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- Question
According to the recommendations of Nagpur Conference, the width formation of an ideal National Highway in hard rock cutting, is
Options- A. 8.9 m
- B. 7.9 m
- C. 6.9 m
- D. 6.5 m
- E. 7.5 m
- Correct Answer
- 7.9 m
- 1. The head light of vehicles should be such that its lower beam illuminates objects at
Options- A. 10 m
- B. 20 m
- C. 30 m
- D. 40 m
- E. 50 m Discuss
- 2. The maximum safe speed on roads, depends on the
Options- A. type of the highway
- B. type of road surface
- C. type of curves
- D. sight distance
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 3. If N is deviation angle the length L of a parabolic vetical curve for overtaking sight distance S, is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E. Both (A) and (C) Discuss
- 4. Volume of traffic which would immediately use a new road or an improved one when opened to traffic, is known
Options- A. development traffic
- B. current traffic
- C. general traffic
- D. normal traffic growth. Discuss
- 5. The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 m/sec2, for a design speed 100 km ph, is
Options- A. 16.0 m
- B. 42.3 m
- C. 84.6 m
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 6. For the movement of vehicles at an intersection of two roads, without any interference, the type of grade separator generally preferred to, is
Options- A. delta
- B. trumpet
- C. diamond interchange
- D. clover leaf. Discuss
- 7. The wall constructed for the stability of an excavated portion of a road on the hill side, is known as
Options- A. retaining wall
- B. breast wall
- C. parapet wall
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 8. In India the modes of transportation, in the order of their importance, are
Options- A. air transport, shipping, roads, railways
- B. shipping, roads, railways, air transport
- C. roads, railways, air transport, shipping
- D. railways, roads, shipping, air transport
- E. shipping, railways, roads, air transport. Discuss
- 9. The weight of vehicles affects
Options- A. pavement thickness
- B. ruling gradient
- C. limiting gradient
- D. design of bridges
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 10. The road foundation for modern highways construction, was developed by
Options- A. Tresguet
- B. Telford
- C. Macadam
- D. Tresguet and Telford simultaneously
- E. Telford and Macadam simultaneously. Discuss
Highway Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: 30 m
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: Both (A) and (C)
Correct Answer: normal traffic growth.
Correct Answer: 84.6 m
Correct Answer: clover leaf.
Correct Answer: breast wall
Correct Answer: railways, roads, shipping, air transport
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: Telford and Macadam simultaneously.
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