logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion

Home ‣ Civil Engineering ‣ Highway Engineering Comments
  • Question

  • If cross slope of a country is greater than 60%, the terrain is classified as


  • Options
  • A. rolling
  • B. mountainous
  • C. steep
  • D. plain.

  • Correct Answer
  • steep 

    • Highway Engineering problems

    Search Results

    • 1. 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.
      • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. 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
    • 9. 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
    • 10. The maximum distance of the apex of a vertical curve of length L from the point of intersection of two grades + g1%, and - g2% (g1 > g2), is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
      • Discuss

    Comments

    There are no comments.
Enter a new Comment




Aptitude

Engineering

Programming

Reasoning

Links

Copyright ©CuriousTab. All rights reserved.