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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Q. Formation width of a hill road is the distance between

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Q. California Bearing Ratio method of designing flexible pavements is more accurate as it involves

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Q. Longitudinal pavement lines marked broken in white paint

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Q. Design of flexible pavement, involves

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Q. Design of highways is based on

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Q. If the designed speed on a circular curve of radius 1400 m is 80 km/hour, no superelevation is provided, if the camber, is

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Q. Width of a rotary round should be equal to

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Q. To prevent movement of moisture from subgrade to road pavement on embankments about 0.6 m to 1 m higher than water table, the thickness of cut off layer of coarse sand used, is

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