civil engineering MCQs – Page 207

Practise multiple-choice questions from civil engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

civil engineering Mcqs
4121. The reception signal is__________________?
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A. advanced starter

B. home signal

C. correct answer is?

D. outer signal

E. ) starter

4122. Number of cotters used in CST-9 sleepers is__________________?
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A. 4

B. 3

C. 2

D. 5

4123. Dog spikes are used for fixing rail to the__________________?
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A. steel trough sleepers

B. CST-9 sleepers

C. concrete sleepers

D. wooden sleepers
4124. Largest dimension of a rail is its________________?
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A. height

B. any of the above

C. foot width

D. head width

4125. 60 R rails are mostly used in__________________?
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A. Broad Gauge

B. Narrow Gauge

C. none of the above

D. Metre Gauge
4126. At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is______________?
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A. 62

B. 51

C. 78

D. 70
4127. Minimum composite sleeper index pres-cried on Indian Railways for a track sleeper is_______________?
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A. 1352

B. 1455

C. 783

D. 552

4128. Normally the limiting value of cant is________________?
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A. G/8

B. G/12

C. G/10

D. G/15

4129. The main function of a fish plate is________________?
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A. to allow rail to expand and contract freely

B. to join the two rails together

C. to join rails with the sleeper

D. none of the above

4130. A Broad Gauge branch line takes off as a contrary flexure from a main line If the superelevation required for branch line is 10 mm and cant deficiency is 75 mm, the superelevation to be actually provided on the branch line will be__________________?
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A. 85 mm

B. 64 mm

C. 65 mm

D. 10 mm

4131. Switch angle depends on______________?
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A. length of tongue rail

B. heel divergence

C. correct answer is?

D. ) flangeway clearance

E. throw of switch</strong>

4132. The correct relation between curve lead (CL), switch lead (SL) and lead of crossing (L) is given by__________________?
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A. SL = L + CL

B. CL = L SL

C. L = (CL+SL)/2

D. L =CL-SL
4133. The maximum degree of curvature for Meter Gauge is limited to_________________?
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A. 10

B. 16

C. 30

D. 40

4134. Switch angle is the angle between___________________?
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A. the outer face of the stock rail and the gauge face of the tongue rail

B. the outer face of the stock rail and tongue rail

C. the gauge face of the stock rail and outer face of the tongue rail

D. the gauge face of the stock rail and tongue rail
4135. The desirable rate of change of cant deficiency in case of Metre Gauge is_______________?
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A. 55 mm/sec

B. 65 mm/sec

C. 35 mm/sec

D. 20 mm/sec

4136. A treadle bar is used for_____________________?
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A. interlocking points and signal

B. setting points and crossings

C. setting marshalling yard signals

D. track maintenance

4137. Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting ?
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A. scotch block

B. turntable

C. triangle

D. traverser
4138. Vertical curves are provided where algebraic difference between grades is equal to or_________________?
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A. more than 4mm/m

B. more than 2 mm/m

C. less than 2 mm/m

D. less than 4 mm/m

4139. Creep is the_______________?
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A. vertical movement of rail

B. lateral movement of rail

C. longitudinal movement of rail

D. difference in level of two rails

4140. The slipping of driving wheels of locomotives on the rail surface causes_______________?
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A. corrugation of rails

B. wheel burns

C. scabbing of rails

D. hogging of rails