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- Question
A road is provided with a horizontal circular curve having deflection angle of 55° and centre line radius of 250 m. A transition curve is to be provided at each end of the circular curve of such a length that the rate of gain of radial acceleration is 0.3 m/s3 at a speed of 50 km per hour. Length of the transition curve required at each of the ends is
Options- A. 2.57 m
- B. 33.33 m
- C. 35.73 m
- D. 1666.67 m
- Correct Answer
- 35.73 m
- 1. Bituminous materials are commonly use in highway construction because of their good
Options- A. tensile and compression properties.
- B. binding and water proofing properties.
- C. shear strength and tensile properties.
- D. bond and tensile properties. Discuss
- 2. A footing 2 m x 1 m exerts a uniform pressure of 150 kN/m2 on the soil. Assuming a load dispersion of 2 vertical to 1 horizontal the average vertical stress (kN/m2) at 1.0 m below the footing is
Options- A. 50
- B. 75
- C. 80
- D. 100 Discuss
- 3. The stepped cantilever is subjected to moments, M as shown in the figure below. The vertical deflection at the free end (neglecting the self weight) is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D. Zero Discuss
- 4. If the shear force at a section of beam under bending is equal to zero then the bending moment at the section is
Options- A. zero
- B. maximum
- C. minimum
- D. minimum or maximum Discuss
- 5. The maximum permissible deflection for a gantry girder, spanning over 6 m, on which an EOT (electric overhead travelling) crane of capacity 200 kN is operating, is
Options- A. 8 mm
- B. 10 mm
- C. 12 mm
- D. 18 mm Discuss
- 6. Group symbols assigned to silty sand and clayey sand are respectively
Options- A. SS and CS
- B. SM and CS
- C. SM and SC
- D. MS and CS Discuss
- 7. A hyetograph is a graph representing
Options- A. rainfall volume with time
- B. rainfall intensity with time
- C. rainfall intensity with duration
- D. rainfall intensity over an area Discuss
- 8. Cavitation is caused by
Options- A. high velocity
- B. low pressure
- C. high pressure
- D. high temperature Discuss
- 9. Two completely penetrating wells are located L (in metres) apart, in homogeneous confined aquifer. The drawdown measured at the mid point between the two wells (at a distance of 0.5 L from both the wells) is 2.0 m when only the first well is being pumped at the steady rate of Q1 m3/sec. When both the wells are being pumped at identical steady rate of Q2 m3/sec, the drawdown measured at the same location is 8, 0 m. It may be assumed that the drawdown at the wells always remains at 10.0 m when being pumped and the radius of influence is larger than 0.5 L Q1/Q2 is equal to
Options- A. 8/5
- B. 4/3
- C. 5/8
- D. ln (L/2) Discuss
- 10. A test plate 30 cm x 30 cm resting on a sand deposit settles by 10 mm under a certain loading intensity. A footing 150 cm x 200 cm resting on the same sand deposit and loaded to the same load intensity settles by
Options- A. 2.0 mm
- B. 27.8 mm
- C. 3.02 mm
- D. 50.0 mm Discuss
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Correct Answer: binding and water proofing properties.
Correct Answer: 50
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Correct Answer: maximum
Correct Answer: 8 mm
Correct Answer: SM and SC
Correct Answer: rainfall intensity with time
Correct Answer: low pressure
Correct Answer: ln (L/2)
Correct Answer: 27.8 mm
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