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This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Railway Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which is the most used method for seasoning of wooden sleepers in India? |
| A. | Air seasoning |
| B. | Artificial seasoning |
| C. | Boulton seasoning |
| D. | Kiln seasoning |
| Answer» B. Artificial seasoning | |
| 2. |
This process of cutting the wooden sleeper at a slope of 1 in 20 is known as ________ |
| A. | adzing of wooden sleepers |
| B. | laying of wooden sleepers |
| C. | seasoning of sleepers |
| D. | prophylactic treatment of sleepers |
| Answer» B. laying of wooden sleepers | |
| 3. |
In which type of sleepers the heartwood side is kept upwards and the sapwood side downwards? |
| A. | Treated sleepers |
| B. | Untreated sleepers |
| C. | Both treated and untreated sleepers |
| D. | Neither treated nor untreated sleepers |
| Answer» B. Untreated sleepers | |
| 4. |
Which of the following is not a way of stacking of sleepers? |
| A. | One and nine method |
| B. | Close crib method |
| C. | Open crib method |
| D. | Nine and one method |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Seasoning of sleepers is done to remove the excess preservative from the wood? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 6. |
What is used for removing the moisture content in Boulton process? |
| A. | Water (cold) |
| B. | Hot preservative |
| C. | Natural air |
| D. | Prophylactic treatment |
| Answer» C. Natural air | |
| 7. |
Why is prophylactic treatment of sleepers done? |
| A. | To prevent infection at the treatment plant |
| B. | To make it stronger |
| C. | To remove excess preservative |
| D. | To remove creosote oil |
| Answer» B. To make it stronger | |
| 8. |
What is the order for recovery of preservatives in these processes? |
| A. | Rueping process < Lowry process < Bethell process |
| B. | Rueping process > Lowry process > Bethell process |
| C. | Rueping process < Lowry process < Bethell process |
| D. | Rueping process = Lowry process = Bethell process |
| Answer» C. Rueping process < Lowry process < Bethell process | |
| 9. |
Where are Fir sleepers used? |
| A. | Lines with traffic density less than 10GMT |
| B. | Lines with traffic density less than 30GMT |
| C. | All main lines |
| D. | All trunk routes |
| Answer» B. Lines with traffic density less than 30GMT | |
| 10. |
Empty cell (Rueping) process is used for treating which type of timber? |
| A. | Hard timber |
| B. | Porous timber |
| C. | Soft wood |
| D. | Deodar timber |
| Answer» C. Soft wood | |
| 11. |
Why a final vacuum is applied in the Full cell process? |
| A. | To free the timber of excessive preservative |
| B. | To add extra preservative |
| C. | To maintain equilibrium |
| D. | To drain the creosote oil |
| Answer» B. To add extra preservative | |
| 12. |
In which process maximum retention of hot creosote oil is practiced? |
| A. | Full cell process |
| B. | Empty cell process |
| C. | Seasoning of sleepers |
| D. | Prophylactic treatment of sleepers |
| Answer» B. Empty cell process | |
| 13. |
What is another name of Full cell method? |
| A. | Bethell process |
| B. | Rueping process |
| C. | Lowry process |
| D. | Andrew process |
| Answer» B. Rueping process | |