The standard size of wooden sleepers on broad:
A. 2.74 mx 25 cm x 13 cm
B. 1.83 mx 20 cm x 11 cm
C. 1.52 m x 15 cm x 10 cm
D. any one of these
Railway Engineering
Railway engineering MCQs involve the design, construction, and maintenance of railway systems, including tracks, stations, and related infrastructure.
Which of the following sleeper provide best elasticity of track?
A. Steel sleeper
B. R.C.C. sleepers
C. Cast iron sleeper
D. Wooden sleeper
A welded rail joint is generally:
A. supported on a metal plate
B. supported on a sleeper
C. suspended
D. none of these
The trailing points in a track are those points at which the train:
A. first pass over crossings and then over switches
B. first pass either over switches or crossings
C. first pass over switches and then over crossings
D. none of the above
An advance starter signal is used for:
A. loco-sheds
B. shunting
C. goods train
D. all of these
A good sleeper should be such that:
A. it can provide sufficient bearing area for the rail
B. it can provide sufficient effective bearing area on the balast
C. the rails can be easily fixed and taken out from the sleeper without moving them
D. all of the above
The chief function of providing ballast in the railway track is:
A. to provide elasticity and resilience to the track
B. to uniformly distribute the load from sleepers over a large area of formation
C. to hold the sleepers in position
D. all of the above
The resistance of the train is due to:
A. gradient
B. gradient
C. speed
D. all of these
Adzing is done in the sleepers to give a slope of:
A. 1 in 30
B. 1 in 40
C. 1 in 20
D. 1 in 10
The composite sleeper index determines the:
A. permissible stresses in the steel sleepers
B. suitability of the wooden sleepers
C. number of sleepers per rail length
D. None of them