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  • To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduction of gradient, is


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  • A. To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduct
  • B. To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduct
  • C. To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduct
  • D. To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduct
  • E.

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    • 1. The traffic manoeuvre means

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    • A. diverging
    • B. merging
    • C. crossing
    • D. all the above.
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    • 2. 1.R.T.D.A. (Indian Roads and Transport Development Association) was set up at Bombay in

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    • A. 1907
    • B. 1917
    • C. 1927
    • D. 1937
    • E. 1942
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    • 3. An exceptional grade may be provided upto 1 in 12 along hill roads, if the length does not exceed

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

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

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    • A. 0.10
    • B. 0.15
    • C. 0.20
    • D. 0.25
    • E. 0.30
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    • 6. For clear distinct vision, images of obstructions should fall on the retina with a cone of

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

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    • A. water-bound macadam roads
    • B. stabilised soil roads
    • C. road constructed with various layers of building material well compacted
    • D. all the above.
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    • 8. Volume of traffic which is due to improvement carried out in adjacent area, is known as

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    • A. development traffic
    • B. generated traffic growth
    • C. normal traffic growth
    • D. current traffic.
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    • 9. The total value of extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a two lane hill road of radius 42 m for a design speed of 50 kmph and for vehicles with wheel base 6 m, is

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    • A. 0.500 m
    • B. 0.589 m
    • C. 1.089 m
    • D. 0.089 m
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    • 10. The tangent length of a simple circular curve of radius R deflecting through ?°, is

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    • A. R tan ?
    • B. R tan ?/2
    • C. R sin ?
    • D. R sin ?/2
    • E. R cot ?/2
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