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Q.

How many sleepers were required for each mile of railway track in the 1850s in colonial India?


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a

1670 to 2200 sleepers

b

1360 to 1500 sleepers

c

1760 to 2000 sleepers

d

15,000 to 20000 sleepers   

answer is C.

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For each mile of railway track, at least 1760-2000 sleepers were required in the 1850s in colonial India. Railroads were crucial for the mobility of imperial armies and for colonial trade. Wood was required as fuel for locomotives, and sleepers were used to assemble railway tracks. Between 1,760 and 2,000 sleepers were needed for every mile of the railway track. The railway network rapidly grew in the 1860s. About 25,500 km of tracks were built by 1890.
 
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