Highway Sheet 22
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1) Question.
The distance travelled by a moving vehicle during perception and brake reaction times, is known as
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2) Question.
The efficiency of the brakes of a vehicle depends upon
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3) Question.
For a vehicle moving with a speed of 80 km per hour, the brake reaction time, in ordinary cases, is
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4) Question.
The ability of a driver to stop the vehicle moving with the disigned speed, depends upon:
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5) Question.
The maximum safe speed on roads, depends on the
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6) Question.
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The super-elevation on roads is
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7) Question.
Before providing super-elevation on roads, the portion of the carriageway between the crown and the outer edge is made
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8) Question.
The most commonly adopted method to provide super-elevation on roads, is by pivoting the road surface about
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9) Question.
For a comfortable travel in Highways, the centrifugal ratio should not exceed
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10) Question.
To ensure that bullock carts may not overturn on curves, the maximum value of super-elevation, recommended by I.R.C., is
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11) Question.
A two lane single carriage-way is to be designed for a design life period of 15 years. Total two way traffic intensity in the year of completion of construction is expected to be 2000 commercial vehicles per day. Vehicle damage factor = 3.0 . Lane distribution factor = 0.75 . Assuming an annual rate of traffic growth as 7.5%, the design traffic, expressed as cumulative number of standard axles, is -
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12) Question.
If the load, warping and frictional stresses in a cement concrete slab are , and respectively, the critical combination of stresses during summer midday is -
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13) Question.
As per latest IRC guidelines for designing flexible pavement by CBR method, the load parameter required is -
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14) Question.
Consider the following :
- L.L. of soil
- P.L. of soil
- S.L. of soil
- Annual average rainfall
- Temperature of the soil
As per the latest IRC guidelines, the set of essential data required to determine moisture correction factor of clayey subgrade soil in Benkelman beam study would include -
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15) Question.
Which one of the following expressions gives intermediate sight distance as per I.R.C. standards? (SSD: stopping sight distance; OSD: overtaking sight distance)
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16) Question.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
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17) Question.
In highway construction on superelevated curves, the rolling shall proceed from
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