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WorksheetsRailway 🚂 engineering 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
George Stephenson succeeded in running the first train of the world in
1825
1835
1841
1853
Headquarters of Forest Research Institute
Dehradun
Delhi
Bombay
Hyderabad
First electric railway in India started functioning from
1925
1825
1853
1952
The first railway train in India ran between
Mumbai and Thane
Chennai and Bangaluru
Calcutta and Delhi
Howrah and Dadar
In railways, Tender is a component of
Rolling stock
Permanent way
Plate laying
None of these
Charles Vignole invented.type of rail sections
Double headed rails
Bull headed rails
Flat footed rails
None of these
The rail section first designed in Indian railway was
Double headed rail
Bull headed rail
Flat footed rail
None of these
Modern track typically uses with a profile of an asymmetrical rounded -beam.
wooden
hot-rolled steel
iron
alloy of aluminium
The tensile strength of the rail should not be
more than 72 kg/mm
less than 100 kg/mm
less than 706 MPa
more than 98.8 MPa
Which of the following is not a function of rails?
Serving as a lateral guide
To provide drainage
Providing a continuous surface
To provide a level surface
The most dangerous failure in rails in which the rail breaks before the defect is identified is called
Split head
Horizontal fissure
Split web
Transverse fissure
Rail section first designed on Indian railways, was
Double headed
Bull headed
Flat footed
none of these
In Indian railways, plate laying is usually done by
Side method
Telescopic method
American method
All of these
Vignoles rail is also known as
Bull headed
Double headed
Flat footed
None of these
Size of rail section is specified by
Weight in Kg per rail length
Weight in Kg per meter length
Thickness in mm
Thickness in cm
The rail section is divided on the basis of
Type of rails
Spacing of sleepers
Gauge of the track
Speed of trains
Largest dimension of a rail is its
Height
Foot width
Head width
Any of the above
For Metre Gauge track in Indian railways, the standard length of rail is
11.89m
12.89m
10.97m
10.06m
Two important constituents in the composition of steel used for rail are:
Carbon and manganese
Carbon and silicon
Manganese and phosphorous
Carbon and sulphur
The Railways has a degree of freedom for its movement.
single
Two
Three
Four
The main advantage of a long rail over short one, is
It requires less number of rail fastenings
It provides smooth running of trains
It involves less maintenance cost
All the above
Charls Vignoles invented the flat footed rails in
1814
1836
1846
1856
Ordinary rails are made up of
mild steel
cast iron
high carbon steel
wrought iron
Which type of rails have both the top and bottom tables made of same section?
Double headed rail
Bull headed rail
Flat footed rail
Vignoles rail
The two rails on which the trains move together with sleepers, ballast, and fittings is known as
Plate laying
Permanent way
switch
None of these
Which is a continuous girder which carry the axial load from a train?
Sleeper
Ballast
Formation
Rail
Which type rail section is obsolete now?
Double headed rail
Bull headed rail
Flat footed rail
Vignoles rail
Rail section in which head is thicker than foot is called as
Bull headed rail
Double headed rail
Flat footed rail
Non of these
Distance between inner faces of pair of wheels is called
Feeder Gauge
Rail gauge
Wheel gauge
None of these
Among the following which is a constituents or components of rolling stock of railway?
Plate laying
Wagons
Fixtures and Fasteners
Stations and Yards
What does the weight of the rails depends upon?
Speed of train
Gauge of the tracks
Speed of train, gauge of tracks and nature of traffic
Nature of traffic
Ordinary rails are made of
Low carbon steel
Medium carbon steel
High carbon steel
Stainless steel
52 kg rails are mostly used in
Meter Gauge
Broad Gauge
Narrow Gauge
dboth [a] and [b]
Which of the following is not a function of rails?
Serving as a lateral guide
To provide drainage
Providinga continuous surface
To provide a level surface
Size of rail section is specified by
Weight in Kg per rail length
Weight in Kg per meter length
Thickness in mm
Thickness in cm
The treads of the wheel are provided on an outward
slope of
1 in 10
1 in 15
1 in 20
1 in 25
Wheels of rolling stock are provided with flanges on
outer side
inner side
both sides
neither side
In Indian railways, the ratio of the axle load and the weight of the rail is
312
412
512
600
The point upto which a rail is laid during a day's work is termed as
Rail head
Rail base
Toe of rail
Heel of rail
Why Bull headed rails are used in points and crossings?
For aesthetic appearance
To provide a rigid surface
To withstand wear and tear
Because of manufacturing constrains
What causes wheel burns?
Falling of metal chunks
Slipping of wheel on rail surface
High speed of locomotive
Manufacturing defects
Bull headed rails are generally provided on
Points and crossings
straight tracks
curved tracks
MG tracks
For providing the required tilt of rail, the adzing of
sleeper is done for
BH rails
DH rails
FF rails
any type of rail
On Indian Railways, the standard length of BG track rail is
11.89m
12.8m
12.6m
11.6m
For undeveloped areas, the type of gauge adopted is
Broad gauge
Metre gauge
Narrow gauge
All of these
The rail gauge is the distance between
Outer faces of rail
Running faces of rail
Centre to centre of rails
None of these
The speed of locomotive in India on a Broad Gauge track
60 to 75 Km/hr
75 to 96 Km/hr
96 to 120 Km/hr
120 to 140 Km/hr
At the time of construction of railway in India, the gauge
adopted as standard gauge was
1.435m
1.524m
1.676m
1.843m
The broad gauge is..wide
0.6096m
0.762m
1.00m
1.676m
The length of feeder gauge is
0.762m
0.610m
1.483m
1.00m
