Indian Railway MCQ

16. In India, the ruling gradient provided in plains for one locomotive train is

  1. 1 IN 150 to 1 IN 200
  2. 1 IN 200 to 1 IN 250
  3. 1 IN 250 to 1 IN 300
  4. 1 IN 300 to 1 IN 350
Answer
Answer. a

17. The shape of Transition Curve used by Indian Railway is

  1. spiral
  2. Froude’s cubic parabola
  3. Lemniscates
  4. S-curve
Answer
Answer. b

18. The ruling gradient on broad gauge section of Indian Railways in plains is 1 in 150. On a track with 4° curve, the allowable ruling gradient will be

  1. 1 in 146
  2. 1 in 154
  3. 1 in 197
  4. 1 in 232
Answer
Answer. b

19. Most commonly the rail-sections used in India are

  1. Bull-headed
  2. Double headed
  3. Flat-footed
  4. All the above
Answer
Answer. c

20. On Indian Railways the standard length of rails for meter gauge track is

  1. 10.06 m
  2. 10.97 m
  3. 11.89 m
  4. 12.8 m
Answer
Answer. c

21. As per the Indian Railways, width of Broad Gauge (BG) is

  1. 1626 mm
  2. 1676 mm
  3. 1700 mm
  4. 1762 mm
Answer
Answer. a

22. For Indian Railway, the maximum permissible degree of curve for Broad Gauge (BG) is

  1. 5°
  2. 16°
  3. 20°
  4. 10°
Answer
Answer. d

23. The transition curve adopted by Indian Railways with standard notations is of the form

  1. y = 6RLx
  2. y = x3/6 RL
  3. y = 64 RL ex
  4. y = 36 RL x2
Answer
Answer. b

24. The gauge widths (in meter) for broad, standard and narrow gauges respectively are

  1. 1.767, 1.650 and 0.760
  2. 1.676, 1.500 and 0.676
  3. 1.676, 1.435 and 0.762
  4. 1.876, 1.656 and 0.800
Answer
Answer. c
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