The type of transition curves generally provided on hill roads, is circular cubi

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The type of transition curves generally provided on hill roads, is
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A. circular
B. cubic parabola
C. Lemniscate
D. spiral.

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spiral.

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1. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. Safety fences are provided on either side of a roadway if embankments are in excess of 6 metres
B. Safety fences are provided on outside of the curves of radii less than 750 m if the embankments are between 3 metres and 6 metres
C. Guard stones are provided at 2.5 metres intervals if embankments are between 1.6 metres to 3 metres
D. All the above.

2. The weaving length of a roadway is the distance
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A. between the channelising islands
B. equal to half circumference
C. equal to total width of adjoining radial roads
D. equal to diameter of rotary.

4. Increase in traffic volume, due to increase in transport vehicles, is known as
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A. development traffic
B. normal traffic growth
C. generated traffic growth
D. current traffic
E. none of these.

5. If C is basic capacity per lane, V is velocity in km/hour, S is stopping distance pluslength of the vehicles in metres, the formula is applicable to
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A. district roads
B. two lane roads
C. two lane roads in one direction
D. none of these.

6. Border Roads Organisation for hilly regions, was formed in
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A. 1947
B. 1954
C. 1958
D. 1960
E. 1962

9. If A is the projected area of a vehicle in square metres, V is speed of the vehicles in kilometres per hour and C is a constant, then the wind resistance R to the moving vehicles, is given by
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A. R = CAV
B. R = CAV²
C. R = CAV³
D.
E. R = C²AV

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