Q.1
What is Railway Engineering?
  • a) Railway engineering deals with the design, construction, and operation of railway systems
  • b) Railway engineering deals with the design, construction, and operation of highway bridges
  • c) Railway engineering deals with the design, construction, and operation of road transportation
  • d) None of the mentioned
Q.2
Which of the following are types of gauges present in Indian railways?
  • a) Broad gauge, standard gauge and metre gauge
  • b) Standard gauge, metre gauge and narrow gauge
  • c) Metre gauge, narrow gauge and 2 broad gauges
  • d) Broad gauge, metre gauge and 2 narrow gauges
Q.3
Which of the following is not a component of the rail?
  • a) Ballast
  • b) Foot
  • c) Web
  • d) Head
Q.4
Which of the following rail line is not a part of the “Mountain Railways of India”?
  • a) Lumding – Badarpur Railway
  • b) Kalka – Shimla Railway
  • c) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
  • d) Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Q.5
India’s first passenger train from BoriBunder (Mumbai) to Thane was run on which of the following gauge?
  • c) Broad gauge
  • d) Narrow gauge
  • a) Metre gauge
  • b) Standard gauge
Q.6
Which of the following is the most used ballast on Indian railways?
  • a) Coal ash ballast
  • b) Brickbat ballast
  • c) Broken stone ballast
  • d) Sand ballast
Q.7
Which of the following is an advantage of railway transport?
  • a) Railways are the cheapest mode of transport compared with other modes of transports
  • b) Railways help a country’s industrialization process by easily transporting coal and raw materials at a lower rate
  • c) Railways make it easier to travel long distances and carry bulky goods that are not easily carried by motor vehicles
  • d) All of the mentioned
Q.8
Railway rails are made of which of the following?
  • a) Cast iron
  • b) Mild steel
  • c) High carbon steel
  • d) Wrought iron
Q.9
As per the Indian Railways, the maximum height and maximum width of the rolling stock for Broad Gauge (BG) is _____ mm and _____ mm respectively.
  • a) 3455 mm and 3250 mm
  • b) 4830 mm and 3600 mm
  • c) 4140 mm and 3250 mm
  • d) 3455 mm and 2745 mm
Q.10
What does alignment of a railway track mean?
  • a) Direction and position @ 50mm distance on either side of centerline of track
  • b) Direction and position of the centerline of track in vertical plane only
  • c) Direction and position of the centerline of track in horizontal plane only
  • d) Direction and position of the centerline of track in both horizontal and vertical planes
Q.11
Why the railway track is made resilient and elastic?
  • a) Easy fixing
  • b) It can be adjusted easily
  • c) So that it absorbs shocks
  • d) To make it economic
Q.12
Which of the following is not an advantage of the wooden sleepers?
  • a) They can be used even without stone Ballast
  • b) They can be easily handled
  • c) They have less scrap value
  • d) They are cheap
Q.13
How is Rack railway system different from normal railway system?
  • a) They are made of different materials
  • b) Extra friction is provided in the two rails
  • c) It has an extra toothed rail
  • d) It is wider
Q.14
Which of the following rail has been standardized for adoption on the Indian railways?
  • a) Combination of BH and DH
  • b) Flat footed
  • c) Double headed
  • d) Bull headed
Q.15
Which of the following is not a requirement of the design of the sleepers?
  • a) Bearing area should be sufficient
  • b) Maintenance cost should be minimum
  • c) Track circuiting should be possible
  • d) It should be fixed and removed easily
Q.16
The term “Rolling Stock” in Railways includes ________
  • a) Tracks and platforms
  • b) Wheels and sleepers
  • c) Sleepers, tracks, and gauges
  • d) Locomotives, coaches and wagons
Q.17
At what angle should a railway line cross a road?
  • a) 45°
  • b) 60°
  • c) 30°
  • d) 90°
Q.18
Which of the following is the most important strategic reason for the construction of a new railway line?
  • a) For creating jobs
  • b) Because of absence of a railway line
  • c) To increase tourists
  • d) To make movement of defence forces easier in case of emergency
Q.19
In which of the following are rail lubricators used?
  • a) On cast iron sleepers
  • b) On narrow gauges
  • c) On steep rails
  • d) On sharp curves
Q.20
Which of the following is not true about the CST-9 sleepers?
  • a) Very less lateral stability
  • b) Needs more attention
  • c) Limited strength to hold LWRs
  • d) Not suitable for mechanical maintenance with tie hammers
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