Practice 1000 Railway Engineering Multiple Choice Questions with Answers Quiz-1

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

Explanation

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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