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This section includes 7 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. |
Excessive lifting can be done if work is done under speed restrictions. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
2. |
What can be done to remove the Centre bound sleeper defect? |
A. | Lifting of track |
B. | Over packing of joints |
C. | Loosening the ballast at ends |
D. | Loosening the ballast at the centre |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
Which of the following activity must be done when the track undergoes regrading? |
A. | Lifting of track |
B. | Providing drainage facilities |
C. | Replacing the joints |
D. | Adjusting the creep |
Answer» B. Providing drainage facilities | |
4. |
Which of the following is correct in case of pumping joints? |
A. | It pumps out mud and water |
B. | It pumps out only mud |
C. | It pumps out fine dust |
D. | It occurs in dry season |
Answer» B. It pumps out only mud | |
5. |
What can happen if there is provision of wooden sleepers in a track that is normally laid with metal sleepers? |
A. | Hogging of rails |
B. | Sagging of rails |
C. | High joints |
D. | Pumping joints |
Answer» D. Pumping joints | |
6. |
What should preferably be done to remove hogging if it occurs on a small scale? |
A. | Cropping the hogged portion |
B. | Dehogging machine |
C. | Over packing of joint sleepers |
D. | Replacing the whole rail |
Answer» D. Replacing the whole rail | |
7. |
What is hogging of joints? |
A. | Depression of rail ends at joints |
B. | Depression of the middle part of the rail |
C. | Corrosion of joints |
D. | Staggering of rails |
Answer» B. Depression of the middle part of the rail | |