Q. In India, metre gauge permanent way was adopted in

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Q. 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

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Q. Check rails are provided on inner side of inner rails if sharpness of a B.G. curve, is more than

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

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Q. For an effective administration, Indian railway system has been divided into

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Q. In a railway track, permissible gauge with tolerance under loaded condition, is

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Q. A turn-in-curve is defined as

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Q. Advantage of automatic signalling, is:

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Q. Rail section is generally designated by its

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. Total effective bearing area of both the bowls of a pot sleeper, is

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Q. For metal sleepers with rounded edges, maximum size of ballast, is

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Q. If G is gauge distance and a is crossing, the distance between the nose of acute crossing and nose of obtuse crossing of a rail diamond, measured along the rail not forming the diamond, is

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Q. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

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Q. Staggered rail joints are generally provided

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Q. Bull headed rails are generally provided on

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Q. The check rails are placed opposite the crossing so that

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Q. The main advantage of a long rail over short one, is

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Q. Continuity of electric current across welded rail joints, is maintained by

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Q. Sand may be used as ballast for

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