Railway Engineer interview Questions
1.The length of each fish plate is
457.2mm
2.Rail chairs are used to fix
Double head rails
3.The bearing plates are used to fix ……… rails on wooden sleepers
4.Flat bearing
The main purpose of using bearing plate is to
Distribute the pressure over wider area,eliminate the adzing of wooden sleepers,preventing the widening of gauge of curves
5.Creeping of rails can be checked by using
Anchors
6.On Indian railways , minimum formation width in embankment for a single line of board gauge ,is
6.1m
7.The device used for changing the direction of the engines is called
Turn table
8.The device provided to prevent the vehicles from moving beyond the end of rail at terminals is called
Buffer stops
9.The distance between the running edge of the stock and switch rails at the switch heel ,is called
Heel clearance
10.The distance between the adjacent faces of the stock rail and the check rail , is called
Flange way clearance
11.Stock rails are fitted
Against tongue clearance
12.The switch angle is the angle subtended between the gauge faces of the
Stock rail and check
13.The distance between the running face of the stock rail and toe of the tongue rail is known as
Throw of switch
14.The maximum value of throw of switch for a broad gauge track is
95mm
15.In INDIA , the crossing number for passenger turnout is taken as
12
16.A warner signal ,which is first seen by the driver , is known as
Outer signal
17.The reception signal is
Outer signal ,home signal
18.In a shunting signal , if the red band is horizontal , it indicates
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