In Indian Railways platforms are provided a slope of
1 in 20
1 in 30
1 in 40
1 in 50
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In Indian Railways platforms are provided a slope of
1 in 20
1 in 30
1 in 40
1 in 50
In Indian Railways highly used sleeper is
wooden sleeper
steel sleeper
cast iron sleeper
concrete sleeper
In India, the permissible limit of rail wear is
2%
5%
10%
15%
In India, commonly used wooden sleeper is
deodar
chir
sal
teak
In India a minimum sleeper density is
M
M + 2
M + 4
M + 5
In emergencies the system of train operation is
space interval system
time interval system
one engine system
pilot guard system
In bull headed rails
foot is smaller than head
foot is identical to head
foot is bigger than head
may be b or c of above
In broad gauge stations minimum length of platform should be
180 m
240 m
300 m
400 m
In broad gauge stations clearance between track and edge of platform should be
1.35 m
1.67 m
1.8 m
2.0 m
In broad gauge lines height of platform above the rails should be
0.23 m to 0.41 m
0.31 m to 0.41 m
0.76 m to 0.84 m
0.86 m to 0.96 m
In automatic block system when a train is in a block it puts the danger signal till the train movesover
that block
one more block
two more signals
none of the above
In automatic block system of signalling the block length is
from station to next station
15 to 20 km
10 to 15 km
5 to 7 km
In A-class block stations outer signal is provided at a distance.................on broad gauge stations.
240 m
340 m
440 m
540 m
In a shunting signal if the red band is at 45°, it indicates
stop
proceed
proceed cautiously
none of the above
If sufficient expansion joint gap is not provided or the joint is very tight the rail may
tilt
hogg
develop corrugation
buckle
Heaviest sleeper is
wooden sleeper
steel sleeper
cast iron sleeper
concrete sleeper
Head width of 52 R flat footed rail is
61.2 mm
64 mm
67 mm
70 mm
Gauge is the distance between.............. of rails of track.
centre to centre
inner edge to edge between top edges
outer edge to edge distance
inner edge to edges between bottom edges
For summit curve, the rate of change of gradients permitted is
0.01%
0.75%
0.10%
0.15%
For sag curves the rate of change permitted is
0.15%
0.05%
0.75%
0.10%