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Highway Engineering problems


  • 1. A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is

  • Options
  • A. 1 in 40
  • B. 1 in 50
  • C. 1 in 60
  • D. 1 in 70
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 2. Traffic engineering only includes

  • Options
  • A. planning of regulatory measures
  • B. design and application of control devices
  • C. analysis of traffic characteristics
  • D. traffic opeation
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Deviation of the alignment of a trace cut may be permitted in areas involving

  • Options
  • A. land slides
  • B. sand dunes
  • C. dens
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The minimum value of camber provided for thin bituminous surface hill roads, is

  • Options
  • A. 2.2%
  • B. 2.5%
  • C. 3.0%
  • D. 3.5%
  • Discuss
  • 5. The formula for calculating the depth of concrete pavements suggested by Goldbeck, is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 6. Design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super-elevation, sight distance and grades, is worst affected by

  • Options
  • A. width of the vehicle
  • B. length of the vehicle
  • C. height of the vehicle
  • D. speed of the vehicle
  • Discuss
  • 7. The usual width of parapet walls along Highways in hilly region, is

  • Options
  • A. 50 cm
  • B. 60 cm
  • C. 70 cm
  • D. 80 cm
  • E. 100 cm
  • Discuss
  • 8. Width of vehicles affects the width of

  • Options
  • A. lanes
  • B. shoulders
  • C. parking spaces
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 9. In water bound macadam roads, binding material, is

  • Options
  • A. sand
  • B. stone dust
  • C. cement
  • D. brick dust.
  • Discuss
  • 10. If R is the radius of a main curve and L is the length of the transition curve, the shift of the curve, is

  • Options
  • A. L/24 R
  • B. L2/24 R
  • C. L3/24 R
  • D. L4/24 R
  • E. L/12 R
  • Discuss

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