The side slope of embankments for a railway track is generally taken as______________?

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1. For laying the railway track, materials required are__________________?

   A. Rails
   B. FishPlates
   C. Fish Bolts
   D. Bearing Plates
   The quantities required for one kilometer of Broad Gauge track will be

2. For a sleeper density of (n+5), the number of sleepers required for constructing a broad gauge railway track of length 650 m is____________________?

   A. 975
   B. 918
   C. 900
   D. 880

3. The formation width for a railway track depends on the_________________?

   i) type of gauge
   ii) number of tracks to be laid side by side
   iii) slope of sides of embankment or cutting
   The correct answer is?

   A. only (i)
   B. both (i) and (ii)
   C. both (i) and (iii)
   D. (i), (ii) and (iii)

4. In a B.G. railway track, the specified ruling gradent is 1 in 250. The horizontal curve of 3° on a gradient of 1 in 250 will have the permissible gradient of__________________?

   A. 1 in 257
   B. 1 in 357
   C. 1 in 457
   D. 1 in 512

5. For a 8° curve track diverging from a main curve of 5° in an opposite direction in the layout of a broad gauge yard, the cant to be provided for the branch track for maximum speed of 45 km/h on the main line and ‘G’ = 1.676 m is (Permitted cant deficiency for the main line = 7.6 cm)______________________?

   A. 0.168 cm
   B. -0.168 cm
   C. 7.432 cm
   D. 7.768 cm

6. For the purpose of track maintenance, the number of turn out equivalent to one track km are__________________?

   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 5
   D. 10

7. On a single rail track, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from A to B and then empty wagons run from B to A. The amount of creep in the rails__________________?

   A. will be more in the direction of B to A
   B. will be more in the direction of A to B
   C. will be maximum at the middle of A and B
   D. cannot be determined from the given data

8. What will be the curve lead for a 1 in 8.5 turnout taking off from a straight broad gauge track?

   A. 28.49 m
   B. 21.04 m
   C. 14.24 m
   D. 7.45 m

9. The formation width for a double line Broad Gauge track in cutting (excluding drains) as adopted on Indian Railways is___________________?

   A. 6.10 m
   B. 8.84 m
   C. 10.21m
   D. 10.82 m

10. The formation width for a single line meter gauge track in embankment as adopted on Indian Railways is______________________?

    A. 4.27 m
    B. 4.88 m
    C. 5.49 m
    D. 6.10 m