RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

52 kg rails are mostly used in

Narrow Gauge

Broad Gauge

both (a) and (b)

Meter Gauge

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The distance through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch for movement of trains is called

heel divergence

throw of the switch

None of these

flangeway clearance

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The maximum degree of curvature for Meter Gauge is limited to

16°

30°

40°

10°

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Due to battering action of wheels over the end of the rails, the rails get bent down and are deflected at ends. These rails are called

Buckled rails

Roaring rails

Hogged rails

Corrugated rails

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At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is

72

73

71

70

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A treadle bar is used for

track maintenance

interlocking points and signal

setting marshalling yard signals

setting points and crossings

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The treadle bar is provided

near and parallel to inner side of one of the rails

near and parallel to inner side of both the rails

in the middle of the track a little in front of the toes of the tongue rail

at right angle to the rail

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A Broad Gauge branch line takes off as a contrary flexure from a main line If the superelevation required for branch line is 10 mm and cant deficiency is 75 mm, the superelevation to be actually provided on the branch line will be

15 mm

10 mm

65 mm

85 mm

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For a Broad Gauge route with M+7 sleeper density, number of sleepers per rail length is

18

19

20

21

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Pandrol clips cannot be used with

concrete sleepers

steel trough sleepers

CST-9 sleepers

wooden sleepers

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