Top 550+ Solved Railway Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. On Indian railways, cant deficiency allowed on broad gauge track is
a. 56 mm
b. 66 mm
c. 76 mm
d. 87 mm
Q. The minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used over bridge girders, is
a. 1352
b. 1455
c. 1555
d. 1652
Q. A good sleeper whould be such that
a. the rails can be easily fixed and taekn out from the sleeper without moving them
b. it can provide sufficient bearing area for the rail
c. it can provide sufficient effective bearing area on the balast
d. all of the above
Q. George Stephenson succeeded in running the first train of the world in
a. 1825
b. 1835
c. 1841
d. 1853
Q. The maximum limit of superelevation prescribed by Indian railways on broad gauge is
a. 76.2 mm
b. 83.2 mm
c. 101.6 mm
d. 165.1 mm
Q. The quantity of stone ballast required per metre tangent length for broad gauge is
a. 0.767 m3
b. 1.11 m3
c. 1.51 m3
d. 2.11 m3
Q. The main disadvantage of steel sleepers is
a. that they get rusted very quickly
b. that their lugs sometimes get cracked
c. that their lugs sometimes get broken
d. all of these
Q. The composite sleeper index is the index of
a. strength and hardness
b. strength and toughness
c. hardness and wear resistance
d. toughness and wear resistance
Q. The crossing in which the right hand rail of one track crosses the left hand rail of another track or vice versa is called
a. acute angle crossing
b. obtuse angle crossing
c. square crossing
d. none of these
Q. In India, for broad gauge track, the maximum height of a loaded goods wagon is fixed as
a. 3.40 m
b. 4.72 m
c. 5.32 m
d. 5.87 m