Civil Engineering
GATE CE Transportation Infrastructure PYQs
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Question 23
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Which of the following is equal to the stopping sight distance?
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As per the Indian Roads Congress guidelines (IRC 86: 2018), extra widening depends on which of the following parameters?
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For a horizontal curve, the radius of a circular curve is obtained as 300 m with the design speed as 15 m/s. If the allowable jerk is 0.75 m/s³, what is the minimum length (in m, in integer) of the transition curve?____________________
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A horizontal curve is to be designed in a region with limited space. Which of the following measure(s) can be used to decrease the radius of curvature?
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The base length of the runway at the mean sea level (MSL) is 1500 m. If the runway is located at an altitude of 300 m above the MSL, the actual length (in m) for the runway to be provided is ____________. (round off to the nearest integer)
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A parabolic vertical crest curve connects two road segments with grades +1.0% and −2.0%. If a 200 m stopping sight distance is needed for a driver at a height of 1.2 m to avoid an obstacle of height 0.15 m, then the minimum curve length should be ______ m. (round off to nearest integer)
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The shape of the most commonly designed highway vertical curve is
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A highway designed for 80 km/h speed has a horizontal curve section with radius 250 m. If the design lateral friction is assumed to develop fully, the required super elevation is
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The longitudinal section of a runway provides the following data:
End-to-end runway (m) | Gradient (%) |
|---|---|
0 to 300 | + 1.2 |
300 to 600 | − 0.7 |
600 to 1100 | + 0.6 |
1100 to 1400 | − 0.8 |
1400 to 1700 | − 1.0 |
The effective gradient of the runway (in %, round off to two decimal places) is ________.
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The stopping sight distance (SSD) for a level highway is 140 m for the design speed of 90 km/h. The acceleration due to gravity and deceleration rate are 9.81 m/s² and 3.5 m/s², respectively. The perception/reaction time (in s, round off to two decimal places) used in the SSD calculation is ________.
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