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  • Question

  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 5 m 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. 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.
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    • 2. The width of road pavements, depends upon

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    • A. width of traffic lane
    • B. number of traffic
    • C. width of median strip
    • D. all the above.
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    • 3. If cross slope of a country is greater than 60%, the terrain is classified as

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    • A. rolling
    • B. mountainous
    • C. steep
    • D. plain.
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    • 4. 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.
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    • 5. 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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    • 6. 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

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
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    • 7. 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

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 8. 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
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    • 9. If the velocity of moving vehicles on a road is 24 km/per hour, stopping distance is 19 metres and average length of vehicles is 6 metres, the basic capacity of lane, is

    • Options
    • A. 500 vehicles per hour
    • B. 700 vehicles per hour
    • C. 1000 vehicles per hour
    • D. 1250 vehicles per hour
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    • 10. The correct formula for calculating superelevation for the hill roads, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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