RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

What will be the curve lead for a 1 in 8.5 turnout taking off from a straight broad gauge track?

7.45 m

28.49 m

14.24 m

21.04 m

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A treadle bar is used for

track maintenance

setting marshalling yard signals

setting points and crossings

interlocking points and signal

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The limiting value of cant gradient for all gauges is

1 in 1000

1 in 720

1 in 360

1 in 1200

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For developing thinly populated areas, the correct choice of gauge is

Narrow Gaugev

Broad Gauge

Meter Gauge

Any of these

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For a 8° curve track diverging from a main curve of 5° in an opposite direction in the layout of a broad gauge yard, the cant to be provided for the branch track for maximum speed of 45 km/h on the main line and ‘G’ = 1.676 m is (Permitted cant deficiency for the main line = 7.6 cm)

-0.168 cm

7.768 cm

7.432 cm

0.168 cm

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To ensure exact gauge, the gauge tie plates are provided at

nose of crossing

both (A) and (B)

toe of the switch

None of these

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The limiting value of cant deficiency for Meter Gauge routes is

40 mm

100 mm

50 mm

75 mm

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The nominal size of ballast used for points and crossings is

10 mm

40 mm

50 mm

25 mm

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Which of the following types of sleepers is preferred on joints ?

CST-9 sleeper

wooden sleeper

concrete sleeper

steel trough sleeper

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The type of bearing plate used in all joints and on curves to give better bearing area to the rails is

cast iron anti creep bearing plate

flat mild steel bearing plate

None of these

mild steel canted bearing plate

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