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  • Question
  • If the width of carriage way is 12.5 metres, outer edge 50 cm higher than the inner edge, the required super elevation is


  • Options
  • A. 50 cm
  • B. 1 in 25
  • C. 1 in 400
  • D. 1 in 40
  • E. 1 in 24

  • Correct Answer
  • 1 in 25 


  • Highway Engineering problems


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    • 1. The minimum road width is taken

    • Options
    • A. 9 m
    • B. 12 m
    • C. 16 m
    • D. 20 m
    • Discuss
    • 2. Excessive camber on pavements may cause

    • Options
    • A. deterioration of central portion
    • B. slip of the speedy vehicles towards the edges
    • C. erosion of the berms
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. If the rate of change of the super-elevation along a curved portion of a 7 metre wide road is 1 in 150 and the maximum super-elevation allowed is 1 in 15, the maximum length of the transition curve to be provided at either end, is

    • Options
    • A. 65 m
    • B. 70 m
    • C. 75 m
    • D. 80 m
    • E. 90 m
    • Discuss
    • 4. If the width of a pavement slab is 7.5 m, thickness 20 cm and working stress 1400 kg/cm2, spacing of 10 mm tie bars for the longitudinal joint, is

    • Options
    • A. 10 cm
    • B. 20 cm
    • C. 30 cm
    • D. 40 cm
    • E. 50 cm
    • Discuss
    • 5. Indian Road Congress (I.R.C.) was founded and constituted with its head quarters at New Delhi, in

    • Options
    • A. 1924
    • B. 1927
    • C. 1930
    • D. 1934
    • E. 1942
    • Discuss
    • 6. To prevent a head-on-collision of vehicles travelling in opposite directions along four-lane roads

    • Options
    • A. markings on the road are provided
    • B. physical dividers are provided
    • C. area dividers are provided
    • D. medians of wide area are provided
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The gradients of trace cuts for hilly roads, are kept

    • Options
    • A. equal to ruling gradient
    • B. 10 tO 20 per cent easier than ruling gradients
    • C. 10 to 20 per cent steeper than ruling gradients
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The normal road land width for a National or State highway, in open areas should be

    • Options
    • A. 45 m
    • B. 30 m
    • C. 24 m
    • D. 20 m
    • Discuss
    • 9. Interior thickness of concrete road slab for design wheel load 6300 kg and permissible flexural stress 21 kg/cm2, is

    • Options
    • A. 17.0 cm
    • B. 25.5 cm
    • C. 34.0 cm
    • D. 42.5 cm
    • E. 50.0 cm
    • Discuss
    • 10. If cross slope of a country is upto 10% the terain is classified as

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


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