Top 550+ Solved Railway Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The sleepers in the form of two bowls placed under each rail and connected together by a tie - bar, are known as
a. pot sleepers
b. box sleepers
c. plate sleepers
d. duplex sleepers
Q. A standard rail point should
a. be as strong as the other portion of the track
b. have just enough rail gap between two rails
c. have the same elasticity as the other portion of the track
d. all of the above
Q. A welded rail joint is generally
a. supported on a sleeper
b. suspended
c. supported on a metal plate
d. none of these
Q. The height of the platform above the rail surface for narrow gauge tracks should be
a. 229 to 406 mm
b. 305 to 406 mm
c. 762 to 838 mm
d. 838 to 982 mm
Q. The adjustment of rails is usually needed when creep exceeds
a. 50 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 150 mm
d. none of these
Q. The gauge representing the maximum width and height up to which a railway vehicle may be built, is known as
a. broad gauge
b. narrow gauge
c. loading gauge
d. all of these
Q. The rail section, now-a-days, used in Indian railways is
a. double headed type
b. dumb-bell type
c. bull headed type
d. flat footed type
Q. In India, for metre gauge track, the maximum height of a loaded goods wagon is fixed as
a. 3.43 m
b. 4.72 m
c. 5.32 m
d. 5.87 m
Q. The railway sleepers should act as elastic medium between the rails and the ballast.
a. Correct
b. Incorrect