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  • Question

  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 20 metres 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. 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
      • Discuss
    • 2. 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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    • 3. The distance travelled by a moving vehicle during perception and brake reaction times, is known as

    • Options
    • A. sight distance
    • B. stopping distance
    • C. lag distance
    • D. none of these.
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    • 4. 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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    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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%
      • Discuss
    • 7. If V is speed in km/hour and R is radius of the curve, the superelevation e is equal to

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
      • Discuss
    • 8. 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
    • 9. 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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    • 10. Longitudinal pavement lines marked broken in white paint

    • Options
    • A. are for the guidance of the drivers
    • B. are not to be crossed over
    • C. may be crossed over at the discretion of the driver
    • D. all the above.
      • Discuss

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