Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. Which of the following types of sleepers is preferred on joints?
- (A) CST-9 sleeper
- (B) Steel trough sleeper
- (C) Wooden sleeper
- (D) Concrete sleeper
2. Total effective bearing area of both the bowls of a pot sleeper, is
- (A) Slightly
more than that of a wooden sleeper
- (B) Slightly
less than that of a wooden sleeper
- (C) Equal
to that of a wooden sleeper
- (D) None
of these
3. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
- (A) Sleepers
hold the rails at proper gauge on straights
- (B) Sleepers
provide stability to the permanent way
- (C) Sleepers
act as an elastic cushion between rails and ballast
- (D) None of
these
4. On Indian Railways, number of a crossing is defined as
- (A) Sine
of angle of crossing
- (B) Cosine
of angle of crossing
- (C) Tangent
of angle of crossing
- (D) Contingent
of angle of crossing
5. Pandrol clips cannot be used with
- (A) Wooden sleepers
- (B) Concrete sleepers
- (C) CST-9 sleepers
- (D) Steel trough sleepers
6. For providing the required tilt of rails, adazing of wooden sleepers, is done for
- (A) Bull
headed rails
- (B) Double
headed rails
- (C) Flat footed
rails
- (D) Any type of
rails
7. If n is length of a rail in meters, the number of sleepers per rail length generally varies from
- (A) n to
(n + 2)
- (B) (n +
2) to (n + 4)
- (C) (n +
3) to (n + 6)
- (D) (n +
4) to (n + 5)
8. Normally maximum cant permissible in Meter Gauge is
- (A) 75 mm
- (B) 90 mm
- (C) 140 mm
- (D) 165 mm
9. Type of switch rails generally adopted for modern track, is
- (A) Straight
switch
- (B) Curved
switch
- (C) Loose heel
switch
- (D) Bent switch
10. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) An extra
width of 7.5 cm ballast is provided on outside a curve if track is laid with
short welded rails
- (B) An extra
width of 7.5 cm ballast is provided on outside a curve sharper than 3° on B.G.
and M.G. tracks
- (C) An extra
width of 15 cm ballast is provided on each shoulder if the track is laid with
welded rails
- (D) All the
above
11. Lead of crossing is the distance from the
- (A) Heel of the switch to the toe of the switch
- (B) Heel of the switch to the theoretical nose of the
crossing
- (C) Toe of the switch to the theoretical nose of
crossing
- (D) Toe of the switch to the actual nose of
crossing
12. The place where a railway line and a road cross each other at the same level, is known as
- (A) Cross over
- (B) Railway
junction
- (C) Road
junction
- (D) Level
crossing
13. If the stock rails are B.H. rails, the type of switch generally provided, is
- (A) Articulated
- (B) Undercut
- (C) Over
riding
- (D) Straight cut
14. The object of providing a point lock is
- (A) To ensure that each switch is correctly set
- (B) To ensure that the point may not be operated
while the train is on it
- (C) To detect any obstruction between and tongue
rail
- (D) None of the above
15. Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used in cross-overs, is
- (A) 1152
- (B) 1252
- (C) 1352
- (D) 1452
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