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This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Railway Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.	Which among the following is not included in the Appendices to the report?
A.	Historical and geographical aspects
B.	Route selection and project description
C.	Location report
D.	Rates for construction work
Answer» C. Location report

2.	What is the order of arrangement of documents in the Report?
A.	Index, Report, Covering note
B.	Covering note, Index, Report, List of drawings, Appendices
C.	Index, Covering note, Report, List of drawings, Appendices
D.	Covering note, Index, Report, Appendices
Answer» C. Index, Covering note, Report, List of drawings, Appendices

3.	Which section comments on the availability of water for various construction activities and its appropriateness for consumption?
A.	Project Engineering
B.	Estimation and cost of construction
C.	Project Organisation
D.	Environmental Section
Answer» D. Environmental Section

4.	Which section focuses on the problems that might be encountered, identifying areas requiring special attention and providing knowledge and information for finding solutions?
A.	Project Engineering
B.	Route selection
C.	Signalling and Telecommunication
D.	Estimation of cost and construction schedule
Answer» B. Route selection

5.	What are the other details provided in the segment ‘Standard of construction’?
A.	Road crossings and station machinery
B.	Only the station machinery
C.	Residential accommodation
D.	Road crossings, station machinery and residential accommodation
Answer» E.

6.	Which segment in the project report provides information and data related to the different routes that were examined for construction of the new rail line?
A.	Route selection
B.	Signalling and Telecommunication
C.	Other details
D.	Ruling gradient
Answer» B. Signalling and Telecommunication

7.	The Permanent way section of the report does not give details about which of the following aspects?
A.	The rail section adopted
B.	The depth of the Ballast cushion
C.	Whether or not to weld the rails
D.	Type and density of sleepers provided
Answer» C. Whether or not to weld the rails

8.	What does Category of a line indicates?
A.	Maximum speed potential of the line
B.	Maximum axel load
C.	Loading standard of the bridges
D.	Maximum speed potential, axel load and loading standard of the bridges
Answer» E.

9.	In Characteristics of the Project Areas the geographical features of the country are given. These features do not affect the _______
A.	alignment of the rail line
B.	future prospects of proposed line
C.	cost of construction
D.	hauling capacity of the train
Answer» E.

10.	Which points should be considered while selecting the best alignment in Final location survey?
A.	Correct obligatory points and minimum cost of construction
B.	Ease and minimum cost of construction
C.	Correct obligatory points and potential for high speeds
D.	Ease and minimum cost of construction, correct obligatory points and potential for high speeds
Answer» E.

11.	In Final location survey at which points Masonry pillars are built?
A.	Tangent point of curves
B.	At start and end of curves
C.	At tangent points and along the centre line
D.	Along the centre line of curves
Answer» D. Along the centre line of curves

12.	In Preliminary survey the total alignment is traversed with a Theodolite, but it is not necessary in Final location survey.
A.	True
B.	False
Answer» C.

13.	What is the objective of Final location survey?
A.	To study the contour maps
B.	To prepare working details
C.	To make accurate cost estimates
D.	To prepare working details and make accurate cost estimates
Answer» E.

14.	When is the Final Location survey done?
A.	After the particular Railway line to be constructed is decided
B.	After the Traffic survey
C.	After Reconnaissance survey
D.	Immediately after the collection of Field data
Answer» B. After the Traffic survey