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This set of Railway Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Railway Engineering Set 17
Q1 | Stock rails are fitted
- near tongue rails
- near check rails
- against tongue rails
- against check rails
Q2 | For broad gauge track, in Indian railways, the standard length of the rail is
- 10.06 m
- 10.97 m
- 11.89 m
- 12.8 m
Q3 | Superelevation on curves is provided by means of
- cant-board
- straight edge
- spirit level
- all of these
Q4 | In case the block system fails, then the system used is
- space interval system
- time interval system
- pilot guard system
- any one of these
Q5 | The mass of a rail chair is about
- 10 kg
- 15.6 kg
- 22 kg
- 30 kg
Q6 | The size of ballast used on Indian railways for wooden sleepers is
- 25 mm
- 38 mm
- 43 mm
- 50 mm
Q7 | Sleepers which satisfy all of the requirements and are only suitable for track circuiting are
- wooden sleepers
- steel sleepers
- cast iron sleepers
- R.C.C. sleepers
Q8 | The size of ballast used on Indian railways for steel sleepers is
- 25 mm
- 38 mm
- 43 mm
- 50 mm
Q9 | Steel sleepers consist of steel troughs made out of about 6 mm thick steel sheets, with
- its both ends bent down
- its both ends bent up
- its one end bent up and another bent down
- any one of these
Q10 | The maximum limit of superelevation prescribed by Indian railways on narrow gauge is
- 76.2 mm
- 83.2 mm
- 101.6 mm
- 165.1 mm
Q11 | For fixing the rail on steel sleepers
- lugs or jaws are pressed out of metals and keys are used
- holes are made in sleepers and clips and bolts are used
- gib and cotters are used
- both (a) and (b)
Q12 | Due to the coning of wheels, the pressure of wheels is always near the
- inner
- outer
Q13 | When a train passes on curves which have no superelevation, it will give thrust on the
- inner rail
- outer rail
- inner side of inner rail
- inner side of outer rail
Q14 | The chief function of providing ballast in the railway track is
- to uniformly distribute the load from sleepers over a large area of formation
- to held the sleepers in position
- to provide elasticity and resilience to the track
- all of the above
Q15 | In case of level crossing, the railway track and road cross each other at the
- same
- different
Q16 | The size of ballast used on Indian railways under points and crossings is 25 mm.
- Agree
- Disagree
Q17 | The coning of wheels is made to prevent the
- lateral movement of the axle
- lateral movement of the wheels
- damage of the inside edges of rails
- all of these
Q18 | The railway system of India is the biggest in Asia.
- Agree
- Disagree
Q19 | The screw spikes take
- more time
- less time
Q20 | The fish plates fit the web of the rail section.
- Right
- Wrong
Q21 | The life of wooden sleepers depends upon
- quality of the timber used
- ability to wear decay
- resistance to white ants
- all of these
Q22 | The rails are laid without bending, at flat curves, where the degree of curve is
- less than 3?
- equal to 3?
- more than 3?
Q23 | The best wood for sleepes is
- sal
- deodar
- teak
- chir
Q24 | When the rails get out of their original position due to insufficient expansion joint gap, the phenomenon is known as buckling.
- Agree
- Disagree