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  • At highway stretches where the required overtaking sight distance cannot be provided, it is necessary to incorporate in such sections the following :


  • Options
  • A. at least twice the stopping sight distance
  • B. half of the required overtaking sight distance
  • C. one third of the required overtaking sight distance
  • D. three times the stopping sight distance.

  • Correct Answer
  • at least twice the stopping sight distance 

    • GATE Exam Questions problems

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    • 1. Which one of the following conditions, both elastic and plastic methods of analysis of indeterminate structures have to satisfy?

    • Options
    • A. yield condition
    • B. mechanism condition
    • C. equilibrium
    • D. compatibility of deformation
      • Discuss
    • 2. A vertical rod PQ of length L is fixed at its top end P and has a flange fixed to the bottom end Q. A weight W is dropped vertically from a height h(< L) on to the flange. The axial stress in the rod can be reduced by

    • Options
    • A. increasing the length of the rod
    • B. decreasing the length of the rod
    • C. decreasing the area of cross-section of the rod
    • D. increasing the modulus of elasticity of the material
      • Discuss
    • 3. Standard 5-day BOD of a waste water sample is nearly x% of the ultimate BOD, where x is

    • Options
    • A. 48
    • B. 58
    • C. 68
    • D. 78
      • Discuss
    • 4. A cantilever beam is shown in the below figure. The moment to be applied at free end for zero vertical deflection at that point is

    • Options
    • A. 9 kN.m clock wise
    • B. 9 kN.m anti-clockwise
    • C. 12 kN.m clockwise
    • D. 12 kN.m anti-clockwise
      • Discuss
    • 5. A frame ABCD is supported by a roller at A and is on a hinge at C as shown below

      The reaction at the roller end A is given by

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    • A. P
    • B. 2P
    • C. P/2
    • D. Zero.
      • Discuss
    • 6. The plastic modulus of a section is 4.8 x 10-4 m3. The shape factor is 1.2. The plastic moment capacity of the section is 120 kN.m. The yield stress of the material is

    • Options
    • A. 100 MPa
    • B. 240 MPa
    • C. 250 MPa
    • D. 300 MPa
      • Discuss
    • 7. An isochrone is a line on the basin map

    • Options
    • A. Joining raingauge stations having equal rainfall-duration
    • B. Joining points having equal rainfall depth in a given time interval
    • C. Joining points having equal time of travel of surface runoff to the catchment outlet
    • D. Joining points which are at equal distance from the catchment outlet
      • Discuss
    • 8. Design rate of super elevation for horizontal highway curve of radius 450 m for a mixed traffic condition, having a speed of 125 km/hour is

    • Options
    • A. 1.0
    • B. 0.05
    • C. 0.07
    • D. 0.154
      • Discuss
    • 9. The superelevation needed for a vehicle travelling at a speed of 60 kmph on a curve of radius 128 m on a surface with a coefficient of friction of 0.15 is :

    • Options
    • A. 0.71
    • B. 0.81
    • C. 0.91
    • D. 0.61
      • Discuss
    • 10. Flocculation is a process

    • Options
    • A. that removes algae from stabilization pond effluent
    • B. that promotes the aggregation of small particles into larger particles to enhance their removal by gravity
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these.
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