The height of platform above the rails in narrow gauge station should be

 

(A) 0.23 m to 0.41 m

 

(B) 0.31 m to 0.41 m

 

(C) 0.51 m to 0.60 m

 

(D) 0.76 m to 0.84 m

Cotters are used to fix

(A) fish plates

(B) tie bars to cast iron sleepers

(C) bearing plate to sleeper

(D) rail to sleeper

The first train in India was run in the year

(A) 1825

(B) 1833

(C) 1853

(D) 1857

60 R rails are used in

(A) narrow gauge

(B) metre gauge

(C) broad gauge

(D) in all the above

The composite sleeper index is the index of

(A) strength and hardness

(B) strength and toughness

(C) hardness and wear resistance

(D) toughness and wear resistance

In India, metre guage permanent way was adopted in

(A) 1855

(B) 1866

(C) 1871

(D) 1874

A mono-block sleeper has

(A) trapezoidal section

(B) semi-circular section

(C) square section

(D) rectangular section

The device used to move wagons side way from one track to another track is

(A) traverse

(B) buffer stop

(C) turntable

(D) triangle

Rail section first designed on Indian railways was

(A) bull headed

(B) flat footed

(C) double headed

(D) a and b simultaneously

The rail is designated by its

(A) cross section

(B) weight per unit length

(C) length

(D) weight

The main function of a fish plate is

(A) to allow rail to expand and contract freely

(B) to join rails with the sleeper

(C) to join the two rails together

(D) none of the above