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  • The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road, is


  • Options
  • A. reconnaissance
  • B. detailed survey
  • C. trace-out
  • D. preliminary survey.

  • Correct Answer
  • reconnaissance 


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    • 1. At a road junction, 7 cross conflict points are severe if

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. In factory buildings, the horizontal beams spanning between the wall columns supporting a wall covering, are called

    • Options
    • A. stringers
    • B. trimmers
    • C. girts
    • D. lintels.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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/cm2
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The shape of a vertical curve, is

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    • A. parabolic
    • B. elliptical
    • C. circular
    • D. spiral
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. While designing hair pin bends on higways, the minimum

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 8. 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
    • Discuss
    • 9. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Passing zones are generally not provided on

    • Options
    • A. summit curves
    • B. horizontal curves
    • C. two lane highways
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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