RAILWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

52 kg rails are mostly used in

both (a) and (b)

Narrow Gauge

Meter Gauge

Broad Gauge

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Flange-way clearance is the distance

Between the gauge faces of the stock rail and the tongue rail

Through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch

Between the adjoining faces of the running rail and the check rail near the crossing

None of these

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The rail is designated by its

weight

weight per unit length

length

cross-section

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The shape of transition curve used by Indian Railways is

lemniscate of Bernoulli

sine curve

cubic parabola

spiral

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Number of keys used in CST-9 sleeper is

2

3

4

None of these

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A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is

12

4

8

16

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The purpose of providing fillet in a rail section is to

Avoid the stress concentration

Increase the vertical stiffness

Increase the lateral strength

Reduce the wear

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Anti creep bearing plates are provided on

bridges and approaches

None of these

both (A) and (B)

joints

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Switch angle depends on i) heel divergence ii) length of tongue rail iii) flangeway clearance iv) throw of switch The correct answer is

(iii) and (iv)

(ii) and (iii)

(i) and (ii)

(i)and(iv)

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

21

18

20

19

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