Description : The width formation of a road means the width of (A) Carriageway (B) Pavement and shoulders (C) Embankment at ground level (D) Embankment at the top level
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : According to IRC : 52-1973, for a single lane National Highway in hilly region, (A) Width of the carriageway must be 3.75 m (B) Shoulders on either side must be 1.25 m (C) Total width of the road-way must be 6.25 m (D) Total of the above
Description : For a 6.6 m wide two lane pavement, berms are provided on either side having a width of (A) 1.00 m (B) 1.25 m (C) 1.50 m (D) 1.75 m
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) If the bed level is above N.S.L. the canal is called fully in baking and the berms are designed as 3 d where d is full supply depth of water ... and partly in filling and berms are designed as 2d where d is full supply depth (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : Width of the shoulders of carriage way is generally kept (A) 100 cm (B) 125 cm (C) 150 cm (D) 250 cm
Description : Width of vehicles affects the width of (A) Lanes (B) Shoulders (C) Parking spaces (D) All the above
Description : Length of vehicles does not affect (A) Extra widening (B) Minimum radius of turning (C) Passing sight distance (D) Width of shoulders
Description : Normal formation width of a hill road for one-way traffic, is (A) 3.6 m (B) 4.8 m (C) 6.6 m (D) 7.2 m
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Formation width of a hill road is the distance between (A) Outer end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall (B) Outer end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall (C) Inner end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall (D) Inner end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Seepage through embankments in an earthen dam is controlled by (A) Drainage filters (B) Relief wells (C) Drain trenches (D) Provision of downstream berms
Description : Excessive camber on pavements may cause (A) Deterioration of central portion (B) Slip of the speedy vehicles towards the edges (C) Erosion of the berms (D) All the above
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The width of the right-of-way is decided so as to accommodate (A) Formation width (B) Side slopes (C) Horizontal curve (D) Vertical curve
Description : The full width of land acquired before finalising a highway, alignment is known (A) Width of formation (B) Right of way (C) Carriage way (D) Roadway
Description : The minimum cross fall of shoulders is kept (A) 0.5 % (B) 1.0 % (C) 1.5 % (D) 3 %
Description : Shoulders for high traffic volume roads, should (A) Be stable throughout the year to be used by vehicles in the case of emergency (B) Support and protect the ends of carriage ways (C) Not allow entrance of water to sub-grade (D) All the above
Description : The camber of shoulders in water bound macadam roads is (A) Equal to the cross slope of pavement (B) Less than the cross slope of pavement (C) Greater than the cross slope of pavement (D) Zero
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The cross fall of the shoulder should be at least 0.5% steeper than camber (B) On super-elevated sections, the shoulders should be provided a ... equal to camber (C) Earthen roads in general are provided steepest cross-fall (D) All the above
Description : On the recommendations of Nagpur Conference, the minimum width of a village road may be (A) 2.45 m (B) 2.75 m (C) 3.66 m (D) 4.90 m
Description : The pavement width of a road depends upon (A) Terrain (B) Type of traffic (C) Number of lanes (D) All the above
Description : If At is the area of steel cross-section, t is working stress, L is width of road and W is weight of slab per square metre, the spacing of the tie bars for a longitudinal joint, is (A) (100 At × t)/WL (B) 100 At/tWL (C) (100 WAt × t)/tL (D) 100 WL/At t
Description : If the number of lanes on the carriageway of a road is more than two, the total width of lane ways is equal to 3.0 m (A) + 0.60 m (B) + 0.70 m (C) + 0.90 m (D) + 1.50 m
Description : The normal road land width for a major district road in open area, is (A) 45 m (B) 25 m (C) 15 m (D) 12 m
Description : The minimum road width is taken (A) 9 m (B) 12 m (C) 16 m (D) 20 m
Description : The normal road width of National and State highways (A) Is kept 45 m (B) In plain and rolling terrain built-up area, is 30 m (C) In mountainous built-up area is 20 m (D) All the above
Description : Road width 8.8 m of two lane National highways or State highways in mountainous terrain (A) Excludes the width of parapet (0.6 m) (B) Excludes the width of side drain (0.6 m) (C) Excludes the width of parapet and side drain (D) Includes the width of parapet and side drain
Description : The width of road pavements, depends upon (A) Width of traffic lane (B) Number of traffic (C) Width of median strip (D) All the above
Description : Width of a rotary round should be equal to (A) Twice the width of narrowest radial road (B) Width of the widest road (C) Width of the widest road plus the width of one lane (D) Width of the widest road plus 2 metres
Description : The normal road land width for a National or State highway, in open areas should be (A) 45 m (B) 30 m (C) 24 m (D) 20 m
