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Question1. A parabolic curve introduced between straight and a circular curve or between two branches of a compound curve for ease, comfort and safety of movement of trains on curve is called:

(a) Spur curve

(b) Transition curve

(c) Summit curve

(d) Valley curve

Question2. The staggered rails joints are usually provided on:

(a) Bridge

(b) Curves

(c) Branching

(d) Tangents

Question3. The rails which get battered due to action of wheels over the end of the rails are called:

(a) Hogged rails

(b) Roaring rails

(c) Creep rails

(d) Bucking rails

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Question4. When a rail loses its weight by 5%, it should be renewed and the old one can be used on unimportant tracks, but the rails which have lost their weight by more than should not be used on any track under any circumstances.

(a) 8%

(b) 33.3%

(c) 10%

(d) 20%

Question5. When a railway line crosses a valley, a ridge like structure consisting of a series of piers, piles or trestles on which steel girders are placed and which is constructed usually for small spans is known as:

(a) Bridge

(b) Tunnel

(c) Viaduct

(d) Aqueduct

Exam Syllabus common for all posts-
General intelligence & reasoning- Questions will be asked from similarities & differences, problem solving, judgment, decision making, discrimination, coding & deciding, statement conclusion, observation, number series, non- verbal series.

Arithmetic- Basic algebra, polynomials, factors, polynomials, data interpretation, time & distance, Simple & Compound interest, ratios, , time& work, simplification, frequency polygon

General Awareness– Sports affairs, Banking News, Indian History, Political System, Current Events, Geography, National & international affairs, railway news

General Science- Class 12th based syllabus of basic science concepts- Biology, Physics, Chemistry

Technical Abilities- Questions will depend on field/trade which is being selected by the applicants. The questions will depend on the syllabus-

RRB Sr Section Engineer Syllabus Mechanical: Machining and Machine tool operations, Metrology and Inspection, Thermodynamics, Theory of Machines, Engineering Mechanics, IC Engines, Diesel Engines, metal Casting, Machine Tool operations, Fluid Mechanics, heat transfer

Electrical: Circuits & Measurements systems, electric circuits and fields, Signals and systems, Electrical machines, power systems, Control Systems, Electrical and electronic measurements, analog & digital electronics and all other basics of electrical field.


Civil: Errors and adjustment, Costing & valuation of Building materials, water requirements, traffic engineering, importance of surveying, principles and classification, mapping concepts, map projections, theodolite traversing, bridge construction, fluid mechanics, basic drawing, construction & structure engineering

Electronics: Silicon, Diffusion current, drift mobility, Control system, communication basics, basic electronics, antennas, arrays and all basics of electronics field

Computers: MS Office, Operating Systems, Network communication, Computer fundamentals, C, C++, JAVA, Software Engineering, Databases, Algorithms, Information System, System Programming.

Instrumentation & measurement: Basics of circuits, transducers, mechanical measurements, process control, Control systems, digital electronics

IT: MS office, Computer fundamentals and organization, Network communication. Environment & pollution Control, DBMS, Information System

Printing press: Mathematics & Science, Physics, Chemistry, Printing techniques, Paper & Ink Technology, newspaper printing, basic computer concepts


RRB Senior Section Engineer Previous Year Papers

1. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters

not

true?

(a) South-Central Railway - Secunderabad

(b) Central railway - Bhopal

(c) South Railway - Chennai

(d) North Railway - New Delhi

Answer: B

2. Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?

(a) From Calcutta to Delhi (b) From Mumbai to Thane

(c) From Mumbai to Surat (d) From Mumbai to Madras

Answer: B

3. When was the first train in Indian started?

(a) 1851 (b) 1852 (c) 1853 (d) 1854

Answer: C

4. In which Governor-Generalâ€TMs reign railway lines in India were

established?

(a) Lord William Bentick (b) Lord Cornwallis

(c) Lord Kenning (d) Lord Dalhousie

Answer: D

5. A station where the rail lines end, is called

(a) junction station (b) way-side-station

(c) block station (d) terminal station

Answer: D

6. How much distance was traveled by first train of India?
(a) 33 km (b) 36 km (c) 34 km (d) 46 km Answer: C

7. What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the

length

of rail lines?

(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth

Answer: D RRB Mumbai Junior Engineer Electrical Mechanical

Previous Paper 2007

8. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?

(a) 4300 Km (b) 3700 Km (c) 4290 km (d) 5298 km

Answer: B

9. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at

(a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Guwahati (c) Gorakhpur (d) New Delhi

Answer: C

10. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?

(a) 15th Jan, 1958 (b) 15th Jan, 1955

(c) 2nd Jan, 1956 (d) 14th April, 1952

Answer: A

11.The zone with the minimum length is

(a) North-Eastern Railway

(b) North-Eastern Frontier Railway

(c) South-East Railway

(d) South-Central Railway

Answer: B

12. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Institute

situated?

