Top 550+ Solved Railway Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Gauge is the distance between
a. center to center of rails
b. running faces of rails
c. outer faces of rails
d. none of the above
Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
a. rails are directly laid over hard wooden sleepers and fixed with spikes
b. adzing is done on hard wooden sleepers
c. bearing plates are used on soft wooden sleepers
d. all the above
Q. Rail section is generally designated by its
a. total weight
b. total length
c. weight per metre length
d. area of its cross-section
Q. At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is
a. 51
b. 62
c. 70
d. 78
Q. The quantity of stone ballast required per metre tangent length, is
a. 1.15 m3
b. 1.14 m3
c. 1.13 m3
d. 1.11 m3
Q. Weight and cross section of the rails are decided on
a. gauge of tracks
b. speed of trains
c. spacing of sleepers
d. all the above
Q. If S is cant deficiency in centimetres and V is maximum permissible speed in kmph, the maximumlength of transition curves, is
a. sv/13.6
b. sv/19.8
c. sv/127
d. sv/16.8