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  • The inventor of road making as a building science, was


  • Options
  • A. Sully
  • B. Tresguet
  • C. Telford
  • D. Macadam.

  • Correct Answer
  • Sully 


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    • 1. 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.
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    • 2. From the point of tangency before an intersection, the route markers are fixed at a distance of

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    • 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
    • 3. Raising of outer edge of a road with respect to inner edge, is known

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    • A. super elevation
    • B. cant
    • C. banking
    • D. all the above.
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    • 4. Normal formation width of a hill road for one-way traffic, is

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    • A. 3.6 m
    • B. 4.8 m
    • C. 6.6 m
    • D. 7.2 m
    • E. 8 m
    • Discuss
    • 5. An Executive Engineer of roads, executes works under direct control of

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    • A. Superintending Engineer
    • B. Secretary to the Govt
    • C. Chief Engineer
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The wall constructed for the stability of a back filling portion of a road on the down hill side, is known as

    • Options
    • A. retaining wall
    • B. breast wall
    • C. parapet wall
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The most commonly adopted method to provide super-elevation on roads, is by pivoting the road surface about

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    • A. outer edge so that the inner edge is lowered
    • B. crown so that outer edge is raised and inner edge is lowered
    • C. inner edge so that outer edge is raised
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The traffic carrying capacity of a single lane, depends on

    • Options
    • A. type of the vehicles
    • B. level crossings
    • C. road intersections
    • D. surface texture
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Floating gradients are generally provided

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    • A. along maximum gradients
    • B. along minimum gradients
    • C. at summit curves
    • D. at valley curves
    • E. every where.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Width of the shoulders of carriage way is generally kept

    • Options
    • A. 100 cm
    • B. 125 cm
    • C. 150 cm
    • D. 200 cm
    • E. 250 cm
    • Discuss


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    Rohit
    This is wrong answer,right answer is treasure


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