Q. 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

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Q. Bearing plates are used to fix

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Q. A welded rail joint is generally

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Q. Safe speed (V) on a curve of radius 970 metres provided with two transition curves on Board Gauge track, is

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Q. Mr. W. Simms, the consulting Engineer to the Government of India recommended the gauge for Indian railways

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Q. If absolute levels of rails at the consecutive axles A, B, and C separated by 1.8 metres are 100.505 m, 100.530 m, and 100.525 m respectively, the unevenness of rails, is

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Q. A CST-9 sleeper consists of

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Q. Charles Vignoles invented the flat footed rails in

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Q. To design a cross-over between parallel tracks, the required components are :

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Q. Best wood for wooden sleepers is

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Q. The rail section which is not used on Indian metre gauge tracks, is

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Q. Dimensions of a plate girder, are :

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Q. Rail joint supported on a single sleeper, is known

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Q. Maximum wheel base distance provided on Indian B.G. tracks, is

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Q. For flat bottom sleepers, maximum size of ballast, is

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Q. Coning of wheels

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Q. The sleepers which satisfy the requirements of an ideal sleeper, are

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Q. Arrangement made to divert the trains from one track to another, is known as

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

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Q. The overall length of a turn out is the distance between the end of stock rail and

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