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- Question
If no super elevation is provided on a road along curves, pot holes may develop at
Options- A. inner edge of the road
- B. outer edge of the road
- C. centre of the road
- D. no where on the road.
- Correct Answer
- outer edge of the road
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. If cross slope of a country is greater than 60%, the terrain is classified as
Options- A. rolling
- B. mountainous
- C. steep
- D. plain. Discuss
- 7. The width of road pavements, depends upon
Options- A. width of traffic lane
- B. number of traffic
- C. width of median strip
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 8. One-way streets are generally provided in crowded cities as, these
Options- A. are inexpensive means of traffic flow
- B. reduce delays to vehicles
- C. permit higher speed
- D. reduce the number of accidents
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 9. The minimum vertical clearance of overhanging cliffs or any other structure above the surface of a hill road, should be
Options- A. 3 m
- B. 4 m
- C. 5 m
- D. 6 m
- E. 4.5 m Discuss
- 10. If the rate of change of grade permitted along a vertical curve is r and total change of grade is g%, the length L of the curve to be provided, is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E. none of these. Discuss
Highway Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: in cutting
Correct Answer: R (1 - cos ?/2)
Correct Answer: traffic volume
Correct Answer: all the above.
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Correct Answer: steep
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Correct Answer: 5 m
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