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  • Question

  • The type of curves generally provided on highways, is


  • Options
  • A. critical curve
  • B. transition curve
  • C. vertical curve
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. The safe stopping sight distance D, may be computed from the equation

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 2. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The width of the right-of-way is decided so as to accommodate

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    • A. formation width
    • B. side slopes
    • C. horizontal curve
    • D. vertical curve
    • E. provision of future widening.
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    • 3. On most smooth hard surfaced roads, rolling resistance to moving vehicles, ranges from

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    • A. 5 kg to 7 kg/tonne
    • B. 7 kg to 9 kg/tonne
    • C. 9 kg to 11 kg/tonne
    • D. 11 kg to 13 kg/tonne
    • E. none of these.
      • Discuss
    • 4. Roughness index of roads, is expressed as

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    • A. size of the stone on the pavement
    • B. number of patches on the pavement
    • C. cumulative deformation of surface per horizontal distance
    • D. type of the road surface.
      • Discuss
    • 5. In scanty rainfall regions, the camber provided will be

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    • A. nil
    • B. flatter
    • C. steeper
    • D. None of these.
      • Discuss
    • 6. If the cross slope of a country is 25% to 60%, the terrain is classified as

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    • A. plain
    • B. rolling
    • C. steep
    • D. mountainous.
      • Discuss
    • 7. The safe length L of a valley curve for night travel is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C. neither (a) nor (b)
    • D. both (a) and (b)
      • Discuss
    • 8. The normal road land width for a major district road in open area, is

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    • A. 45 m
    • B. 25 m
    • C. 15 m
    • D. 12 m
      • Discuss
    • 9. If At is the area of steel cross-section, t is working stress, L is width of road and W is weight of slab per square metre, the spacing of the tie bars for a longitudinal joint, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
      • Discuss
    • 10. The G.T. road from Lahore to Calcutta in undivided India, was constructed during

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    • A. 3495-3500 BC
    • B. 265-270 BC
    • C. 1540-1545 AD
    • D. 1440-1450
      • Discuss

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