For hilly areas and thinly populated areas, narrow gauge is adopted.

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• For developing thinly populated areas, the correct choice of gauge is
• The standard size of timber sleepers in railway tracks of metre gauge and narrow gauge is same.
• On Indian railways, the grade compensation provided on narrow gauge curves is same as that on metre gauge.
• The width of narrow gauge is same as that of metre gauge.
• The maximum limit of superelevation prescribed by Indian railways on narrow gauge is same as that on metre gauge.
• At the time of construction of railway in India, after long controversy, the gauge adopted as a standard gauge was
• For undeveloped areas, the type of gauge adopted is
• The distance between the centre line of the track, for narrow gauge, and the platform should bot be less than 1.219 m.
• The height of the platform above the rail surface for narrow gauge tracks should be
• The maximum limit of superelevation prescribed by Indian railways on narrow gauge is