Highway Engineering Part 1

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1. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

2. A road within a town is called

carriage way

trunk road

country road

street

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

Mechanical stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

4. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Flexible pavement

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

Soundness test

Impact test

Abrasion test

Crushing test

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

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Deciding the choice for a mode

Staggering of working hours

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

End of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

Centre of the transition curve

Beginning of the transition curve

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

Ease of compaction

Stability

Bitumen adhesion

Good drainage

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

sidewalk

footway

any of these

footpath

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

6 m

9.5 m

12 m

7.5 m

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11. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

State Highway

Provincial highway

Express Highway

National Highway

12. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

mandatory sign

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

warning sign

13. CTC stands for

None of these

Centralized traffic control

Critical traffic channelizer

Critical Track Control

14. Camber in the road is provided for

Avoiding overturning

Having proper sight distance

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Effective drainage

15. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

type of traffic

all of these

intensity of traffic

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

10, 0

100, 20

50, 5

100, 0

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

by pass road

drive away

loop road

fly over

18. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Efficiency of brakes

All of the above

Speed of vehicle

total reaction time of driver

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

24

32

7

14

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

minor district road

major district road

village road

state highway

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

McLeod's method

CBR method

Group index method

Westergaards method

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

Speed and delay

Accident

Classified volume

Origin and destination

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

Blast furnace slag cement

Low heat cement

Rapid hardening cement

Ordinary Portland cement

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

State highway

District road

Village road

National highway

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

Peak hour

ADT

30 th hour

15 min peak period

26. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

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

sub-base course

base course

wearing course

subgrade

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

CBR

Thread

Stripping

None of these

29. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

interlocking

pilot guard system

ATC system

CTC system

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

lime

clay

surkhi

cement

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31. 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

Corner and interior

Corner, edge and interior

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

upper edge towards the lower edge

sides towards the centre

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

33. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Earth roads

Bituminous pavements

Gravel roads

Cement concrete pavements

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

Side slope

Gradient

Camber

Super elevation

35. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

bitumen

all are correct

lime

cement

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

Tractive force

Track modulus

Gauge

Load capacity

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

super elevation

gradient

camber

curve

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

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Wheel load

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Poisson's ratio of concrete

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

50 cm

60 cm

30 cm

100 cm

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

highway

trunk road

country road

main road

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