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At a road junction, 7 cross conflict points are severe if
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A. both are one-way roads
B. both are two-way roads
C. one is two-way road and other is one-way road
D. none of these.
Correct Answer
one is two-way road and other is one-way road
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1. For the administration of road transport, a Motor Vehicle Act was enacted in
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A. 1927
B. 1934
C. 1939
D. 1947
E. 1950
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Correct Answer: 1939
2. In factory buildings, the horizontal beams spanning between the wall columns supporting a wall covering, are called
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A. stringers
B. trimmers
C. girts
D. lintels.
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Correct Answer: girts
3. Design of a riveted joint is based on the assumption:
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A. Bending stress in rivets is accounted for
B. Riveted hole is assumed to be completely filled by the rivet
C. Stress in the plate in not uniform
D. Friction between plates is taken into account
E. None of these.
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Correct Answer: Riveted hole is assumed to be completely filled by the rivet
4. A beam may be designed as a cased beam if
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A. section is of double open channel form with the webs not less than 40 mm apart
B. overall depth and width of the steel section do not exceed 750 and 450 mm respectively.
C. beam is solidly encased in concrete with 10 mm aggregate having 28 days strength 160 kg/cm
2
D. width of the solid casing is kept at least 100 mm more than the width of the steel flange and having a concrete cover of 50 mm
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
5. The net area of round bars to resist the tension, is the area of cross section at
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A. mid-section
B. root of the thread
C. difference of (a) and (b)
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: root of the thread
6. The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road, is
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A. reconnaissance
B. detailed survey
C. trace-out
D. preliminary survey.
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Correct Answer: reconnaissance
7. The shape of a vertical curve, is
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A. parabolic
B. elliptical
C. circular
D. spiral
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: parabolic
8. While designing hair pin bends on higways, the minimum
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A. designed speed is 20 km/hour
B. gradient is 1 in 40
C. gradient is 1 in 200
D. superelevations is 1 in 10
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
9. Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cut off capillary rise of water completely, should be
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A. 40 cm
B. 52 cm
C. 64 cm
D. 76 cm
E. 80 cm
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Correct Answer: 76 cm
10. The ideal shape of a transition curve, is
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A. clothoid
B. cubic spiral
C. cubic parabola
D. lamniscate
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: clothoid
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