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  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • at summit curves 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. The traffic carrying capacity of a single lane, depends on

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    • A. type of the vehicles
    • B. level crossings
    • C. road intersections
    • D. surface texture
    • E. all the above.
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    • 2. 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.
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    • 3. The wall constructed for the stability of a back filling portion of a road on the down hill side, is known as

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    • A. retaining wall
    • B. breast wall
    • C. parapet wall
    • D. all the above.
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    • 4. The inventor of road making as a building science, was

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    • A. Sully
    • B. Tresguet
    • C. Telford
    • D. Macadam.
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    • 5. If V is the design speed in km/hour and R is the radius of the curve of a hill road, the super-elevation

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 6. Width of the shoulders of carriage way is generally kept

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    • A. 100 cm
    • B. 125 cm
    • C. 150 cm
    • D. 200 cm
    • E. 250 cm
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    • 7. An upgrade g1% is followed by a downgrade g2%. The equation of the parabolic curve of length L to be introduced, is given by

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 8. If L is the length of vehicles in metres, C is the clear distance between two consecutive vehicles (stopping sight distance), V is the speed of vehicles in km/hour, the maximum number N of vehicles/hour, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 9. The usual width of side drains along Highways in hilly region, is

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    • A. 50 cm
    • B. 60 cm
    • C. 70 cm
    • D. 80 cm
    • E. 100 cm
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    • 10. The pavement width of a road depends upon

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    • A. terrain
    • B. type of traffic
    • C. number of lanes
    • D. all the above.
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