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Railways - Engineering

Q1:

For providing the required tilt of rails, adazing of wooden sleepers, is done for

A bull headed rails

B double headed rails

C flat footed rails

D any type of rails

E none of these.

ANS:C - flat footed rails

The process of cutting the wooden sleeper at a slope of 1 in 20 at the rail seat before laying is known as adzing of the wooden sleeper.

This is done to enable the rails to be slightly tilted inwards at a can't of 1 in 20.