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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
For flat bottom sleepers, maximum size of ballast, is |
| A. | 50 mm |
| B. | 40 mm |
| C. | 33 mm |
| D. | 25 mm |
| Answer» B. 40 mm | |
| 2. |
Boxing of ballast is done |
| A. | under rails |
| B. | at the rails |
| C. | in between two rails |
| D. | in between two sleepers. |
| Answer» C. in between two rails | |
| 3. |
Width of the top portion of a flat footed, rail, is |
| A. | 69.85 mm |
| B. | 63.50 mm |
| C. | 66.77 mm |
| D. | 136.52 mm |
| Answer» D. 136.52 mm | |
| 4. |
Best wood for wooden sleepers is |
| A. | chir |
| B. | deodar |
| C. | sal |
| D. | teak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Charles Vignoles invented the flat footed rails in |
| A. | 1814 |
| B. | 1836 |
| C. | 1846 |
| D. | 1856 |
| Answer» C. 1846 | |
| 6. |
If absolute levels of rails at the consecutive axles A, B, and C separated by 1.8 metres are 100.505 m, 100.530 m, and 100.525 m respectively, the unevenness of rails, is |
| A. | 0.065 m |
| B. | 0.055 m |
| C. | 0.045 m |
| D. | 0.035 m |
| Answer» B. 0.055 m | |
| 7. |
The first Indian railway was laid in |
| A. | 1775 |
| B. | 1804 |
| C. | 1825 |
| D. | 1853 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
To design a cross-over between parallel tracks, the required components are : |
| A. | two switch, points, two acute angle crossings and two check rails |
| B. | two switch points, two acute angle crossings and four check rails |
| C. | two switch points, two acute angle crossings and six check rails |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. two switch points, two acute angle crossings and six check rails | |
| 9. |
Wooden sleepers used on the girders of bridges, are generally made of |
| A. | sal |
| B. | chir |
| C. | teak |
| D. | deodar. |
| Answer» D. deodar. | |
| 10. |
In India the rails are manufactured by |
| A. | open hearth process |
| B. | duplex process |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 11. |
For even distribution of load through ballast, load dispersal is assumed as |
| A. | 30° to the vertical |
| B. | 45° to the vertical |
| C. | 60° to the vertical |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. 60¬∞ to the vertical | |
| 12. |
Wing rails are provided |
| A. | near tongue rails |
| B. | near check rails |
| C. | near stock rails |
| D. | in crossing. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
A CST-9 sleeper consists of |
| A. | two inverted triangular pots on either side of rail seat |
| B. | a central plate with a projected key and box on the top of plate |
| C. | a tie bar and 4 cotters to connect two cast iron plates |
| D. | a single two way key provided on the gauge side to hold the rail to sleeper |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Pot sleepers are in the form of |
| A. | a number of bowls connected together with a tie bar |
| B. | two bowls placed under each rail and connected together with a tie bar |
| C. | two bowls placed under two rails and the one between the rails |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. two bowls placed under two rails and the one between the rails | |
| 15. |
The tread of wheels is provided an outward slope of |
| A. | 1 in 10 |
| B. | 1 in 15 |
| C. | 1 in 20 |
| D. | 1 in 25 |
| Answer» D. 1 in 25 | |
| 16. |
Mr. W. Simms, the consulting Engineer to the Government of India recommended the gauge for Indian railways |
| A. | 1.435 m as adopted in England |
| B. | 1.800 m as per Indian conditions |
| C. | 1.676 m as a compromise gauge |
| D. | 1.000 m as a standard gauge |
| Answer» D. 1.000 m as a standard gauge | |