Railway Engineering — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Between the adjoining faces of the running rail and the check rail near the crossing is the correct answer to “Flange-way clearance is the distance”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

19 mm is the correct answer to “The total gap on both sides between the inside edges of wheel flanges and gauge faces of the rail is kept as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

Always greater than flange-way clearance is the correct answer to “Heel divergence is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

Will be more in the direction of A to B is the correct answer to “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:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

On curves is the correct answer to “Staggered joints are generally provided”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

2:1 is the correct answer to “The side slope of embankments for a railway track is generally taken as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

spring steel is the correct answer to “Loose jaws of steel trough sleepers are made of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

20 is the correct answer to “For a Broad Gauge route with M+7 sleeper density, number of sleepers per rail length is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

wooden sleeper is the correct answer to “Which of the following types of sleepers is preferred on joints”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

more than 4mm/m is the correct answer to “Vertical curves are provided where algebraic difference between grades is equal to or”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

$$\cot \left( \alpha \right)$$ is the correct answer to “If $$\alpha $$ is the angle of crossing, then the number of crossings ‘N’ according to right angle method is given by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

crushed head is the correct answer to “Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at expansion joints”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

To join the two rails together is the correct answer to “The main function of a fish plate is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

900 is the correct answer to “For a sleeper density of (n+5), the number of sleepers required for constructing a broad gauge railway track of length 650 m is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

22.5 tonnes is the correct answer to “A train is hauled by 2-8-2 locomotive with 22.5 tonnes and on each driving axle. Assuming the coefficient of rail-wheel friction to be 0.25, what would be the hauling capacity of the locomotive”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

1 in 720 is the correct answer to “The limiting value of cant gradient for all gauges is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

L = CL - SL is the correct answer to “The correct relation between curve lead (CL), switch lead (SL) and lead of crosssing (L) is given by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

to ensure that each switch is correctly set is the correct answer to “The object of providing a point lock is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

For points and crossings in the lead portion is the correct answer to “Flat mild steel bearing plates are used”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

156 mm is the correct answer to “The height of the rail for 52 kg rail section is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

67 mm is the correct answer to “Head width of 52 kg rail section is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

head is the correct answer to “Largest percentage of material in the rail is in its”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

8 is the correct answer to “A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

Narrow Gauge is the correct answer to “For developing thinly populated areas, the correct choice of gauge is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

wheel burns is the correct answer to “The slipping of driving wheels of locomotives on the rail surface causes”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

sharp curve is the correct answer to “Wear of rails is maximum in weight of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

70 is the correct answer to “At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

-0.168 cm is the correct answer to “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)”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

90 mm is the correct answer to “Normally maximum cant permissible in Meter Gauge is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

1 in 8.5 is the correct answer to “Which of the following turnouts is most commonly used for goods train on Indian Railways”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

both arms are horizontal is the correct answer to “When semaphore and warner are installed on the same post, then the stop indication is given when”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

traverser is the correct answer to “Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

wooden sleepers is the correct answer to “Dog spikes are used for fixing rail to the”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

iii, i, ii, iv is the correct answer to “Consider the following surveys i) Reconnaissance survey ii) Preliminary survey iii) Traffic survey iv) Location survey The correct sequence in which these surveys are conducted before the alignment of a track is finalised is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

25 cm is the correct answer to “Minimum depth of ballast cushion for a Broad Gauge wooden sleeper of size 275x25x13 cm with 75cm sleeper spacing is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

two outside and one inside is the correct answer to “Number of dog spikes normally used per rail seat on curved track is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

4.88 m is the correct answer to “The formation width for a single line meter gauge track in embankment as adopted on Indian Railways is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

10.21m is the correct answer to “The formation width for a double line Broad Gauge track in cutting (excluding drains) as adopted on Indian Railways is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

cubic parabola is the correct answer to “The shape of transition curve used by Indian Railways is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.

cot A is the correct answer to “If ‘A’ is the angle formed by two gauge faces, the crossing number will be”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Railway Engineering.