Q. What is the function of a fish plate?

A
for fixing rails to sleepers
B
for fastening chairs to sleepers
C
for fixing wooden sleepers to rail
D
to hold two rails together
Solution:

A fishplate, splice bar or joint bar is a metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track. The name is derived from fish, a wooden bar with a curved profile used to strengthen a ship’s mast.

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