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  • Design of flexible pavements is based on


  • Options
  • A. mathematical analysis
  • B. empirical formulae
  • C. a compromise of pure theory and pure empirical formula
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • a compromise of pure theory and pure empirical formula 


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    • 1. A single lane carriage way whenever changes to two-lane carriage way, is affected through a taper of

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 10
    • B. 1 in 15
    • C. 1 in 20
    • D. 1 in 15 to 1 in 20
    • Discuss
    • 2. If cross slope of a country is 10% to 25%, the terrain is classified as

    • Options
    • A. rolling
    • B. mountainous
    • C. steep
    • D. plain.
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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

    • Options
    • A. R = CAV
    • B. R = CAV2
    • C. R = CAV3
    • D.
    • E. R = C2AV
    • Discuss
    • 4. The efficiency of the brakes of a vehicle depends upon

    • Options
    • A. condition of road surface
    • B. condition of the tyres
    • C. presence of the show moisture
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The minimum ratio of the radii of two circular curves of a compound curve, is kept

    • Options
    • A. 1.25
    • B. 1.5
    • C. 1.75
    • D. 2.0
    • Discuss
    • 6. The basic formula for determination of pavement thickness was first suggested by

    • Options
    • A. Spanglar
    • B. Picket
    • C. Kelly
    • D. Goldbeck
    • Discuss
    • 7. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The super-elevation on roads is

    • Options
    • A. directly proportional to width of pavement
    • B. directly proportional to velocity of vehicles
    • C. inversely proportional to acceleration due to gravity
    • D. inversely proportional to the radius of curvature.
    • Discuss
    • 8. A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 40
    • B. 1 in 50
    • C. 1 in 60
    • D. 1 in 70
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Traffic engineering only includes

    • Options
    • A. planning of regulatory measures
    • B. design and application of control devices
    • C. analysis of traffic characteristics
    • D. traffic opeation
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Deviation of the alignment of a trace cut may be permitted in areas involving

    • Options
    • A. land slides
    • B. sand dunes
    • C. dens
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss


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