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Railway Stations & Yards – MCQ

1. A place on the railway line at which “permission to approach” and “authority to proceed” is granted which is known as

a) Block station
b) Junction station
c) Non-block station
d) Terminal station

2. A station where a branch line joins a main line is known as

a) Terminal Station
b) Block station
c) Junction station
d) Non-block station

3. The yard which provides facilities for receiving, loading, and unloading of goods is called

a) Passenger bogie yard
b) Locomotive yard
c) Marshalling yard
d) Good yard

4. Flat stations are

a) Terminal Station
b) Block station
c) Non-block station
d) Junction station

5. The yard where trains are received, sorted out, new trains formed and despatch called

a) Passenger bogie yard
b) Good yard
c) Marshalling yard
d) Locomotive yard

6. Hump yard is a type of

a) Good yard
b) Marshalling yard
c) Locomotive yard
d) None

7. The gravitational yard is a type of __ yard

a) Passenger yard
b) Locomotive yard
c) Marshalling yard
d) None

8. Non-block stations are also called ___

a) Class ‘D’
b) flag
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None

9. The minimum signal requirement for class ‘C’ station is

a) Only, home signal
b) Only, warner signal
c) Both home and warner signal
d) None of these

10. The selected place on a railway line where trains halt for exchange of passengers, goods and for control of train movement is called a

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