Which of the following turnouts is most commonly used for goods train on Indian Railways ? 1 in 12 1 in 8’/2 1 in 20 1 in 16 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Study the following statements regarding creep. i) Creep is greater on curves than on tangent railway track, ii) Creep in new rails is more than that in old rails, iii) Creep is more on steep gradients than on level track. The correct answer is (ii) and (iii) (i), (ii) and (iii) only (i) (i)and(ii) TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The ductility value of bitumen for suitability in road construction should not be less than 30 cm 10 cm 20 cm 50cm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
One degree of curve is equivalent to (where R is the radius of curve in meters.) 1750/R 1850/R 1600/R 1700/R TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting ? traverser turntable scotch block triangle TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
With increase in speed of the traffic stream, the minimum spacing of vehicles decreases first decreases and then increases after reaching a minimum value at optimum speed first increases and then decreases after reaching a maximum value at optimum speed increases TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The minimum design speed for hairpin bends in hill roads is taken as 20 kmph 30 kmph 40 kmph 50 kmph TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The camber for hill roads in case of bituminous surfacing is adopted as 0.025 0.04 0.03 0.02 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the stopping distance and average length of a vehicle are 18 m and 6 m respectively, then the theoretical maxi¬mum capacity of a traffic lane at a speed of 10 m/sec is 2500 vehicles per hour 3000 vehicles per hour 2000 vehicles per hour 1500 vehicles per hour TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?