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This set of Railway Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Railway Engineering Set 12
Q1 | The resistance of the train is due to
- speed
- gradient
- curves
- all of these
Q2 | A curve is represented by the degree of the curvature subtended by a chord of
- 15 m
- 20.8 m
- 30.48 m
- 40.8 m
Q3 | The clear distance between inner faces of rails near their tops is known as
- clear width
- gauge
Q4 | Which of the following bolt is not used in rail tracks?
- Fish bolt
- Dog bolt
- Eye bolt
- Rag bolt
Q5 | The Indian railway has been divided into
- six zones
- eight zones
- twelve zones
- sixteen zones
Q6 | To prevent the flanges of wheels from rubbing the inside face of the rail, the distance between the inside edges of flanges is kept
- equal to
- less than
- more than
Q7 | Two fish plates are fixed at each rail joint with eight fish bolts.
- Right
- Wrong
Q8 | Two cross-overs are laid between two tracks in the case of
- diamond crossing
- scissors crossing
- level crossing
- all of these
Q9 | An extra width of ballast is not provided on the outer side of curve, if its degree is 3?.
- Correct
- Incorrect
Q10 | Creep is greater
- on curves
- in new rails than in old rails
- both (a) and (b)
- none of these
Q11 | The choice of gauge depends upon
- volume and nature of traffic
- speed of train
- physical features of the country
- all of these
Q12 | The system of signalling used on single-line working, is
- absolute block system
- space interval system
- time interval system
- pilot guard system
Q13 | A CST - 9 sleeper is
- same as pot sleeper
- same as plate sleeper
- a combination of plate, pot and box sleeper
- none of these
Q14 | Scotch blocks are used for preventing the movement of vehicles beyond the dead end sidings.
- Right
- Wrong
Q15 | Which of the following statement is wrong?
- The coning of wheels is provided for smooth running of trains.
- The coning of wheel prevents the wear of the inner faces of rails
- If the axle moves laterally towards one rail, the diameter of wheel rim increases on that rail
- On curves, the outer wheel has to travel lesser distance than the inner wheel.
Q16 | When the degree of curve is more than 3?, the rails are bent to the correct curvature before fixing them on to the sleepers.
- Yes
- No
Q17 | The sleepers in the form of two bowls placed under each rail and connected together by a tie - bar, are known as
- pot sleepers
- box sleepers
- plate sleepers
- duplex sleepers
Q18 | A standard rail point should
- be as strong as the other portion of the track
- have just enough rail gap between two rails
- have the same elasticity as the other portion of the track
- all of the above
Q19 | The distance between the centre line of the track, for narrow gauge, and the platform should bot be less than 1.219 m.
- Correct
- Incorrect
Q20 | A welded rail joint is generally
- supported on a sleeper
- suspended
- supported on a metal plate
- none of these
Q21 | The height of the platform above the rail surface for narrow gauge tracks should be
- 229 to 406 mm
- 305 to 406 mm
- 762 to 838 mm
- 838 to 982 mm
Q22 | The number of a crossing is defined as the cotangent of the crossing angle.
- True
- False
Q23 | The adjustment of rails is usually needed when creep exceeds
- 50 mm
- 100 mm
- 150 mm
- none of these
Q24 | The gauge representing the maximum width and height up to which a railway vehicle may be built, is known as
- broad gauge
- narrow gauge
- loading gauge
- all of these
Q25 | The rail section, now-a-days, used in Indian railways is
- double headed type
- dumb-bell type
- bull headed type
- flat footed type