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This section includes 229 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Railway Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
The main disadvantage of steel sleepers is |
| A. | that they get rusted very quickly |
| B. | that their lugs sometimes get cracked |
| C. | that their lugs sometimes get broken |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 152. |
Fish bolts are made of |
| A. | cast iron |
| B. | low carbon steel |
| C. | high carbon steel |
| D. | stainless steel |
| Answer» D. stainless steel | |
| 153. |
The length of each fish plate is |
| A. | 317.5 mm |
| B. | 457.2 mm |
| C. | 514.3 mm |
| D. | 623.4 mm |
| Answer» C. 514.3 mm | |
| 154. |
The size of ballast used on Indian railways under points and crossings is 25 mm. |
| A. | Agree |
| B. | Disagree |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 155. |
The screw spikes take |
| A. | more time |
| B. | less time |
| Answer» B. less time | |
| 156. |
The size of ballast used on Indian railways for steel sleepers is |
| A. | 25 mm |
| B. | 38 mm |
| C. | 43 mm |
| D. | 50 mm |
| Answer» C. 43 mm | |
| 157. |
Round spikes are not used for fixing |
| A. | flat footed |
| B. | bull headed |
| C. | flat footed |
| Answer» B. bull headed | |
| 158. |
The coning of wheels is made to prevent the |
| A. | lateral movement of the axle |
| B. | lateral movement of the wheels |
| C. | damage of the inside edges of rails |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 159. |
The size of ballast used on Indian railways for wooden sleepers is |
| A. | 25 mm |
| B. | 38 mm |
| C. | 43 mm |
| D. | 50 mm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 160. |
The railway system of India is the biggest in Asia. |
| A. | Agree |
| B. | Disagree |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 161. |
The mass of a rail chair is about |
| A. | 10 kg |
| B. | 15.6 kg |
| C. | 22 kg |
| D. | 30 kg |
| Answer» D. 30 kg | |
| 162. |
The chief function of providing ballast in the railway track is |
| A. | to uniformly distribute the load from sleepers over a large area of formation |
| B. | to held the sleepers in position |
| C. | to provide elasticity and resilience to the track |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
For fixing the rail on steel sleepers |
| A. | lugs or jaws are pressed out of metals and keys are used |
| B. | holes are made in sleepers and clips and bolts are used |
| C. | gib and cotters are used |
| D. | both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 164. |
When a train passes on curves which have no superelevation, it will give thrust on the |
| A. | inner rail |
| B. | outer rail |
| C. | inner side of inner rail |
| D. | inner side of outer rail |
| Answer» E. | |
| 165. |
The maximum limit of superelevation prescribed by Indian railways on narrow gauge is |
| A. | 76.2 mm |
| B. | 83.2 mm |
| C. | 101.6 mm |
| D. | 165.1 mm |
| Answer» B. 83.2 mm | |
| 166. |
For broad gauge track, in Indian railways, the standard length of the rail is |
| A. | 10.06 m |
| B. | 10.97 m |
| C. | 11.89 m |
| D. | 12.8 m |
| Answer» D. 12.8 m | |
| 167. |
Sleepers which satisfy all of the requirements and are only suitable for track circuiting are |
| A. | wooden sleepers |
| B. | steel sleepers |
| C. | cast iron sleepers |
| D. | R.C.C. sleepers |
| Answer» B. steel sleepers | |
| 168. |
Stock rails are fitted |
| A. | near tongue rails |
| B. | near check rails |
| C. | against tongue rails |
| D. | against check rails |
| Answer» D. against check rails | |
| 169. |
The life of wooden sleepers depends upon |
| A. | quality of the timber used |
| B. | ability to wear decay |
| C. | resistance to white ants |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 170. |
The fish plates fit the web of the rail section. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» B. Wrong | |
| 171. |
The rails are laid without bending, at flat curves, where the degree of curve is |
| A. | less than 3? |
| B. | equal to 3? |
| C. | more than 3? |
| Answer» B. equal to 3? | |
| 172. |
Superelevation on curves is provided by means of |
| A. | cant-board |
| B. | straight edge |
| C. | spirit level |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 173. |
In case the block system fails, then the system used is |
| A. | space interval system |
| B. | time interval system |
| C. | pilot guard system |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» C. pilot guard system | |
| 174. |
The best wood for sleepes is |
| A. | sal |
| B. | deodar |
| C. | teak |
| D. | chir |
| Answer» D. chir | |
| 175. |
