Highway Engineering Part 1

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1. The road connecting one town with another town is designated as

National highway

Village road

District road

State highway

2. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

3. For sandy soils the most common method of stabilization is

Soil lime stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

4. A portion of the traffic way that is used by the pedestrians only is called

sidewalk

footway

footpath

any of these

5. The rate of rise or fall of a road along its alignment is known as

Side slope

Super elevation

Camber

Gradient

6. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

warning sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

7. Which one of the following methods is used in the design of rigid pavements?

McLeod's method

Group index method

CBR method

Westergaards method

8. CTC stands for

Critical traffic channelizer

Critical Track Control

Centralized traffic control

None of these

9. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

total reaction time of driver

All of the above

Efficiency of brakes

10. Name the traffic survey data is plotted by means of 'Desire lines'.

Origin and destination

Accident

Speed and delay

Classified volume

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11. The convexity provided on the surface of a highway is known as

super elevation

camber

gradient

curve

12. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

all of these

type of traffic

intensity of traffic

type of material

13. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

interlocking

pilot guard system

ATC system

CTC system

14. Which of the following is not a desirable property of the subgrade soil as a highway material?

Bitumen adhesion

Ease of compaction

Stability

Good drainage

15. In concrete roads, the course which can be ommitted is

base course

subgrade

sub-base course

wearing course

16. The roads connecting village with towns or cities are classified as

village road

state highway

minor district road

major district road

17. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Provincial highway

Express Highway

State Highway

National Highway

18. For conditions obtaining in India, at which location in a cement concrete pavement will the combined stresses due to traffic wheel load and temperature have to be critically checked during design?

Corner and edge

Corner and interior

Corner

Corner, edge and interior

19. In a gravel road, the building material used is

surkhi

cement

lime

clay

20. A road connecting one town with another is called a

main road

trunk road

highway

country road

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21. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

mandatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

22. Mandatory signs are displayed on a disc having a diameter of

100 cm

60 cm

30 cm

50 cm

23. For a National highway, the minimum formation width is

6 m

9.5 m

12 m

7.5 m

24. In urban transportation planning, the 'Modal Split' is the process of which one of the following?

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Deciding the choice for a mode

Staggering of working hours

25. In highway construction on superelevated curves, the rolling shall proceed from

upper edge towards the lower edge

lower edge towards the upper edge

sides towards the centre

centre towards the sides

26. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Gravel roads

Cement concrete pavements

Earth roads

Bituminous pavements

27. Camber in the road is provided for

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

28. A road within a town is called

country road

trunk road

street

carriage way

29. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

bitumen

all are correct

cement

lime

30. With two way, two lane right angled road intersection, what are total number of potential conflict points?

7

32

14

24

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31. Which test is performed for quick determination of the quality of subgrade soil?

None of these

Thread

CBR

Stripping

32. Radius of relative Stiffness of cement concrete pavement does not depend upon which one of the following?

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Wheel load

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

33. For constructing road pavements, the type of cement generally used is

Blast furnace slag cement

Low heat cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Rapid hardening cement

34. Which one of the following tests is performed in the laboratory to determine the extent of weathering of aggregates for roadworks?

Impact test

Soundness test

Crushing test

Abrasion test

35. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Rigid pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Flexible pavement

36. An access from a road to private property is known as

fly over

drive away

by pass road

loop road

37. It is a common practice to design a highway to accommodate the traffic volume corresponding to

ADT

30 th hour

15 min peak period

Peak hour

38. Full amount of super-elevation on a horizontal curve is provided at the

Beginning of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

39. What are the maximum value of CBR and minimum value of GI of any material, respectively?

100, 20

50, 5

10, 0

100, 0

40. The measure of Stiffness of track required to produce a unit depression in the track is known as

Track modulus

Tractive force

Gauge

Load capacity

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