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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1.
The side slope of embankments for a railway track is generally taken as______________?

1:1

1.5:1

2:1

1:2

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2.
The total gap on both sides between the inside edges of wheel flanges and gauge faces of the rail is kept as_________________?

10mm

13mm

16mm

19 mm

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3.
Anti creep bearing plates are provided on_________________?

Bridges and approaches

Joints

Both (A) and (B)

None of the above

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5.
When the rail ends rest on a joint sleeper, the joint is termed as_________________?

Supported rail joint

Suspended rail joint

Bridge joint

Base joint

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6.
Minimum depth of ballast cushion for a Broad Gauge wooden sleeper of size 275x25x13 cm with 75cm sleeper spacing is________________?

15 cm

20 cm

25 cm

30cm

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7.
For a Broad Gauge route with M+7 sleeper density, number of sleepers per rail length is________________?

18

19

20

21

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8.
Composite sleeper index is the index of___________________?

Hardness and strength

Strength and toughness

Toughness and wear resistance

Wear resistance and hardness

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9.
Number of dog spikes normally used per rail seat on curved track is__________________?

One on either side

Two outside and one inside

One outside and two inside

Two outside and two inside

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10.
Flat mild steel bearing plates are used_________________?

For points and crossings in the lead portion

With wooden sleepers at locations where creep is likely to be developed

On all joints and curves

On all the above

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11.
At points and crossings, the total number of sleepers for 1 in 12 turnouts in Broad Gauge is______________?

51

62

70

78

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12.
The type of spike used for fixing chairs of bull headed rails to wooden sleepers is_________________?

Dog spike

Rail screw

Elastic spike

Round spike

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13.
Loose jaws of steel trough sleepers are made of___________________?

Cast steel

Mild steel

Cast iron

Spring steel

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14.
Pandrol clips cannot be used with__________________?

Wooden sleepers

Concrete sleepers

CST-9 sleepers

Steel trough sleepers

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