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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- 1.50 m
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. Thickness of broken line markings on multi-lane road for lanes is generally kept
Options- A. 10 cm
- B. 12 cm
- C. 15 cm
- D. 18 cm
- E. 20 cm Discuss
- 7. California Bearing Ratio method of designing flexible pavements is more accurate as it involves
Options- A. characteristics of soils
- B. traffic intensities
- C. character of the road making materials
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 8. Design of flexible pavement, involves
Options- A. wheel loads
- B. intensity of traffic
- C. climate of the region
- D. sub-grade conditions
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 9. If the radius of curvature of a hill road is 50 m, the percentage grade compensation should be
Options- A. 60/R
- B. 70/R
- C. 75/R
- D. 80/R
- E. 100/R Discuss
- 10. The difference in gradients after full super-elevation and the initial alignment of a road, is known as
Options- A. ruling gradient
- B. rising gradient
- C. compensated gradient
- D. differential gradient
- E. none of these. Discuss
Highway Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: outer end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall
Correct Answer: R tan ?/2
Correct Answer: 1.089 m
Correct Answer: development traffic
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: 10 cm
Correct Answer: character of the road making materials
Correct Answer: climate of the region
Correct Answer: 75/R
Correct Answer: differential gradient
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