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Rail joint supported on a single sleeper, is known as

(A) bridge rail joint

(B) supported rail joint

(C) square rail joint

(D) suspended rail joint

Which one of the following is not a type of crossing used in railways?

(A) square crossing

(B) spring crossing

(C) ramped crossing

(D) rectangular crossing

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

Composite sleeper index is the index of

(A) wear resistance and hardness

(B) toughness and wear resistance

(C) strengths and toughness

(D) hardness and strengths

At Sonepur in North-East Railways, length of platform is

(A) 520 m

(B) 666 m

(C) 736 m

(D) 936 m

In urban and suburban stations with heavy traffic, the type of signals preferred are

(A) colour light signals

(B) circular hands with bands

(C) warner signals

(D) semaphore type

At a rail joint, the ends of adjoining rails, are connected with a pair of fish plates and

(A) 2 fish bolts

(B) 4 fish bolts

(C) 8 fish bolts

(D) 12 fish bolts

Steel sleepers are

(A) 6mm thick steel sheets with ends bent up

(B) 6 mm thick sheets with ends bent down

(C) hollow circular pipes

(D) rectangular cross section throughout