(a) Pune (b) Chennai (c) Nasik (d) Sikandrabad

Answer: A
13. How many training institutions of Railways are in India?

(a) Three (b) Four (c) Five (d) Six Answer: C

14. What is the position of the Indian Railway under the zonal system?

(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Forth

Answer: B

15. Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?

(a) Broad gauge (b) Meter gauge

(c) Narrow gauge (d) Special gauge

Answer: C

16. The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is

(a) Calcutta (b) Maligaon (Guwahati)

(c) Chennai (d) Gorakhpur

Answer: B 17. In which of the following cities, the first sub-way train was

started?

(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Calcutta (d) Chennai

Answer: C

18. General Manger is responsible for

(a) Railway Board (b) Railway Ministry

(c) Both railway Board and Railway Ministry

(d) None of these

Answer: A

19. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at

(a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Chennai

(c) Secundrabad (d) Mumbai (Central)

Answer: C

20. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at
(a) New Delhi (b) Guwahati (c) Gorakhpur (d) Mumbai (V.T)

Answer: A

21. The headquarters of South Railways is situated at (a) Calcutta (b)

Chennai (c) Delhi (d) Mumbai

Answer: B

22. In which institution the training of electric work is being given?

(a) Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

(b) Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering

(c) Railway Staff College

(d) Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

Answer: B

23. Who invented the railway engine?

(a) Charles Babbage (b) Isaac Newton

(c) James Watt (d) George Stephenson

Answer: D

24. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical

Engineering Insttitue situated?

(a) Nasik (b) Baroda (c) Jamalpur (d) Pune

Answer: C

25. Metro Railway is functioning in which of the following Indian States?

(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: C 26. Where is the extreme north of India a railway station?

(a) Jammutavi (b) Amritsar (c) Pathancoat (d) Guwahat

Answer: A

27. How many institutions do give suggestions for railways technology?

(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) FourAnswer: B

28. Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at

(a) Perambur (b) Varanasi (c) Kapurthala (d) Bangalore

Answer: B 29. The manufacturing of steam engine in Chittranjan

Locomotive Works was

stopped in

(a) 1974 (b) 1961 (c) 1971 (d) 1973

Answer: C

30. The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at

which of the

following places?

(a) Kapurthala (b) Chittranjan (c) Perambur (d) Bangalore

Answer: C

31. Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises,

is divided

in how many regions?

(a) 7(b) 9 (c) 8(d) 10

Answer: B

32. Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the

fourth

State for Konakan Railway Project?

(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Gujarat (d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: A

33. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?

(a) 1988 (b) 1972 (c) 1982 (d) 1965

Answer: C

34. When was the Central Railway established?

(a) 5th Nov 1951 (b) 14th Nov 1951
(c) 14th April 1951 (d) 16th August, 1951

Answer: A

35. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?

(a) Northern region (b) Western region (c) North-Western region (d)

Central Region

Answer: B

36. The largest national enterprise of India is (a) Indian Railway (b)

Indian Shipyard

(c) Airways (d) None of these

Answer: A

37. The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on

(a) November 1950 (b) October 1950

(c) September 1949 (d) October 1954

Answer: A

38. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways situated?

(a) Chittranjan (b) Kapurthala (c) Bangalore (d) Perambur

Answer: C

39. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?

(a) 1965 (b) 1963 (c) 1967 (d) 1965

Answer: D

40. Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?

(a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Mumbai (Church Gate)

(c) Gwalior (d) Gorakhpur

Answer: A

41. When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?

(a) 1982 (b) 1989 (c) 1984 (d) 1992

Answer: C
42. Shatabdi Express train was started in

(a) 1984 (b) 1988 (c) 1990 (d) 1985

Answer: B

43. At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is

established?

(a) Jamshedpur (b) Patiala (c) Perambur (d) Varanasi

Answer: B

44. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways? (a) Central Railway (b)

Northern Railway (c) Eastern Railway (d) Western

Railway

Answer: C

45. The railway station situated in the extreme south is (a) Chennai (b)

Cochin (c) Kanyakumari (d)

Trivandrum

Answer: C

46. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called

(a) dock platform (b) passenger platform (c) island platform (d) goods

platform

Answer: C

47. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?

(a) 1952 (b) 1950 (c) 1951 (d) 1954

Answer: B

48. In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was

established?

(a) 1954 (b) 1957 (c) 1959 (d) 1967

Answer: B

49. Railway Staff College is situated at

(a) Bangalore (b) Secundrabad (c) Chennai (d) Vadodara
Answer: D

50. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?

(a) Lucknow (b) Bangalore (c) Pune (d) New Delhi

Answer: A