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  • Question

  • Minimum radius of a simple circular curve deflecting through 5°, is


  • Options
  • A. 1618.9 m
  • B. 1816.9 m
  • C. 1718.9 m
  • D. 1817.9 m

  • Correct Answer
  • 1718.9 m 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. On a pavement with parabolic camber, the angle of inclination of the vehicles will be

    • Options
    • A. more at the crown
    • B. less at the edges
    • C. more at the edges
    • D. same at the edges as well as at the crown
    • E. none of these.
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    • 2. The distance travelled by a moving vehicle during perception and brake reaction times, is known as

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    • A. sight distance
    • B. stopping distance
    • C. lag distance
    • D. none of these.
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    • 3. To prevent movement of moisture from subgrade to road pavement on embankments about 0.6 m to 1 m higher than water table, the thickness of cut off layer of coarse sand used, is

    • Options
    • A. 15 cm
    • B. 20 cm
    • C. 30 cm
    • D. 45 cm
    • E. none of these.
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    • 4. For the design of cement concrete pavement for corner loading, Indian Road Congress recommends the use of

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    • A. Westergard's formula
    • B. Kelly's formula
    • C. Goldbeck's formula
    • D. Spanlar's formula
    • E. Picker's formula.
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    • 5. Which one of the following transportation systems is not used for the conveyance of passengers in India?

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    • A. railways
    • B. roads
    • C. shipping
    • D. air lines
    • E. pipe lines.
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    • 6. Degree of a road curve is defined as the angle in degrees subtended at the centre by an arc of

    • Options
    • A. 10 metres
    • B. 20 metres
    • C. 25 metres
    • D. 30 metres
    • E. 50 metres
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    • 7. If the designed speed on a circular curve of radius 1400 m is 80 km/hour, no superelevation is provided, if the camber, is

    • Options
    • A. 4%
    • B. 3%
    • C. 2%
    • D. 1.7%
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    • 8. If V is speed in km/hour and R is radius of the curve, the superelevation e is equal to

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 9. For a poorly graded sub-grade soil, thickness of sub-base, is

    • Options
    • A. 10 cm
    • B. 15 cm
    • C. 20 cm
    • D. 25 cm
    • E. 30 cm
      • Discuss
    • 10. If N is deviation angle, the length L, of a parabolic vertical curve for safe stopping distance S, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. both (a) and (b)
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