 |  Highway Development & Planning 20 Flashcards |  Start |
 | The first large-scale road construction was initiated by the ___ in ___ B.C. |  Card: 1 / 20 |
| Romans in 312 B.C. | Card: 2 / 20 |
| True or False: The thickness of Roman roads varied significantly depending on the region. | Card: 3 / 20 |
| False. Roman roads had a uniform thickness of 0.75 to 1.2 meters. | Card: 4 / 20 |
| Fill in the blank: Pierre Tresaguet's proposal emphasized the importance of ___ and ___ for road construction. | Card: 5 / 20 |
| Subgrade moisture and drainage | Card: 6 / 20 |
| What is the significance of the Central Road Fund established in 1929? | Card: 7 / 20 |
| It was created to finance road development as a national interest, funded by an extra tax on petrol. | Card: 8 / 20 |
| Riddle: I connect cities and towns, but I'm not alive. I can be straight or winding, and I help you arrive. What am I? | Card: 9 / 20 |
| A road | Card: 10 / 20 |
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| According to the Nagpur Road Plan, roads were classified into ___ categories. | Card: 11 / 20 |
| Five categories: NH, SH, MDR, ODR, VR | Card: 12 / 20 |
| What was a key feature of the Bombay Road Plan regarding road length? | Card: 13 / 20 |
| A target of 32 km of road per 100 square km area was aimed for. | Card: 14 / 20 |
| True or False: The Lucknow Road Plan required all villages with over 1000 population to be connected by all-weather roads. | Card: 15 / 20 |
| False. It required villages with over 500 population to be connected. | Card: 16 / 20 |
| What does the saturation system for calculating optimum road length focus on? | Card: 17 / 20 |
| Maximizing utility per unit length of road based on population and productivity served. | Card: 18 / 20 |
| Fill in the blank: The size of broken stone for the top layers in Macadam construction was based on ___ under animal-drawn vehicles. | Card: 19 / 20 |
| Stability | Card: 20 / 20 |
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