Exam Details
| Subject | Transportation Engineering | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCLE - G) | |
| Department | School of Engineering & Technology (SOET) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Choose the appropriate answer from the options given for the following questions:
VR and ODR are grouped together and defined as
Expressways
Urban roads
Rural roads
None of the above
The passenger car unit factor for a bus is
1
2
3
4
The gauge dimension of a broad gauge track in our nation is
1·676 m
1·0 m
0.762 m
1·5 m
A coarse grained sand is used for the construction of pavement. It has the following properties: Cu> 6 and Cc= 1·7. The sand is classified as
SC
SP
SW
SM
Arboriculture is
maintenance of road
maintenance of trees on roadsides
construction of brick work
construction of drains along the roads
The waterway of a river is estimated by Lacey's formula. If the discharge in the river is 25 the waterway will be
24·00 m
12·00 m
36·00 m
6·00m
The maximum stripping value allowed for aggregate is
15%
25%
35%
45%
What is superelevation How is it calculated What is the reason for providing superelevation
Calculate the values of the ruling minimum radius of horizontal curve of a NH in plain terrain. . Assume the design speed as 100kmph.
3. Describe the merits and demerits of various modes of transportation in India.
What are the functions of ballast in a railway track?
What are the different aspects of planning of railway stations?
Explain the salient features of design standards for an airport facility.
How is the drainage ·of an airport carried out? Give the cross-section of a runway.
What are the materials that can be transported in pipelines What are the advantages of pipeline transportation of materials?
Describe the features of the following:
Passenger conveyors
Belt conveyors
7. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Maintenance of Airport Pavements
CBR Test
DBM and BC
VR and ODR are grouped together and defined as
Expressways
Urban roads
Rural roads
None of the above
The passenger car unit factor for a bus is
1
2
3
4
The gauge dimension of a broad gauge track in our nation is
1·676 m
1·0 m
0.762 m
1·5 m
A coarse grained sand is used for the construction of pavement. It has the following properties: Cu> 6 and Cc= 1·7. The sand is classified as
SC
SP
SW
SM
Arboriculture is
maintenance of road
maintenance of trees on roadsides
construction of brick work
construction of drains along the roads
The waterway of a river is estimated by Lacey's formula. If the discharge in the river is 25 the waterway will be
24·00 m
12·00 m
36·00 m
6·00m
The maximum stripping value allowed for aggregate is
15%
25%
35%
45%
What is superelevation How is it calculated What is the reason for providing superelevation
Calculate the values of the ruling minimum radius of horizontal curve of a NH in plain terrain. . Assume the design speed as 100kmph.
3. Describe the merits and demerits of various modes of transportation in India.
What are the functions of ballast in a railway track?
What are the different aspects of planning of railway stations?
Explain the salient features of design standards for an airport facility.
How is the drainage ·of an airport carried out? Give the cross-section of a runway.
What are the materials that can be transported in pipelines What are the advantages of pipeline transportation of materials?
Describe the features of the following:
Passenger conveyors
Belt conveyors
7. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Maintenance of Airport Pavements
CBR Test
DBM and BC
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
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Subjects
- Construction Equipment
- Construction Management
- Construction Supervision and Building Maintenance
- Irrigation Engineering
- Prestressed Concrete
- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- Technical Documentation
- Transportation Engineering