USFD mock tests, chapter by chapter

Railway LDCE USFD

Practice papers written by Mock Test Mitra — not an official railway source. Verify against your own zonal notification and the manual currently in force.

For those who test rails and welds and the engineers who supervise them: defect codification, calibration and probes, and the testing procedures for welded joints, paper by paper.

Manual: USFD — Ultrasonic Flaw Detection manual

Chapters and papers

Chapters are listed in the manual's own order. Each button opens one paper in a new tab.

Papers marked with a dashed outline combine several shorter chapters.

  • Annexure-IIA - Classification of rail/weld defects for need based concept of USFD

  • Annexure-III - Proforma for reporting rail/weld replacement or removal on detection by USFD

  • Annexure-IV - Details required for rail/weld failure analysis

  • Annexure-V - Check list of ultrasonic testing of rail/welds

  • Annexure-VIII - Inspection of rail tester and work of PWI/(USFD)

  • Calibration, sensitivity setting, maintenance of machines and functions of probes

  • Figures

  • Limitations of ultrasonic flaw detection of rails

  • Need based concept in periodic USFD testing of rails and welds

  • Procedure for ultrasonic testing of alumino-thermic welded rail joints

  • Procedure to be followed by USFD operato … Annexure-VII - Master register for defec

    Shorter chapters combined into one paper

  • Rail defects and their codification

  • Ultrasonic rail testing equipment and accessories

  • Ultrasonic testing of flash butt and gas pressure welded joints

  • Ultrasonic testing of rails required for fabrication of points and crossings

  • Ultrasonic testing technique of worn out point and splice rails prior to reconditioning by welding and switch expansion joint

  • Yardsticks for USFD Testing

Questions about these papers

How are the USFD papers organised?
By chapter, in the order the manual prints them. Longer chapters are split into several short papers so one sitting does not have to cover a whole chapter. Shorter chapters are grouped into combined papers, marked on this page.
Is this the official USFD syllabus?
No. Mock Test Mitra is a practice platform, not a conducting authority. Which chapters your paper draws on is set by your zonal notification, which can differ between zones and cycles. This page lists what we have written practice for.
Do the papers reflect the latest edition and correction slips of the USFD?
We cannot promise that. Most explanations cite the chapter or paragraph of the manual they rely on, but we have not checked every answer against the edition and correction slips currently in force. Check the current manual before relying on any answer.