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- Question
The basic formula for determination of pavement thickness was first suggested by
Options- A. Spanglar
- B. Picket
- C. Kelly
- D. Goldbeck
- Correct Answer
- Goldbeck
- 1. 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. Discuss
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. The minimum value of camber provided for thin bituminous surface hill roads, is
Options- A. 2.2%
- B. 2.5%
- C. 3.0%
- D. 3.5% Discuss
Highway Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: a compromise of pure theory and pure empirical formula
Correct Answer: 1 in 15 to 1 in 20
Correct Answer: rolling
Correct Answer: R = CAV2
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: directly proportional to velocity of vehicles
Correct Answer: 1 in 40
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: land slides
Correct Answer: 2.5%
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