Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) During reconnaissance, the general route of the alignment is selected (B) After reconnaissance, a trace is cut for the alignment (C) Last stage is the detailed surveys for desired geometries' of the highway (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road, is (A) Reconnaissance (B) Detailed survey (C) Trace-out (D) Preliminary survey
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Detailed survey is carried out for a strip of land about 30 m at sharp curves (B) Levels are taken along the trace cut at an interval of 20 m (C) Contour interval is generally adopted at 2 metres vertical interval (D) All the above
Description : In mountainous areas a natural cause for road blocks is often : (1) road repairs and construction (2) land slides (3) tree felling (4) traffic congestion
Last Answer : (2) land slides Explanation: Heavy rainfall often causes landslides in hilly regions blocking roads as a result and cutting off towns Huge amounts of debris block access, hampering traffic and affecting businesses.
Last Answer : land slides
Description : Are Indiana motor vehicles permitted in common land areas?
Last Answer : Need Answer
Description : The maximum permitted loss of head in a rapid sand filter, is (A) 1 m (B) 2 m (C) 3 m (D) 4 m
Last Answer : (C) 3 m
Description : Explain the types of sand dunes.
Last Answer : Explain the types of sand dunes.
Description : How are sand dunes and deltas similar?
Last Answer : The "sand dunes and deltas" are similar to that they are both "formed by weathering".
Description : How long do sand dunes form?
Last Answer : forever
Description : What is special about sand dunes in Namibia?
Last Answer : it says my dads name on it
Description : How are deltas and sand dunes alike?
Last Answer : because they are duh
Description : How are sand dunes and canyons alike?
Description : Mounds of sand formed by wind action are called (1) Cliffs (2) Cirques (3) Dunes (4) Hamadas
Last Answer : (3) Dunes Explanation: Cliff is a high and extremely steep rock face that approaches the vertical, either inland or along a coastline. Cirque refers to a deep rounded hollow having steep sides, formed ... by snow and ice. Dune is a hill or ridge of sand accumulated and sorted by wind action.
Description : Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called – (1) Playas (2) Yardang (3) Ventifacts (4) Sand dunes
Last Answer : (2) Yardang Explanation: A yardang is a streamlined hill carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion, dust and sand, and deflation. Yardangs become ... more times longer than wide, and when viewed from above, resemble the hull of a boat.
Description : Which of the following processes is responsible for producing the sand dunes in western Rajasthan? (1) Wind erosion (2) Erosion by water (3) Wind deposition (4) Mechanical weathering
Last Answer : (3) Wind deposition Explanation: In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built either by wind or water flow. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the flow ... the sand grains: and (3) a topography whereby the sand particles lose their momentum and settle out.
Description : Moon shaped sand-dunes, formed by which wind action?
Last Answer : Barkhans
Description : Which of the following are barchans? w) deflation basins x) oases y) crescent-shaped dunes z) sand storms
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- CRESCENT-SHAPED DUNES
Description : 1. In the context of Indian wild life, what is the flying fox? 2. Who appoints the Chairman of the UPSC ? 3. Why is In a hydel station the motion produced in turbines? 4. Moon shaped sand ... ? 20. Who was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference when it met at Delhi in 1919?
Last Answer : Answer : 1 1. Bat 2. President 3. Due to the flow of water 4. Barkhans 5. Badan Singh 6. Wasp 7. Anemometer 8. Echinodermata 9. Amazon 10. 1761 11. Preamble 12. KEVLAR 13. Industrialisation 14. Lake Superior 15. Lord Cornwallis 16. Music 17. Vectors 18. England 19. Arabian Sea 20. Mahatma Gandhi
Description : Which of the following processes is responsible for producing the sand dunes in western Rajasthan ? (1) Wind erosion (2) Erosion by water (3) Wind deposition (4) Mechanical weathering
Last Answer : Wind deposition
Description : Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called (1) Playas (2) Yardang (3) Ventifacts (4) Sand dunes
Last Answer : Yardang
Last Answer : Dunes
Description : Alignment of highways in hilly regions, is decided on (A) Long stretch of very hard cutting (B) Number of river crossings (C) Natural unstable areas (D) All the above
Description : Where are the snow dens of yesteryear?
Last Answer : They probably melted.
Description : do tigers live in dens?
Last Answer : yes
Description : Caries which is close to the pulp chamber; on x rays you find ‘dens in dente’; the right treatment is: A. Zinc oxide eugenol cement and amalgam B. Pulpectomy C. Pulpotomy D. Calcium hydroxide on pulp and amalgam
Last Answer : B. Pulpectomy
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
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : With what condition blacks were permitted to work in white areas? -Civics 9th
Last Answer : If they had a permit than only blacks were permitted to work in white areas.
