railway engineering Mcqs
101. Gauge is the distance between_______________?
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A. running faces of rails

B. outer faces of rails

C. center to center of rails

D. none of the above

102. One degree of curve is equivalent to__________________?
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A. 1750/R

B. 1600/R

C. 1700/R

D. 1850/R

103. On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from A to B and then empty wagons run from B to A. The amount of creep in the rails__________________?
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A. will be maximum at the middle of A and B

B. will be more in the direction of A to B

C. cannot be determined from the given data

D. will be more in the direction of B to A

104. The formation width for a railway track depends on the_________________?
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A. number of tracks to be laid side by side

B. type of gauge

C. correct answer is?

D. ) slope of sides of embankment or cutting </strong>

105. For a sleeper density of (n+5), the number of sleepers required for constructing a broad gauge railway track of length 650 m is____________________?
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A. 880

B. 975

C. 900

D. 918

106. The limiting value of cant excess for Broad Gauge is________________?
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A. 75 mm

B. 55 mm

C. l00 mm

D. 65 mm

107. For developing thinly populated areas, the correct choice of gauge is_________________?
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A. any of the above

B. Broad Gauge

C. Narrow Gauge

D. Meter Gauge

108. 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)______________________?
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A. 0.168 cm

B. 7.768 cm

C. 7.432 cm

D. -0.168 cm
109. Number of keys used in CST-9 sleeper is_________________?
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A. 2

B. none of the above

C. 3

D. 4

110. The width of foot for 90 R rail section is__________________?
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A. 122.2 mm

B. 136.5 mm

C. 100 mm

D. 146.0 mm