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to provide access to a particular locality
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restriction imposed by some unavoidable reasons of land
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preservation of existing amenities
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all of the above
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Report Question| 2. | The rate of change of radial acceleration governs the ? | |
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length of a transition curve
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extra width of pavement on the curve
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length of the tangent of a simple circular curve
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all of the above
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| 3. | The gradients of trace cuts for hill roads are ? | |
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10 to 20% easier than the ruling gradient kept
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20 to 25% easier than the ruling gradient
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10 to 20% steeper than the ruling gradient
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20 to 25% steeper than the ruling gradient
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| 4. | The maximum super-elevation on hill roads should not exceed ? | |
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7 %
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8 %
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9 %
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10 %
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| 5. | The California bearing ratio (CBR) method of flexible pavement design gives an idea about ? | |
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the quality of road making material
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the traffic intensities
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the characteristics of soil
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all of these
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| 6. | The maximum spacing of contraction joints in unreinforced concrete slabs for a slab thickness of 20 cm is ? | |
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4.5 m
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10 m
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15 m
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20 m
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| 7. | The practical capacity of highway is ................... that of possible capacity ? | |
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same as
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less than
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more than
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any one of these
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| 8. | The average speed maintained by a vehicle over a particular stretch of road, while the vehicle in motion, is known as ? | |
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overall speed
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design speed
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running speed
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spot speed
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| 9. | The number of vehicles passing at a point on the highway in unit time is known as ? | |
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traffic density
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all of these
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traffic capacity
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traffic volume
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| 10. | The dowel bars are used in rigid pavements for ? | |
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resisting bending stress
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resisting shear stresses
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resisting tensile stresses
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transferring load from one
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