TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING II

TUTORIAL 1
1/5/2017

1 For main cities and routes of maximum intensities, the type of gauge adopted is
a
Broad gauge
c
Narrow gauge
b
Metre Gauge
d
All of these
2 For metre gauge track, in Indian railways, the standard length of the rail is
a
10.06m
c
11.89m
b
10.97m
d
12.8m
3 The rail gauge is the distance between
a
Outer faces of rails
c
b
Running faces of rails
d

Centre to centre of rails

None of these

4 The chief function of sleepers is to

a
Support the rails
b
Keep the 2 rails at correct gauge

Distribute the load coming on the rails to the ballast

All of these

c
d

5 To keep the railway yard dry, the ballast used is

a
Sand
c
Broken Stone
b
Coal Ash
d
Both a and b
6 Fish bolts are made of
a
Cast iron
b
Low carbon steel

c
d

High carbon steel

Stainless steel

7 Rail chairs are used to fix

a
Flat footed rails
b
Bull headed rails

c
d

Double headed rails

None of these

8 No signals are provided in case of

a
Ruling gradient
b
Momentum gradient

c
d

Pusher gradient
Station yards gradient

9 When the main line is on a curve and has a turn out of contrary flexure leading to a branch line,
then the branch line curve has a
a
Cant deficiency
c
Cant excess
b
Negative Cant
d
None of these
10 On Indian railways, cant deficiency allowed on broad gauge track is
a
56mm
c
76mm

66mm

87mm

11

The distance between the running face of the stock rail and the toe of the tongue rail is known a
a
Heel divergence
c
Flangway clearance
b
Heel clearance
d
Throw of switch
12 Two cross overs are laid between 2 tracks in the case of
a
Diamond crossing
c
Level crossing
b
Scissors crossing
d
All of these
13 When one track is superimposed on the other track, it is known as
a
Ladder track
c
Gaunlet track
b
Double slip track
d
None of these
14 A warner signal which is first seen by the driver is known as
Disc signal
Outer signal
Home signal
Routing signal
15 In a shunting signal, if the red band is horizontal, it indicates
a
Stop
c
Proceed
b
Proceed cautiously
d
None of these
16 Heel divergence as compared to flangeway clearance is
a
Always greater
c
Equal
b
Always less
d
None of these
17 Sleeper density depends on
a
Axle load and speed
b
Type of selection of the rails

c
d

Type of ballast and ballast cushion

All of these

18 Holes for fish bolts should be

a
Drilled
b
Hot punched

c
d

Cold punched
Screwed

19 Slipping of driving wheels of locomotives on the rail surface causes

a
Corruation of rails
c
Wheel burns
b
Hogging of rails
d
None of these
20 The shape of transition curve used by Indian railway is
a
Cubic parabola
c
Sine curve
b
Spiral
d
Leminscate of Bernoulli

TIME : 30 MINUTES

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