Highway Engineering Questions and Answers – Design of Horizontal Alignment – 2

This set of Highway Engineering Questions and Answers for Experienced people focuses on “Design of Horizontal Alignment – 2”.

1. The mechanical widening of a track is given by ___________
a) l²/2R
b) nl²/2R
c) nl³/2R
d) nl/2R
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2. The length of wheel base usually considered in India is?
a) 6.1m
b) 5.9m
c) 5.8m
d) 5.5m
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3. The total off tracking of a vehicle having wheel base length as 6.1m and radius of curve 120m is?
a) 0.150
b) 0.151
c) 0.153
d) 0.155
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4. The extra width required on two lane pavement for a radius of curve 100m as recommended by IRC is ___________
a) 0.6m
b) 0.7m
c) 0.8m
d) 0.9m
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5. The mechanical widening of a curve is 1.5m, the curve is having a radius of 120m and design speed as 80kmph find the total widening on the curve.
a) 2.20m
b) 2.26m
c) 2.25m
d) 2.24m
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6. The most preferred type of transition curve by IRC for highway is ___________
a) Spiral
b) Cubic parabola
c) Parabola
d) Lemniscate
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7. The minimum value of change of centrifugal acceleration is ___________
a) 0.4m/sec³
b) 0.5m/sec³
c) 0.6m/sec³
d) 0.7m/sec³
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8. The rate of change of acceleration in m/sec³ for a design speed of 85kmph is ___________
a) 0.5
b) 0.6
c) 0.7
d) 0.8
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9. In a steep terrain the radius of curve is 100m and the design speed is 80kmph then the length of transition curve will be ___________
a) 44m
b) 54m
c) 64m
d) 74m
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10. The total shift of a transition curve is ___________
a) L²/12R
b) L²/24R
c) L²/48R
d) L²/96R
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