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- Question
When a number of hair pin bends are introduced, a minimum intervening distance in between is kept
Options- A. 20 m
- B. 40 m
- C. 60 m
- D. 100 m
- Correct Answer
- 60 m
- 1. Width of a rotary round should be equal to
Options- A. twice the width of narrowest radial road
- B. width of the widest road
- C. width of the widest road plus the width of one lane
- D. width of the widest road plus 2 metres. Discuss
- 2. If V is the design speed of vehicles in km/hour, the change of radial acceleration in metres/sec3, is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
Discuss
- 3. Hill roads are
Options- A. provided camber along spur curves
- B. provided camber along valley curves
- C. seldom provided a camber
- D. None of these. Discuss
- 4. If a Lemniscate curve having an angle of deflection ?, is transitional throughout, the maximum polar angle is
Options- A. ?/2
- B. ?/3
- C. ?/4
- D. ?/5
- E. ?/6 Discuss
- 5. If P is the number of vehicles per day at last census, r is the increase in traffic and n is the number of years passed after last census, number of vehicles A per day for design, is
Options- A. P (1 + r)n
- B. P (1 - r)n
- C. P (1 + r)-n+5
- D. P (1 + r)5n Discuss
- 6. The statement, regarding the size of stones used at the wearing surface. "The size of a stone used on a road must be in due proportion to the space occupied by a wheel of ordinary dimensions on a smooth level surface. The point of contact will be found to be longitudinal about 2.5 cm and every piece of stone put into the road which exceeds 2.5 cm in any of its dimension is mischievious" was made by
Options- A. Telford
- B. Macadam
- C. Tresguet
- D. Sully. Discuss
- 7. Design of highways is based on
Options- A. axle loads
- B. axle spacings
- C. wheel bases
- D. over all length
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- A. The height of head light above road surface, is taken as 0.75 m
- B. The beam of head light is up to one degree upwards from the grade of road
- C. While designing the valley curve, the height of the object is assumed nil
- D. All the above Discuss
- 9. Which one of the following transportation systems is not used for the conveyance of passengers in India?
Options- A. railways
- B. roads
- C. shipping
- D. air lines
- E. pipe lines. Discuss
- 10. For the design of cement concrete pavement for corner loading, Indian Road Congress recommends the use of
Options- A. Westergard's formula
- B. Kelly's formula
- C. Goldbeck's formula
- D. Spanlar's formula
- E. Picker's formula. Discuss
Highway Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: width of the widest road plus the width of one lane
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Correct Answer: seldom provided a camber
Correct Answer: ?/6
Correct Answer: P (1 + r)n
Correct Answer: Macadam
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: All the above
Correct Answer: pipe lines.
Correct Answer: Picker's formula.
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