gauge tie plates are provided at
  • Toe of the switch
  • Nose of crossing
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • None of the above
Q24 | If G is gauge is metres, V is speed of trains in km/hour and R is radius of a curve in metres, the equilibrium super elevation is
  • GV²/R
  • GV²/17R
  • GV²/127R
  • GV²/130R
Q25 | The height of the center of arm of a semaphore signal above the ground is
  • 5.5 m
  • 6.5 m
  • 7.5 m
  • 8.5 m