Exam Details

Subject Transportation Engineering - I
Paper
Exam / Course B.Tech Civi Engg. (BTCLEVI)/B.Tech Electronics And Communication Engg. (BTECVI)
Department School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Discuss the role played by Railways in industrial and economic growth of the nation. Compare railway transportation with road transportation in brief.

2. What are the different types of rails used in Indian Railways? Explain with neat sketches.

3. What are the requirements of fish plates Discuss with suitable sketches, the different types offish plates and their uses.

Write the requirements of good sleepers.

Using a sleeper density of find out the number of sleepers required for constructing a railway track 640 m long (B.G. Track).

5. An 8° curve track diverges from a main curve of 5° in an opposite direction in the layout of a B.G. yard. Calculate the superelevation and the speed of branch line, if the maximum speed permitted on the main line is 45 km/hr.

6. What is meant by a crossing What are the essential requirements of a good crossing

7. What are the various systems of controlling the movement of trains Explain the working of one system which has been widely used in Indian Railways.

8. Discuss the assumed standard condition taken in the design of runway length.

9. What is the purpose of providing the "turning zone" of airport? Explain with a neat sketch.

10. What are the different classifications of harbours? Explain them.


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  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
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  • School of Humanities (SOH)
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Subjects

  • Advance Surveying
  • Advanced Design Of Foundation
  • Advanced Environmental Engineering
  • Advanced Structural Analysis
  • Bachelor Of Technology (Ce)
  • Building Technology -I
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Methods In Structural Engineering
  • Earth And Rock Fill Dam Engineering
  • Elements of Engineering Science
  • Engineering Geology
  • Environmental Engineering II
  • Environmental Engineering-I
  • Estimation And Construction Management
  • Geoinformatics
  • Geotechnical Engineering - II
  • Mathematics-III
  • Pavement Evaluation
  • Quantity Surveying and Costing
  • Reliability And Optimization Of Structures
  • Structural Analysis - II
  • Structural Analysis - III
  • Structural Analysis I
  • Structural Design And Drawing - I
  • Structural Design And Drawing - II
  • Surveying
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Transportation Engg. II
  • Transportation Engineering - I
  • Transportation Planning
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Water Resources System Planning And Design