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In order to facilitate starting of locomotive in any position, the cranks of a locomotive with two cylinders, are placed at
A 45° to each other
B 90° to each other
C 120° to each other
D 180° to each other
In a locomotive, the maximum magnitude of the unbalanced force along the perpendicular to the line of stroke, is known as
A tractive force
B swaying couple
C hammer blow
D none of the mentioned
In a coupling rod of a locomotive, each of the four pairs is a ________ pair.
A Sliding
B Turning
C Rolling
D Screw
In a steam locomotive electric power is provided through
A Overhead wire
B Battery system
C Small turbo-generator
D Diesel engine generator
The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on
A Nov - 1950
B Oct - 1950
C Sep - 1949
D Oct - 1954
Fairy Queen, the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation, plies between New Delhi and ________
A Shimla
B Alwar
C Kalka
D Gwalior
The tractive force in a locomotive with two cylinders is given by (where c = Fraction of reciprocating parts per cylinder, m = Mass of reciprocating parts, $$\omega $$ = Angular speed of crank, r = Radius of crank and $$\theta $$ = Angle of inclination of crank to the line of stroke)
A $${\text{m}}{\omega ^2}{\text{r}}\cos \theta $$
B $${\text{cm}}{\omega ^2}{\text{r}}\sin \theta $$
C $$\left( {1 - {\text{c}}} \right){\text{m}}{\omega ^2}{\text{r}}\left( {\cos \theta - \sin \theta } \right)$$
D $${\text{m}}{\omega ^2}{\text{r}}\left( {\cos \theta - \sin \theta } \right)$$
A safety valve in a locomotive starts leaking. The leaking medium will be
A Water
B Dry steam
C Wet steam
D Super heated steam
The draught in locomotive boilers is produced by a
A Chimney
B Centrifugal fan
C Steam jet
D None of these
The fire tubes in a Locomotive boiler has __________ diameter.
A 4.75 mm
B 5.47 mm
C 7.45 mm
D 47.5 mm

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