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  • Question
  • An exceptional grade may be provided upto 1 in 12 along hill roads, if the length does not exceed


  • Options
  • A. 45 m per km
  • B. 60 m per km
  • C. 75 m per km
  • D. 90 m per km
  • E. 100 m per km

  • Correct Answer
  • 60 m per km 


  • Highway Engineering problems


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    • 1. The width formation of a road means the width of

    • Options
    • A. carriageway
    • B. pavement and shoulders
    • C. embankment at ground level
    • D. embankment at the top level.
    • Discuss
    • 2. For a comfortable travel on Highways, the centrifugal ratio should not exceed

    • Options
    • A. 0.10
    • B. 0.15
    • C. 0.20
    • D. 0.25
    • E. 0.30
    • Discuss
    • 3. Round-abouts are not suitable if number of vehicles exceed

    • Options
    • A. 3000
    • B. 4000
    • C. 5000
    • D. 6000
    • Discuss
    • 4. The minimum width of the pavement of a National Highway should be

    • Options
    • A. 4.7 m
    • B. 5.7 m
    • C. 6.7 m
    • D. 7.7 m
    • E. 8.0 m
    • Discuss
    • 5. Enoscope is used to determine

    • Options
    • A. spot speed
    • B. average speed
    • C. travel time
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. 1.R.T.D.A. (Indian Roads and Transport Development Association) was set up at Bombay in

    • Options
    • A. 1907
    • B. 1917
    • C. 1927
    • D. 1937
    • E. 1942
    • Discuss
    • 7. The traffic manoeuvre means

    • Options
    • A. diverging
    • B. merging
    • C. crossing
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduction of gradient, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
    • Discuss
    • 9. For clear distinct vision, images of obstructions should fall on the retina with a cone of

    • Options
    • A. 2°
    • B. 3°
    • C. 4°
    • D. 5°
    • E. 6°
    • Discuss
    • 10. Following type of pavement is generally known as flexible pavement

    • Options
    • A. water-bound macadam roads
    • B. stabilised soil roads
    • C. road constructed with various layers of building material well compacted
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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