Railway Engineering

141. Number of switches provided on a Gaunt-letted track is

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. None of the above

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142. On a single line track, 10 goods trains loaded with iron ore run from A to B and empty wagons return from B to A daily. Amount of creep of the rails will be

1. Zero
2. More in the direction A to B
3. More in the direction B to A
4. None of these

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143. On a straight railway track, absolute levels at point A on two rails are 100.550 m and 100.530 m and the absolute levels at point B 100 m apart are 100.585 m and 100.515 m respectively, the value of twist of rails per metre run, is

1. 0.4 mm
2. 0.5 mm
3. 0.7 mm
4. 0.8 mm

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144. On B.G. tracks the distance of outer signal from station limit is kept

1. 510 m
2. 520 m
3. 530 m
4. 540 m

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145. On Broad Gauge main lines with maximum traffic loads, the rail section preferred to, is

1. 29.8 to 37.3 kg/m
2. 32.5 to 42.5 kg/cm
3. 44.7 to 56.8 kg/m
4. None of these

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146. On either side of the centre line of rails, a cant of 1 in 20 in the sleeper is provided for a distance of

1. 150 mm
2. 165 mm
3. 175 mm
4. 185 mm

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147. On Indian Railways standard length of rails for B.G. track, is

1. 33 ft (10.06 m)
2. 36 ft (10.97 m)
3. 39 ft (11.89 m)
4. 42 ft (12.8 m)

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148. On Indian Railways standard length of rails for M.G. track, is

1. 33 ft (10.06 m)
2. 36 ft (10.97 m)
3. 39 ft (11.89 m)
4. 42 ft (12.8 m)

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149. On Indian Railways, angle of crossing between gauge faces of Vee, is generally calculated by

1. Cole's method
2. Centre line method
3. Isosceles triangle method
4. Both (a) and (b)

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150. On Indian Railways, number of a crossing is defined as

1. Sine of angle of crossing
2. Cosine of angle of crossing
3. Tangent of angle of crossing
4. Contingent of angle of crossing

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