Explore topic-wise MCQs in Railway Engineering.

This section includes 13 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 is the most used method for seasoning of wooden sleepers in India?

A. Air seasoning
B. Artificial seasoning
C. Boulton seasoning
D. Kiln seasoning
Answer» B. Artificial seasoning
2.

This process of cutting the wooden sleeper at a slope of 1 in 20 is known as ________

A. adzing of wooden sleepers
B. laying of wooden sleepers
C. seasoning of sleepers
D. prophylactic treatment of sleepers
Answer» B. laying of wooden sleepers
3.

In which type of sleepers the heartwood side is kept upwards and the sapwood side downwards?

A. Treated sleepers
B. Untreated sleepers
C. Both treated and untreated sleepers
D. Neither treated nor untreated sleepers
Answer» B. Untreated sleepers
4.

Which of the following is not a way of stacking of sleepers?

A. One and nine method
B. Close crib method
C. Open crib method
D. Nine and one method
Answer» E.
5.

Seasoning of sleepers is done to remove the excess preservative from the wood?

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
6.

What is used for removing the moisture content in Boulton process?

A. Water (cold)
B. Hot preservative
C. Natural air
D. Prophylactic treatment
Answer» C. Natural air
7.

Why is prophylactic treatment of sleepers done?

A. To prevent infection at the treatment plant
B. To make it stronger
C. To remove excess preservative
D. To remove creosote oil
Answer» B. To make it stronger
8.

What is the order for recovery of preservatives in these processes?

A. Rueping process < Lowry process < Bethell process
B. Rueping process > Lowry process > Bethell process
C. Rueping process < Lowry process < Bethell process
D. Rueping process = Lowry process = Bethell process
Answer» C. Rueping process < Lowry process < Bethell process
9.

Where are Fir sleepers used?

A. Lines with traffic density less than 10GMT
B. Lines with traffic density less than 30GMT
C. All main lines
D. All trunk routes
Answer» B. Lines with traffic density less than 30GMT
10.

Empty cell (Rueping) process is used for treating which type of timber?

A. Hard timber
B. Porous timber
C. Soft wood
D. Deodar timber
Answer» C. Soft wood
11.

Why a final vacuum is applied in the Full cell process?

A. To free the timber of excessive preservative
B. To add extra preservative
C. To maintain equilibrium
D. To drain the creosote oil
Answer» B. To add extra preservative
12.

In which process maximum retention of hot creosote oil is practiced?

A. Full cell process
B. Empty cell process
C. Seasoning of sleepers
D. Prophylactic treatment of sleepers
Answer» B. Empty cell process
13.

What is another name of Full cell method?

A. Bethell process
B. Rueping process
C. Lowry process
D. Andrew process
Answer» B. Rueping process