Top 550+ Solved Railway Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The main purpose of welding rails is to
a. build up the worn - out parts of points and crossings
b. build up the battered or worn heads of rail ends
c. to rebuild those portions of rail ends, which re burnt due to slipping of wheels at the time of applying brakes
d. all of the above
Q. A CST - 9 sleeper consists of
a. two inverted pots on either side of the rail seat
b. a single two way key on the gauge side
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these
Q. The width of top portion of a flat - footed rail, is
a. 66.67 mm
b. 69.80 mm
c. 73.25 mm
d. 75.87 mm
Q. For main cities and routes of maximum intensities, the type of gauge adopted is
a. broad gauge
b. metre gauge
c. narrow gauge
d. all of these
Q. The trailing points in a track are those points at which the train
a. first pass over switches and then over crossings
b. first pass over crossings and then over switches
c. first pass either over switches or crossings
d. none of the above
Q. The heel divergency recommended for broad gauge tracks by the India railways is
a. 116 mm
b. 128 mm
c. 133 mm
d. 156 mm
Q. The standard width of ballast for metre gauge track on Indian railways, is
a. 2.3 m
b. 2.9 m
c. 3.35 m
d. 5.53 m
Q. When the main line is on a curve and has a turn out of contrary flexure leading to a branch line, then the branch line curve has a
a. cant deficiency
b. negative cant
c. cant excess
d. none of these
Q. In hogging
a. the rail ends get bent down and deflected due to loose packing under the joints
b. the rails get out of their original positions due to insufficient expansion joint gap
c. the longitudinal movement of the rails in track takes place
d. all of the above
Q. The first train in India was run between
a. Delhi and Kolkata (Calcutta)
b. Mumbai (Bombay) and Thane
c. Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay)
d. Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta)
Q. The type of turn-out in which both the turn out rails are movable is known as
a. Wharton safety switches
b. split switches
c. stub switches
d. none of these