If the formation level of a highway has a uniform gradient for a particular length, and the ground is also having a longitudinal slope, the earthwork may be calculated by_______________?

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1. The ground surface slopes 1 in 50 along a proposed railway embankment 150 m in length. The height of the embankment at zero chainage is 0.5 m, the width is 11 m and side slopes 2:1. If the falling gradient of the embankment is 1 in 150, the quantity of the earthwork calculated by Prismoidal formula, is____________________?

   A. 3250 m3
   B. 3225 m3
   C. 3275 m3
   D. 3300 m3

2. If B is the width of formation, d is the height of the embankment, side slope S : 1, for a highway with no transverse slope, the area of cross-section is___________________?

   A. B + d + Sd
   B. Bd + Sd2
   C. B × d – Sd1/2
   D. ½ (Bd + Sd2)

3. The reduced levels of points, 30 metres apart along the longitudinal section of a road portion between chainages 5 and 9 are shown in the given figure. If there is a uniform up-gradient of the road 120 in 1, the chainage of the point with no filling or cutting is__________________?

   A. (6 + 15) chains
   B. (6 + 12) chains
   C. (6 + 18) chains
   D. None of these

4. The cost of the earthwork in excavation for the surface drain of cross-section shown in the given figure for a total length of 5 metres @ Rs. 450% cum, is_______________?

   A. Rs. 400
   B. Rs. 425
   C. Rs. 450
   D. Rs. 500

5. A portion of an embankment having a uniform up-gradient 1 in 500 is circular with radius 1000 m of the centre line. It subtends 180° at the centre. If the height of the bank is 1 m at the lower end, and side slopes 2:1, the earth work involved ?

   A. 26,000 m3
   B. 26,500 m3
   C. 27,000 m3
   D. 27,500 m3

6. The cross -sections for a highway is taken at_________________?

   A. Right angle to the centre line
   B. 30 metres apart
   C. Intermediate points having abrupt change in gradient
   D. All the above

7. The total length of a cranked bar through a distance D. at 45° in case of a beam of effective length L, is_________________?

   A. L + 0.42 d
   B. L + (2 × 0.42 d)
   C. L – (0.42 d)
   D. L – (2 × 0.4 d)

8. The diameter of a domestic sewer pipe laid at gradient 1 in 100 is recommended___________________?

   A. 100 mm
   B. 150 mm
   C. 200 mm
   D. 175 mm

9. The slope of the outlet of ‘P trap’ below the horizontal is kept________________?

   A. 8°
   B. 10°
   C. 12°
   D. 14°

10. 88 is 1400 kg/cm2 and bond stress is 6 kg/cm2, the If tensile stress of a steel rod of diameter required bond length of the rod is____________________?

    A. 30 D
    B. 39 D
    C. 50 D
    D. 59 D