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  • Question

  • If the cross slope of a country is 25% to 60%, the terrain is classified as


  • Options
  • A. plain
  • B. rolling
  • C. steep
  • D. mountainous.

  • Correct Answer
  • mountainous. 

    • Highway Engineering problems

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    • 1. The type of curves generally provided on highways, is

    • Options
    • A. critical curve
    • B. transition curve
    • C. vertical curve
    • D. all the above.
      • Discuss
    • 2. The safe stopping sight distance D, may be computed from the equation

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

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

    • Options
    • 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
    • 5. Roughness index of roads, is expressed as

    • Options
    • 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. The normal road land width for a major district road in open area, is

    • Options
    • A. 45 m
    • B. 25 m
    • C. 15 m
    • D. 12 m
      • Discuss
    • 8. 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

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

    • Options
    • A. 3495-3500 BC
    • B. 265-270 BC
    • C. 1540-1545 AD
    • D. 1440-1450
      • Discuss
    • 10. When each particle of aggregates is thinly coated with cement paste, a heterogeneous solid is formed, which is known as

    • Options
    • A. hydration
    • B. gel
    • C. concrete
    • D. none of these.
      • Discuss

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