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- Question
An Executive Engineer of roads, executes works under direct control of
Options- A. Superintending Engineer
- B. Secretary to the Govt
- C. Chief Engineer
- D. None of these.
- Correct Answer
- Superintending Engineer
- 1. The desirable camber for straight roads with thin bituminous surfacing, is
Options- A. 1 in 33 to 1 in 25
- B. 1 in 40 to 1 in 33
- C. 1 in 150 to 1 in 140
- D. 1 in 160 to 1 in 140
- E. none of these. Discuss
- 2. Minimum thickness of the base of a flexible pavement, is
Options- A. 10 cm
- B. 15 cm
- C. 20 cm
- D. 25 cm
- E. 30 cm. Discuss
- 3. When an up gradient of a highway meets a downgrade, the vertical curve provided, is known as
Options- A. valley curve
- B. sag curve
- C. summit curve
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 4. If the coefficient of friction on the road surface is 0.15 and a maximum super-elevation 1 in 15 is provided, the maximum speed of the vehicles on a curve of 100 metre radius, is
Options- A. 32.44 km/hour
- B. 42.44 kg/hour
- C. 52.44 km/hour
- D. 62.44 km/hour
- E. 72.44 km/hour Discuss
- 5. Intermediate catch water drains are provided only, if
Options- A. catchment area of the watershed above road is large
- B. intensity of rainfall is heavy
- C. single catch water drain is inadequate
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 6. Normal formation width of a hill road for one-way traffic, is
Options- A. 3.6 m
- B. 4.8 m
- C. 6.6 m
- D. 7.2 m
- E. 8 m Discuss
- 7. Raising of outer edge of a road with respect to inner edge, is known
Options- A. super elevation
- B. cant
- C. banking
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 8. From the point of tangency before an intersection, the route markers are fixed at a distance of
Options- A. 15 m to 30 m
- B. 20 m to 35 m
- C. 40 m to 50 m
- D. 50 m to 75 m
- E. 100 m to 150 Discuss
- 9. If V is the design speed in km/hour and R is the radius of the curve of a hill road, the super-elevation
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 10. The inventor of road making as a building science, was
Options- A. Sully
- B. Tresguet
- C. Telford
- D. Macadam. Discuss
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Correct Answer: 1 in 150 to 1 in 140
Correct Answer: 10 cm
Correct Answer: summit curve
Correct Answer: 52.44 km/hour
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: 4.8 m
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: 100 m to 150
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Correct Answer: Sully
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