Civil Engineering - Highway Engineering

26.
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
Highways are always constructed in straight line
Highways may be provided horizontal curves
Highways may be provided vertical curves
Highways may be provided both horizontal and vertical curves.
Answer: Option
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27.
If the width of carriage way is 12.5 metres, outer edge 50 cm higher than the inner edge, the required super elevation is
50 cm
1 in 25
1 in 400
1 in 40
1 in 24
Answer: Option
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28.
In cement concrete pavements, tensile stress is due to :
bending or deflection under wheel loads
difference in temperature of the top and bottom of pavement
contraction of slab during falling temperature
all the above.
Answer: Option
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29.
If L is the length of the transition curves provided on either side of a circular curve of radius R, the maximum angle of deflection with tangent for the junctions of the transition curve and circular curve, is
L/R
L/2R
L/3R
L/4R
none of these.
Answer: Option
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30.
Interior thickness of concrete road slab for design wheel load 6300 kg and permissible flexural stress 21 kg/cm2, is
17.0 cm
25.5 cm
34.0 cm
42.5 cm
50.0 cm
Answer: Option
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