Top 250+ Solved Railway Bridge and Tunnel Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. Pandrol clips cannot be used with
a. Wooden sleepers
b. Concrete sleepers
c. CST-9 sleepers
d. Steel trough sleepers
Q. 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
Q. If n is length of a rail in metres, 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)
Q. Type of switch rails generally adopted for modern track, is
a. Straight switch
b. Curved switch
c. Loose heel switch
d. Bent switch
Q. The standard width of ballast for B.G. Track in Indian Railways, is kept
a. 3.35 m
b. 3.53 m
c. 2.35 m
d. 2.53 m
Q. Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at expansion joints?
a. Crushed head
b. Angular break
c. Split head
d. Transverse fissures
Q. Bull headed rails are generally provided on
a. Points and crossing
b. Straight tangents
c. Curved tracks
d. Metre gauge tracks
Q. The type of bearing plate used in all joints and on curves to give better bearing area tothe rails is
a. Flat mild steel bearing plate
b. Mild steel canted bearing plate
c. Cast iron anti-creep bearing plate
d. None of the above