218. A subsidiary area in a carriageway placed so as to control the movement of the traffic, is
A. median strip
B. island
C. flower bed
D. refuge.
219. The total length of a valley formed by two gradients ? 3% and + 2% curve between the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 misec2. for a design speed 100 km ph, is
A. 16.0 m
B. 42.3 m
C. 84.6 m
D. none of these.
220. Extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a single lane hill road of radius 80 In for a design speed of 50 km ph and for a vehicle with wheel base 6.0 m is
A. 0.225 m
B. 0.589 m
C. 1.250 m
D. none of these.
221. In a braking test, a vehicle travelling at 36 km ph was stopped at a braking distance of 8.0 m. The average value of the vehicle's skid resistance (friction coefficient) is
A.0.64
B.6.25
C.0.16
D. none of these.
222. The absolute minimum radius of horizontal curve for a design speed 60 km ph is
A. 131 m
B. 210 m
C. 360 m
D. none of these.
223. The absolute minimum sight distance required for stopping a vehicle moving with a speed of 80 km ph, is
A. 120 m
B. 200 m
C. 640 m
D. none of these.
224. Over taking time required for a vehicle with design speed 50 km ph and overtaking acceleration 1.25 m/sec2 to overtake a vehicle moving at a speed 30 km ph, is
A. 5.0 secs
B. 6.12 secs
C. 225.48 secs
D. 30 secs.
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