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  • Question
  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


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    • 1. 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°
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    • 2. 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.
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    • 3. The traffic manoeuvre means

    • Options
    • A. diverging
    • B. merging
    • C. crossing
    • D. all the above.
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    • 4. 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
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    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. Volume of traffic which is due to improvement carried out in adjacent area, is known as

    • Options
    • A. development traffic
    • B. generated traffic growth
    • C. normal traffic growth
    • D. current traffic.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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

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

    • Options
    • A. R tan ?
    • B. R tan ?/2
    • C. R sin ?
    • D. R sin ?/2
    • E. R cot ?/2
    • Discuss
    • 9. Formation width of a hill road is the distance between

    • Options
    • A. outer end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall
    • B. outer end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall
    • C. inner end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall
    • D. inner end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. For a 6.6 m wide two lane pavement, berms are provided on either side having a width of

    • Options
    • A. l.00 m
    • B. 1.25 m
    • C. 1.50 m
    • D. 1.75 m
    • E. 2.00 m
    • Discuss


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