Q. The desirable camber for straight roads with thin bituminous surfacing, is

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Q. Minimum stopping distance for moving vehicles on road with a design speed of 80 km/hour, is

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Q. If the radii of a compound curve and a reverse curve are respectively the same, the length of common tangent

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Q. If cross slope of a country is greater than 60%, the terrain is classified as

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Q. Side drains on both sides of a hill road, are essential when the road is

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Q. For a 6.6 m wide two lane pavement, berms are provided on either side having a width of

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Q. For the design of cement concrete pavement for corner loading, Indian Road Congress recommends the use of

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Q. I.R.T.D.A. (Indian Roads and Transport Development Association) was set up at Bombay in

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Q. The total value of extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a two lane hill road of radius 42 m for a design speed of 50 kmph and for vehicles with wheel base 6 m, is

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Q. Depth of reinforcement below the surface of a concrete pavement, is generally kept

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Q. Round-abouts are not suitable if number of vehicles exceed

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Q. For a comfortable travel on Highways, the centrifugal ratio should not exceed

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Q. If V is speed in km/hour and R is radius of the curve, the superelevation e is equal to

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Q. The traffic manoeuvre means

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Q. To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduction of gradient, is

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Q. An exceptional grade may be provided upto 1 in 12 along hill roads, if the length does not exceed

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Q. The head of public works department of any Indian state, is

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Q. If a Lemniscate curve having an angle of deflection Δ, is transitional throughout, the maximum polar angle is

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Q. On most smooth hard surfaced roads, rolling resistance to moving vehicles, ranges from

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Q. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The width of the right-of-way is decided so as to accommodate

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