Question

Wooden or concrete sleepers are provided below the rails of railway tracks to-

• A. Increase the pressure on ground
• B. Increase the area of distribution of pressure
• C. Decrease the pressure on ground
• D. b and c are correct

Answer 1

The correct option is D b and c are correct

Due to wooden or concrete sleepers below the railways tracks, the weight of train acts on the greater area of contact and hence, it reduces pressure appreciably and as a result the rails do not get depressed. In absence of the sleeper, the weight of the train acts on the ground and the pressure would be so large that the rails may get depressed into the ground.