RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Head width of 52 kg rail section is

66.7 mm

67 mm

72.33 mm

61.9 mm

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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

Corrugated rails

Roaring rails

Hogged rails

Buckled rails

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Which of the following turnouts is most commonly used for goods train on Indian Railways ?

1 in 12

1 in 20

1 in 8’/2

1 in 16

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A treadle bar is used for

track maintenance

setting points and crossings

interlocking points and signal

setting marshalling yard signals

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Which of the following factors govern the choice of the gauge ?<br/>i) volume and nature of traffic<br/>ii) speed of train<br/>iii) physical features of the country<br/>The correct answer is

(i), (ii) and (iii)

both (i) and (ii)

both (ii) and (iii)

only (i)

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Loose jaws of steel trough sleepers are made of

spring steel

cast steel

mild steel

cast iron

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Minimum composite sleeper index pres-cried on Indian Railways for a track sleeper is

1588

552

783

1353

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Largest percentage of material in the rail is in its

foot

head and foot both

web

head

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The steepest gradient permissible on a 2.5° curve for Broad Gauge line having ruling gradient of 1 in 200 is

1 in 222

1 in 235

1 in 275

1 in 250

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The limiting value of cant gradient for all gauges is

1 in 1000

1 in 720

1 in 1200

1 in 360

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