The chief function of providing ballast in the railway track is

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• The ballast thrown around the sleepers and loosely filled on slopes is called boxing of ballast.
• The standard width of ballast for M.G. track in Indian Railways, is kept
• The standard width of ballast for B.G. Track in Indian Railways, is kept
• The standard width of ballast for metre gauge track on Indian railways, is
• The standard width of ballast for broad gauge track on Indian railways, is
• The railway sleepers should act as elastic medium between the rails and the ballast.
• To keep the railway yard dry, the ballast used is
• The arrangement of rails which permit trains to cross another track and also to divert to the other track, is called
• For the purpose of track maintenance, the number of turn out equivalent to one track km is
• When one track is superimposed on the other track, it is known as