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This set of Railway Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Railway Engineering Set 9
Q1 | Steel sleepers are
- rectangular is cross section throughout
- hollow circular pipes
- 6 mm thick steel sheets with ends bent down
- 6 mm thick steel sheets with ends bent up
Q2 | Number of dog spikes normally used per rail seat on curved track is
- one on either side
- two outside and one inside
- one outside and two inside
- two outside and two inside
Q3 | If sleeper density is M + 7 for 13 m rails, the minimum depth of ballast under wooden sleepers (25cm × 13 cm), is
- 15 cm
- 20 cm
- 25 cm
- 30 cm
Q4 | Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used over bridge girders, is
- 1455
- 1355
- 1255
- 1155
Q5 | The shape of transition curve used by Indian Railways is
- cubic parabola
- spiral
- sine curve
- lemniscates of bernoulli
Q6 | Gauge of a permanent way, is
- minimum distance between running faces of rails
- minimum distance between outer faces of rails
- distance between centres of rails
- width of formation
Q7 | If w is width of sleepers, s is sleeper spacing and d is depth of ballast then
- d = (s - w)/2
- d = (s - w)/3
- d = (s - w)/4
- d = (s - w)/5
Q8 | 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
Q9 | In India, metre gauge permanent way was adopted in
- 1855
- 1860
- 1866
- 1871
Q10 | Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at expansion joints?
- crushed head
- angular break
- split head
- transverse fissures
Q11 | Best wood for wooden sleepers is
- chir
- deodar
- sal
- teak
Q12 | Bull headed rails are generally provided on
- points and crossing
- straight tangents
- curved tracks
- metre gauge tracks
Q13 | The type of bearing plate used in all joints and on curves to give better bearing area to the rails is
- flat mild steel bearing plate
- mild steel canted bearing plate
- cast iron anti-creep bearing plate
- none of the above
Q14 | For holding a rail in position, no chairs are used for
- flat footed rails
- bull headed rails
- double headed rails
- both (a) and (b)
Q15 | Cast iron sleeper, is
- pot sleeper
- box sleeper
- duplex sleeper
- all the above
Q16 | Gauge is the distance between
- center to center of rails
- running faces of rails
- outer faces of rails
- none of the above
Q17 | 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
Q18 | Rail section is generally designated by its
- total weight
- total length
- weight per metre length
- area of its cross-section
Q19 | At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is
- 51
- 62
- 70
- 78
Q20 | The quantity of stone ballast required per metre tangent length, is
- 1.15 m3
- 1.14 m3
- 1.13 m3
- 1.11 m3
Q21 | Weight and cross section of the rails are decided on
- gauge of tracks
- speed of trains
- spacing of sleepers
- all the above
Q22 | Number of switches provided on a Gaunt-letted track is
- 1
- 2
- 3
- none of the above
Q23 | If S is cant deficiency in centimetres and V is maximum permissible speed in kmph, the maximumlength of transition curves, is
- sv/13.6
- sv/19.8
- sv/127
- sv/16.8
Q24 | A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is
- 4
- 8
- 12
- 14