Practice Test: Question Set - 10
1. Packing of ballast is done
- (A) Near the
ends of sleepers
- (B) On the
shoulders
- (C) Under
sleepers
- (D) Between two
rails
2. The total gap on both sides between the inside edges of wheel flanges and gauge faces of the rail is kept as
- (A) 10 mm
- (B) 13 mm
- (C) 16 mm
- (D) 19 mm
3. The rail section which is not used on Indian Broad Gauge tracks, is
- (A) 35 R
- (B) 40 R
- (C) 45 R
- (D) 55 R
4. In a diamond crossing, numbers of noses are
- (A) 2
- (B) 3
- (C) 4
- (D) 6
5. Number of cotters used in CST-9 sleepers is
- (A) 2
- (B) 3
- (C) 4
- (D) 5
6. In Indian railways, plate laying is usually done by
- (A) Side
method
- (B) Telescopic
method
- (C) American
method
- (D) All the
above
7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The line
which connects a number of parallel tracks, and also provides an access to main
track, is called a gathering line
- (B) With a
diagonal gathering line, the length of the siding decreases with increase of
its distance from main track
- (C) To have
sidings of same length, a diagonal line is laid at one end and a parallel
gathering line at the other end
- (D) All the
above
8. A Broad Gauge branch line takes off as a contrary flexure from a main line. If the super-elevation required for branch line is 10 mm and cant deficiency is 75 mm, the super-elevation to be actually provided on the branch line will be
- (A) 10 mm
- (B) 64 mm
- (C) 85 mm
- (D) 65 mm
9. The angle between the gauge faces of the stock rail and tongue rail, is called
- (A) Switch angle
- (B) Angle
of crossing
- (C) Angle
of turnout
- (D) None of
these
10. In permanent way, ballast
- (A) Transfers
load from sleepers to the formation
- (B) Provides an
elastic bed to the track
- (C) Provides a
drainage of track
- (D) All the
above
11. Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting?
- (A) Triangle
- (B) Turntable
- (C) Traverser
- (D) Scotch block
12. 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
13. Spacing of sleepers
- (A) Throughout
the length of a rail is kept uniform
- (B) Near rail
joints, is kept closer
- (C) At the
middle of rails, is kept closer
- (D) None of
these
14. For a 8° curve track diverging from a main curve of 5° in an opposite direction in the layout of a broad gauge yard, the cant to be provided for the branch track for maximum speed of 45 km/h on the main line and 'G' = 1.676 m is (Permitted cant deficiency for the main line = 7.6 cm)
- (A) 0.168 cm
- (B) -0.168 cm
- (C) 7.432 cm
- (D) 7.768 cm
15. Distance between the inner rail and check rail provided on sharp curve, is
- (A) 40 mm
- (B) 42 mm
- (C) 44 mm
- (D) 46 mm
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