Railway Engineering Mcqs

This set of Civil Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “ Railway Engineering ”. These Mcqs are chosen from a collection of most authoritative and best reference books on Civil Engineering. Our aim is to prepare an individual for competitive exams like NTS, GAT, ECAT, University and College entrance exams, Jobs and interviews. One should practice our MCQS to assimilate Railway Engineering comprehensively.

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17.
The limiting value of cant deficiency for Meter Gauge routes is__________________?

40 mm

50 mm

75 mm

100 mm

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19.
The compensation for curvature on gradient for Meter Gauge is given by________________?

70/R

52.5/R

35/R

105/R

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20.
A Broad Gauge branch line takes off as a contrary flexure from a main line If the superelevation required for branch line is 10 mm and cant deficiency is 75 mm, the superelevation to be actually provided on the branch line will be__________________?

10 mm

64 mm

85 mm

65 mm

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21.
Switch angle is the angle between___________________?

The gauge face of the stock rail and tongue rail

The outer face of the stock rail and tongue rail

The gauge face of the stock rail and outer face of the tongue rail

The outer face of the stock rail and the gauge face of the tongue rail

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22.
Maximum value of ‘throw of switch’ for Broad Gauge track is__________________?

89 mm

95 mm

100 mm

115 mm

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23.
Which of the following turnouts is most commonly used for goods train on Indian Railways ?

1 in 8’/2

1 in 12

1 in 16

1 in 20

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24.
Number of switches provided on a Gaunt-letted track is_______________?

1

2

3

None of the above

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25.
The distance through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch for movement of trains is called_________________?

Flangeway clearance

Heel divergence

Throw of the switch

None of the above

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26.
Heel divergence is__________________?

Always less than flangeway clearance

Equal to flangeway clearance

Always greater than flangeway clearance

Sometimes greater than flangeway clearance

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27.
The treadle bar is provided_____________________?

In the middle of the track a little in front of the toes of the tongue rail

Near and parallel to inner side of one of the rails

At right angle to the rail

Near and parallel to inner side of both the rails

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28.
Which of the following devices is used to transfer the wagons or locomotives to and from parallel tracks without any necessity of shunting ?

Triangle

Turntable

Traverser

Scotch block

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29.
The height of the center of arm of a semaphore signal above the ground is_________________?

5.5m

6.5 m

7.5 m

8.5m

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30.
Yellow lighthand signal indicates____________________?

Stop

Proceed

Proceed cautiously

None of the above

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