Alignment of a road is finally decided on the basis of

Related MCQs

• According to IRC : 52-1973, the first stage for fixing up alignment of a hill road is
• The size of a stone used on a road must be in due proportion to the space occupied by a wheel of ordinary dimensions on a smooth level surface. This point of contact will be found to be longitudinally about 25 mm and every piece of stone put into a road which exceeds 25 mm in any of its dimensions is mischievous. This statement is according to Macadam.
• The distance, measured along the centre line of a road, over which a driver can see the opposite object on the road surface, is called
• A camber of 1 in 30 means that for a 30 m wide road, the crown of the road will be
• The longest distance at which a driver, whose line of sight is 1.2 m above the road surface, can see the top of an object 10 cm high on the surface of road, is called
• A road within a city or town in called an urban road.
• At the end of the reconnaissance phase, the selected alignment is pegged by using about 2m high poles on which the
• A track of width 1 to 1.2 m constructed along the selected alignment to facilitate access to the area for inspection and detailed survey is known as
• The total rise or fall between any two points chosen on the alignment divided by the horizontal distance between the two points, is called
• The steepest gradient which is to be permitted on the road is called