To provide maximum stability to the track, graded stones from |
| A. | 20 to 50 mm |
| B. | 50 to 75 mm |
| C. | 75 to 100 mm |
| D. | 100 to 125 mm |
| Answer» B. 50 to 75 mm | |
| 176. |
The ballast thrown around the sleepers and loosely filled on slopes is called boxing of ballast. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 177. |
For metre gauge track, in Indian railways, the standard length of the rail is |
| A. | 10.06 m |
| B. | 10.97 m |
| C. | 11.89 m |
| D. | 12.8 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 178. |
The gradient where extra engine is required to puch the train is known as |
| A. | ruling gradient |
| B. | momentum gradient |
| C. | pusher gradient |
| D. | station yards gradient |
| Answer» D. station yards gradient | |
| 179. |
The 254 mm side of a plate sleeper is |
| A. | intersecting the rail |
| B. | parallel to the rail |
| C. | connected with the rail |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. connected with the rail | |
| 180. |
In India, the crossing number for passenger turnouts is taken as |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 8.5 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 181. |
The switch angle depends upon |
| A. | length of tongue rail |
| B. | heel divergance |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 182. |
The quantity of stone ballast required per metre tangent length for metre gauge is |
| A. | 0.767 m3 |
| B. | 1.11 m3 |
| C. | 1.51 m3 |
| D. | 2.11 m3 |
| Answer» B. 1.11 m3 | |
| 183. |
Due to the coning of wheels, the pressure of wheels is always near the |
| A. | inner |
| B. | outer |
| Answer» B. outer | |
| 184. |
The Indian railway has been divided into |
| A. | six zones |
| B. | eight zones |
| C. | twelve zones |
| D. | sixteen zones |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
In coning of wheels, the wheels are given a slope of |
| A. | 1 in 20 |
| B. | 1 in 25 |
| C. | 1 in 30 |
| D. | 1 in 40 |
| Answer» B. 1 in 25 | |
| 186. |
To prevent the flanges of wheels from rubbing the inside face of the rail, the distance between the inside edges of flanges is kept |
| A. | equal to |
| B. | less than |
| C. | more than |
| Answer» C. more than | |
| 187. |
The choice of gauge depends upon |
| A. | volume and nature of traffic |
| B. | speed of train |
| C. | physical features of the country |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
Creep is greater |
| A. | on curves |
| B. | in new rails than in old rails |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 189. |
The distance between the centre line of the track, for narrow gauge, and the platform should bot be less than 1.219 m. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 190. |
A CST - 9 sleeper is |
| A. | same as pot sleeper |
| B. | same as plate sleeper |
| C. | a combination of plate, pot and box sleeper |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 191. |
The resistance of the train is due to |
| A. | speed |
| B. | gradient |
| C. | curves |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 192. |
An extra width of ballast is not provided on the outer side of curve, if its degree is 3?. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 193. |
The height of the platform above the rail surface for narrow gauge tracks should be |
| A. | 229 to 406 mm |
| B. | 305 to 406 mm |
| C. | 762 to 838 mm |
| D. | 838 to 982 mm |
| Answer» B. 305 to 406 mm | |
| 194. |
Two fish plates are fixed at each rail joint with eight fish bolts. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» C. | |
| 195. |
Two cross-overs are laid between two tracks in the case of |
| A. | diamond crossing |
| B. | scissors crossing |
| C. | level crossing |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» C. level crossing | |
| 196. |
A curve is represented by the degree of the curvature subtended by a chord of |
| A. | 15 m |
| B. | 20.8 m |
| C. | 30.48 m |
| D. | 40.8 m |
| Answer» D. 40.8 m | |
| 197. |
Which of the following bolt is not used in rail tracks? |
| A. | Fish bolt |
| B. | Dog bolt |
| C. | Eye bolt |
| D. | Rag bolt |
| Answer» D. Rag bolt | |
| 198. |
The clear distance between inner faces of rails near their tops is known as |
| A. | clear width |
| B. | gauge |
| Answer» C. | |
| 199. |
The rail section, now-a-days, used in Indian railways is |
| A. | double headed type |
| B. | dumb-bell type |
| C. | bull headed type |
| D. | flat footed type |
| Answer» D. flat footed type | |
| 200. |
Scotch blocks are used for preventing the movement of vehicles beyond the dead end sidings. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» B. Wrong | |