Description : The aggregates required for one kilometre length of water bound macadam road per meter width and for 10 mm thickness is (A) 8 cubic meter (B) 10 cubic meter (C) 12 cubic meter (D) 15 cubic meter
Description : According to Indian Road Congress, the width of carriageway, is (A) 3.75 m for single lane (B) 7.0 m for two lanes without raised kerbs (C) 7.5 m for two lanes with raised kerbs (D) All the above
Description : The width of different roads as recommended in Nagpur plan by the Indian Road Conference for hilly region, is (A) Same for National Highways (B) Different for National Highways (C) Same for State Highways (D) Same for Major District roads
Description : Pick up the correct statement applicable to plate load test (A) Width of the test pit for plate load test is made five times the width of the plate (B) At the centre of the test pit, a hole is dug ... at the centre of the test pit, is kept at the level of the actual formation (D) All the above
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) Tresguet did not provide the top camber for the drainage of surface water (B) Tresguet provided the top camber for the drainage of surface ... (D) Macadam provided a camber to the formation at the dug-up state, to drain percolated water
Description : According to the recommendations of Nagpur Conference, the width formation of an ideal National Highway in hard rock cutting, is (A) 8.9 m (B) 7.9 m (C) 6.9 m (D) 6.5 m
Description : If B is the width of formation, d is the height of the embankment, side slope S : 1, for a highway with no transverse slope, the area of cross-section is (A) B + d + Sd (B) Bd + Sd2 (C) B × d - Sd1/2 (D) ½ (Bd + Sd2
Last Answer : (B) Bd + Sd2
Description : A good way to stop shoulders aching?
Last Answer : Maybe you should try a few stretches. http://walking.about.com/od/stretching/a/shoulderstretch.htm
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) In order to check up the average depth of excavation, 'Dead man s' are left at the midwidths of borrow pits (B) The earthwork ... embankment includes the formation of correct profile and depositing the soil in layers (D) All the above
Description : The width of the right of way in urban area, is kept between 24 m to 60 m for (A) National Highways (B) State Highways (C) Both (a) and (b) (D) None of these
Description : Is it possible to have a shoulder deltoid implant to make your shoulders wider?
Last Answer : Instead of considering surgery, why not work out one side more than the other?
Description : Skin irritation back and shoulders 11 yr old girl home treatments?
Last Answer : Are you sure they are bites?? When my daughter gets dry skin it looks like little red dots here and there. I put tons of cocoa cocoa butter cream on her and they magically go away. But the first time it ... . I thought it might be a reaction to the antibotics she was on at that time but it wasn't.
Description : When's the last time you felt like a huge weight was lifted from your shoulders?
Last Answer : answer:When I came back to work from vacation to find out that my boss would be on vacation for 2 weeks (roughly 2 weeks ago) But since hell be back on Monday the weight is getting heavy again.
Description : On whose shoulders stood the likes of Aristotle, Emerson, Einstein?
Last Answer : Good question. I don’t know about Einstein or Emerson, but Aristotle was a student of Plato, who was a student of Socrates.
Description : Suddenly my shoulders hurt terrible, and burn! Any doctors in the house?
Last Answer : answer:I have no idea. Have you strained yourself lately? Maybe some sort of heartburn, or muscle spasms. I’d check with your doctor if the pain does not subside, or becomes worse in the next few hours. Maybe you are sprouting wings. lol
Description : How do you get the 'clicks' out of your neck and shoulders?
Last Answer : If you exercise on a regular basis you won’t get the ‘clicks’ you speak of.
Description : Why do I have so many knots in my shoulders and back?
Last Answer : Is the tension in your muscles caused by stress? Lack of sleep? Lack of stretching? Do you slouch? Have you tried acupuncture? Yoga? Meditation? Are you on medication for migraines? More details, please. I suffer from chronic migraines & insomnia, take meds, do exercise/meditation-etc also
Description : Do little guys really have a chip on their shoulders?
Last Answer : My brother doesn’t. He’s tiny. He’s 5’6” and 26.
Description : How can I prevent my shoulders from slipping out of joint while I sleep?
Last Answer : Duct tape?
Description : How do you let things roll off your shoulders?
Last Answer : I find that when I became a parent and had someone to care for that I developed thicker skin, because, well, I just had to, you know? I had to so that I can function - other times I had ... , at all and that they're too busy thinking about how they're making you feel even if they pretend otherwise
Description : What are the best exercises to tone up my arms, chest and shoulders?
Last Answer : Nothing beats rock climbing. If you’re not the outdoorsy type, find a local climbing gym.
Description : Is it bad that my back cracks and crunches everytime I roll my shoulders?
Last Answer : Hope not. Mine does the same.