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  • Question

  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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.
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    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. 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.
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    • 9. 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.
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    • 10. For a vehicle moving with a speed of 80 km per hour, the brake reaction time, in ordinary cases, is

    • Options
    • A. 1 sec
    • B. 1.5 sec
    • C. 2.0 sec
    • D. 2.5 sec
    • E. 3.0 sec
      • Discuss

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