RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Normally the limiting value of cant is (where G is the gauge.)

G/10

G/12

G/15

G/8

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Creep is the

Lateral movement of rail

Difference in level of two rails

Vertical movement of rail

Longitudinal movement of rail

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Pandrol clips cannot be used with

concrete sleepers

CST-9 sleepers

wooden sleepers

steel trough sleepers

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Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at expansion joints?

split head

angular break

transverse fissures

crushed head

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Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting ?

triangle

turntable

traverser

scotch block

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Number of cotters used in CST-9 sleepers is

2

3

5

4

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Number of switches provided on a Gaunt-letted track is

3

None of these

1

2

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Switch angle is the angle between

the outer face of the stock rail and tongue rail

the gauge face of the stock rail and outer face of the tongue rail

the gauge face of the stock rail and tongue rail

the outer face of the stock rail and the gauge face of the tongue rail

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

21

20

19

18

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Fish plate is in contact with rail at

web of rail

fishing plane

foot of rail

head of rail

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