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- Question
If the radii of a compound curve and a reverse curve are respectively the same, the length of common tangent
Options- A. of compound curve will be more
- B. of reverse curve will be more
- C. of both curves will be equal
- D. none of these.
- Correct Answer
- of both curves will be equal
- 1. Minimum stopping distance for moving vehicles on road with a design speed of 80 km/hour, is
Options- A. 80 m
- B. 100 m
- C. 120 m
- D. 150 m
- E. 200 m Discuss
- 2. Area of steel required per metre width of pavement for a length of 20 m for design wheel load 6300 kg and permissible stress in steel 1400 kg/cm2, is
Options- A. 70 kg/sq cm
- B. 80 kg/sq cm
- C. 90 kg/sq cm
- D. 100 kg/sq cm Discuss
- 3. In ideal pavement is constructed with
Options- A. bricks
- B. hard soil
- C. Portland cement concrete
- D. tar
- E. none of these. Discuss
- 4. Bottom-most component of a flexible pavement, is
Options- A. subgrade
- B. sub-base
- C. base
- D. base course. Discuss
- 5. Curves in the same direction separated by short tangents, are called
Options- A. simple circular curves
- B. compound curves
- C. transition curves
- D. broken-back curves.
- E. None of these. Discuss
- 6. Design of horizontal curves on highways, is based on
Options- A. design speed of vehicles
- B. permissible friction on the road surface
- C. permissible centrifugal ratio
- D. permissible maximum super-elevation
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 7. Pavement is said to be flexible if it contains
Options- A. water bound macadam surface
- B. stabilised soil base constructed of lime cement or tar
- C. bitumen-bound stone layer of varying aggregates
- D. lean concrete base
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 8. The number of vehicles moving in a specified direction on a roadway that pass a given point during specified unit of time, is called
Options- A. traffic volume
- B. traffic density
- C. basic capacity
- D. traffic capacity. Discuss
- 9. The perpendicular offset from the tan-get to the central point of the circular curve, is
Options- A. R sin ?/2
- B. R cos ?/2
- C. R (1 - cos ?/2)
- D. R (1 - sin ?/2)
- E. none of these. Discuss
- 10. Side drains on both sides of a hill road, are essential when the road is
Options- A. along the spur curves
- B. along the re-entrant curves
- C. in cutting
- D. none of these. Discuss
Highway Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: 120 m
Correct Answer: 90 kg/sq cm
Correct Answer: Portland cement concrete
Correct Answer: subgrade
Correct Answer: broken-back curves.
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: traffic volume
Correct Answer: R (1 - cos ?/2)
Correct Answer: in cutting
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