Railway Engineering MCQ Questions Answers Civil Engineering


21) Dog spikes are used for fixing rail to the

a) wooden sleepers

b) CTS-9 sleepers

c) steel trough sleepers

d) concrete sleepers

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Option – a)

22) Compared to straight portion, on curves extra width of ballast required is

(a) nil

(b) 15 to 20 mm

(c) 40 to 50 mm

(d) 75 to 150 mm

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Option – d)

23) Fish plate is in contact with rail at

a) web of rail

b) fishing plane

c) head of rail

d) foot of rail

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Option – b)

24) The station where traffic flow is in 3 or more directions is known as

(a) crossing station

(b) flag station

(c) terminal station

(d) junction

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Option – d)

25) Minimum composite sleeper index prescribed on Indian Railways for a track sleeper is

a) 552

b) 783

c) 1352

d) 1455

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Option – b)

26) Metal sleepers are superior to wooden sleepers with respect to

a) cost

b) durability

c) track circuiting
d) fastening

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Option – b)

27) The height of platform above the rails in narrow gauge station should be

(a) 0.23 m to 0.41 m

(b) 0.31 m to 0.41 m

(c) 0.51 m to 0.60 m

(d) 0.76 m to 0.84 m

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Option – a)

28) Which of the following statement is wrong?

(a) Coning of wheels is necessary to prevent rubbing of flange of wheel with rails.

(b) Coning is provided at 1 in 20 slope.

(c) In coning wheels are given an outward slope.

(d) Coning of wheels is required only in curves.

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Option – d)

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