RRB Practice Test: Question Set - 08
1. Consider the following statements: Automatic signaling system results in
1. Greater
risk
2. Higher
efficiency
3. Avoidance
of block instruments
4. Higher
operating cost of these statements
- (A) 1 and 2 are
correct
- (B) 3 and 4 are
correct
- (C) 1 and 4 are
correct
- (D) 2 and 3 are
correct
2. An expansion gap of __________ is usually kept between the adjoining rail ends to allow for expansion of rail, due to variation in temperature.
- (A) 1 to 3 mm
- (B) 10 to 15 mm
- (C) 6 to 8 mm
- (D) 3 to 5 mm
3. Number of cotters used in CST-9 sleepers is
- (A) 2
- (B) 3
- (C) 4
- (D) 5
4. Stretcher bar is provided
- (A) To permit
lateral movement of the tongue rail
- (B) To maintain
the two tongue rails at the exact distance
- (C) To ensure
exact gauge at the toe of the switch as well as the nose of crossing
- (D) To prevent
any vertical movement between the wing rail and nose of crossing
5. A triangle is used for
- (A) Changing the
direction of engine
- (B) Transferring
wagons to and from parallel tracks without shunting
- (C) Separating
all the sidings and shunting lines from main lines
- (D) Preventing
the vehicles from running off the track
6. C.T.C. stands for:
- (A) Critical Track Control
- (B) Critical Traffic Channeliser
- (C) Centralized Traffic Control
- (D) None of these
7. For laying the railway track, materials required are
- (A) Rails
- (B) Fish-Plates
- (C) Fish Bolts
- (D) Bearing
Plates
8. The standard length of rail for Broad Gauge track in India is:
- (A) 19.2 m
- (B) 25.6 m
- (C) 11.8 m
- (D) 12.8 m
9. The most common system of signaling in India is the _________ system.
- (A) Automatic block
- (B) Section clear system
- (C) Absolute block
- (D) Pilot guard system
10. Detonating signals are used:
- (A) For noisy engines
- (B) During foggy and cloudy weather
- (C) For deaf drivers
- (D) Not now, were in use in nineteenth century
only
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