Description : The maximum non-verticality of the bore of a well 200 m deep, may be permitted up to (A) 25 cm (B) 50 cm (C) 75 cm (D) 100 cm
Last Answer : (D) 100 cm
Description : The maximum amount of dust which may be permitted in aggregates is (A) 5% of the total aggregates for low workability with a coarse grading (B) 10% of the total aggregates for low workability with ... of the total aggregates for a mix having high workability with fine grading (D) All the above
Description : If a scientist find trace fossils that show a path in the sand from a snail like animals . What might the scientist learn about the animal?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : The failure of ball bearings used in electric motors can result from _____________. A. failure to clean the bearing before repacking B. failure to maintain proper alignment C. excess lubrication forcing the bearing full of grease and eliminating all areas of expansion D. all of the above
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : Bikini sports not involving sand or water which would you watch?
Last Answer : answer:If you want to watch women, there are whole range of clubs, magazines and websites available where you will see much, much more than you can watching bikini based sport. If you want to watch sport ... sport. In short, it's a pointless gimmick, which would explain why the stands aren't full.
Description : Where are railways developed in hilly areas and why? Trace their history in the colonial period. -Geography
Last Answer : Railway tracts are laid through low hills, gaps or tunnels in the hilly terrains of peninsular region. In the places such as Himalayan regions, it is not favourable to construct railway lines. ... west coast has facilitated the movement of passengers and goods in this most economic region of India.
Description : As a part of WTO guidelines, Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) doesn't consider A. Direct payments to farmers are permitted. B. Indirect assistance and support to farmers including R & D support by govt. are ... and trade have to be cut back. D. Least developed countries do not need to make any cuts.
Last Answer : Indirect assistance and support to farmers including R & D support by govt. are not permitted.
Description : As per new classification of railway accident, floods breaches & land slides’ is classified in the following class (a) Class J (b) Class K (c) Class Q (d) Class R*
Last Answer : (d) Class R*
Description : To prevent movement of moisture from sub-grade to road pavement at the same level as that of water-table, thickness of a cut off layer of coarse sand, is (A) 15 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 30 cm (D) 45 cm
Description : Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cut off capillary rise of water completely, should be (A) 40 cm (B) 52 cm (C) 64 cm (D) 76 cm
Description : To prevent movement of moisture from sub-grade to road pavement on embankments about 0.6 m to 1 m higher than water table, the thickness of cut off layer of coarse sand used, is (A) 15 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 30 cm (D) None of these
Description : According to Coulomb's wedge theory, the active earth pressure slides the wedge (A) Down and outwards on a slip surface (B) Up and inwards on a slip surface (C) Horizontal upward and parallel to base (D) Horizontal inward and parallel to base
Description : In alluvial channels carrying clear water, the ratio of maximum tractive shear stress on the slides and that on the channel beams approximately. a) 0.5 b) 1.76 c) 0.76 d) 1.5
Last Answer : c) 0.76
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following regarding the pressure conduits: (A) Pressure conduits are permitted to run ¾th full (B) Pressure conduits are always laid along down grades ... ) The hydraulic gradient line always coincides the invert of the conduit (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : Maximum threshold number permitted for indicating the odour of public water supplies, is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Last Answer : (C) 3
Description : When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as (A) Quick test (B) Drained test (C) Consolidated undrained test (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Consolidated undrained test
Description : If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is ... (A) Quick test (B) Drained test (C) Consolidated undrained test (D) None of these
Description : If the rate of change of grade permitted along a vertical curve is r and total change of grade is g%, the length L of the curve to be provided, is (A) L = (r × 100/g) m (B) L = (g × 100/r) m (C) L = (r + g) × 100m (D) L = [100/(r + g)] m
Description : The steepest gradient permitted on roads which, in ordinary conditions, does not exceed, is known (A) Ruling gradient (B) Maximum gradient (C) Exceptional gradient (D) Floating gradient
Description : In case of a multi-lane road, overtaking is generally permitted (A) From right (B) From left (C) From both sides right and left (D) Not at all
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Various geometric design features and generally guided by ruling design speed (B) The design speed for a given highway should preferably be uniform (C) Abrupt change in the design speed should not be permitted (D) All the above
Description : If the effective plan area of a warehouse is 54 sq. m, and maximum height of piles permitted is 270 cm, the number of cement bags to be stored, is (A) 2000 bags (B) 2200 bags (C) 2400 bags (D) 2700 bags