Railway Sleepers – MCQ
1. The life of timber sleepers depends upon their ability to resist
a) Wear
b) Decay
c) Attack by vermin
d) All the above
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d) All the above
2. Pot or bowl sleepers are types of
a) Wooden sleepers
b) Cast-iron sleepers
c) Steel sleepers
d) Concrete sleepers
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b) Cast-iron sleepers
3. CST 9 is a type of
a) Cast-iron sleepers
b) Wooden sleepers
c) Concrete sleepers
d) Steel sleepers
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a) Cast-iron sleepers
4. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) Sleepers are laid transverse to the rails.
b) Sleepers are laid parallel to the rails.
c) Sleepers help in maintaining proper gauge.
d) Sleepers distribute the load from rail to ballast.
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b) Sleepers are laid parallel to the rails.
5. Sleeper density is generally specified as (n+x) where n is
a) Number of sleepers per rail length.
b) Length of rail in meters.
c) Number of rails.
d) None of these.
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b) Length of rail in meters.
6. The spacing of the sleeper depends upon
a) Axle load and speed.
b) Type of ballast.
c) Type and section of rails.
d) All the above.
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d) All the above.
7. Sleepers transfer the axle load to the ________
a) Subgrade
b) Soil
c) Ballast
d) Rail
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c) Ballast
8. Nowadays __________ sleepers are commonly used on Indian railways.
a) Prestressed concrete
b) Wooden
c) Steel
d) None
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a) Prestressed concrete
9. The number of sleepers per rail length is known as ________.
a) Sleeper number
b) Sleeper density
c) Sleeper volume
d) None
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b) Sleeper density
10. Concrete sleepers are _________ durable than the wooden sleepers.
a) Less
b) More
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b) More
11. Duplex sleeper is a type of ____ sleeper.
a) R.C.C
b) Wooden
c) Steel
d) C.I
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d) C.I
12. The length of a wooden sleeper for the B.G. track is ____.
a) 1.830 m
b) 1.520 m
c) 2.745 m
d) None
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c) 2.745 m
13. The main function of sleepers is to _____ the rails firmly and evenly.
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