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WorksheetsDay 116-Jan 27-worksheet-Btech-Rail sections & failures
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In Indian Railways, the standard width of Broad Gauge (BG) track is:
1.435 m
1.676 m
0.762 m
0.610 m
Main cities and routes carrying maximum traffic intensity in India generally adopt:
Meter Gauge
Narrow Gauge
Broad Gauge
Feeder Gauge
In hilly regions of India, the gauge generally preferred is:
Broad Gauge
Meter Gauge
Narrow Gauge
Standard Gauge
The most commonly used rail section in Indian Railways is:
Double-headed rail section
Bull-headed rail section
Vignoles rail section
Dumb-bell rail section
For Broad Gauge mail routes with very heavy traffic, the rail section generally provided is:
45 kg/m
52 kg/m
60 kg/m
48 kg/m
When trains run on curves without super-elevation, the lateral thrust acts mainly on the:
Inner rail
Outer rail
Inner side of inner rail
Inner side of outer rail
The longitudinal movement of rail metal due to abnormal heavy wheel loads is known as:
Buckling
Hogging
Creeping
Crushing
The inventor of the flat-footed rail section was (a) .
The standard length of a rail in Broad Gauge track is (a) m.
The standard length of a rail in Meter Gauge track is (a) m.
When rail ends bend downward due to loose packing under joints, the defect is called (a) .
The defect in which rails get displaced sideways due to thermal stress is known as (a) .
Creep of rails is defined as the (a) movement of rails in the direction of traffic.
Creep caused due to impact of wheels at rail joints is explained by (a) theory.
Back thrust of driving wheels during braking explains creep by (a) theory.
