Highway Engineering Part 1

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

National highway

Village road

State highway

District road

2. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Express Highway

State Highway

Provincial highway

National Highway

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

major district road

state highway

village road

minor district road

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

50 cm

30 cm

60 cm

100 cm

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

upper edge towards the lower edge

sides towards the centre

lower edge towards the upper edge

centre towards the sides

6. Camber in the road is provided for

Avoiding overturning

Effective drainage

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

7. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

all of these

intensity of traffic

type of traffic

8. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

cement

bitumen

all are correct

lime

9. A road within a town is called

trunk road

carriage way

country road

street

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

None of these

CBR

Thread

Stripping

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

Wheel load

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Modulus of subgrade reaction

12. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

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

Centre of the circular curve

Beginning of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

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

32

24

7

14

15. 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 interior

Corner, edge and interior

Corner

Corner and edge

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

Group index method

McLeod's method

Westergaards method

CBR method

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

9.5 m

12 m

6 m

7.5 m

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

Soil bitumen stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

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

Bitumen adhesion

Good drainage

Stability

Ease of compaction

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

super elevation

camber

gradient

curve

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21. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Efficiency of brakes

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

Speed of vehicle

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

cement

clay

surkhi

lime

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

Soundness test

Crushing test

Abrasion test

Impact test

24. CTC stands for

Critical traffic channelizer

Centralized traffic control

Critical Track Control

None of these

25. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Rigid pavement

Flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

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

Staggering of working hours

Deciding the choice for a mode

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

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

Classified volume

Speed and delay

Origin and destination

Accident

28. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

interlocking

pilot guard system

ATC system

CTC system

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

Gradient

Super elevation

Side slope

Camber

30. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

prohibitory sign

warning sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

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

footpath

footway

sidewalk

any of these

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

main road

trunk road

country road

highway

33. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

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

Low heat cement

Rapid hardening cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

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

50, 5

100, 20

10, 0

100, 0

36. 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

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

subgrade

base course

sub-base course

wearing course

38. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Earth roads

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

Bituminous pavements

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

loop road

drive away

by pass road

fly over

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

Peak hour

30 th hour

15 min peak period

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