Civil Engineering Questions And Answers :: Railway Engineering: part4



Civil Engineering : Railway Engineering QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part4 : 6 to 10

Following Civil Engineering Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in BSNL JTO, GATE 2024 and IES 2024 examinations :

6.For a 8� curve track diverging from a main curve of 5� in an opposite direction in the layout of a broad gauge yard, the cant to be provided for the branch track for maximum speed of 45 km/h on the main line and 'G' = 1.676 m is (Permitted cant deficiency for the main line = 7.6 cm)

0.168 cm
-0.168 cm
7.432 cm
7.768 cm

7.Consider the following statements about concrete sleepers. # They improve the track modulus. # They have good scrap value. # They render transportation easy. # They maintain the gauge quite satisfactorily. Of these statements

1 and 2 are correct
2 and 3 are correct
3 and 4 are correct
1 and 4 are correct

8.When semaphore and warner are installed on the same post, then the stop indication is given when

both arms are horizontal
semaphore arm lowered but warner arm horizontal
both semaphore and warner arms lowered
none of the above

9.On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from A to B and then empty wagons run from B to A. The amount of creep in the rails.

will be more in the direction of B to A
will be more in the direction of A to B
will be maximum at the middle of A andB
cannot be determined from the given data.

10.A triangle is used for

changing the direction of engine
transferring wagons to and from parallel tracks without shunting
separating all the sidings and shunting lines from main lines
preventing the vehicles from running off the track

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