Q. Volume of traffic which would immediately use a new road or an improved one when opened to traffic, is known

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. In India the modes of transportation, in the order of their importance, are

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Q. On the recommendations of Indian Road Congress, the ruling gradient in plains, is

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Q. 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

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Q. The minimum value of camber provided for thin bituminous surface hill roads, is

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Q. Design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super-elevation, sight distance and grades, is worst affected by

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Q. Thickness of a pavement may be reduced considerably by

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Q. The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 m/sec², for a design speed 100 km ph, is

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Q. The maximum safe speed on roads, depends on the

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Q. The basic formula for determination of pavement thickness was first suggested by

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Q. Increase in traffic volume, due to increase in transport vehicles, is known as

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Q. If R is the radius of a main curve and L is the length of the transition curve, the shift of the curve, is

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Q. The weight of vehicles affects

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Q. For maximum strength and durability minimum percentage of cement, by weight is

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Q. Camber in pavements is provided by

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Q. The minimum design speed of various types of highways in plain terrain is the same as the ruling design speed of

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Q. Passing zones are generally not provided on

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Q. To indicate proper control of consistency of a freshly mixed concrete for pavement construction, the slump should be between

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Q. Driving vehicles on wet surfaced roads, is dangerous because it may

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