Highway Engineering Part 1

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

trunk road

main road

country road

highway

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

National highway

State highway

District road

Village road

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

sub-base course

subgrade

base course

wearing course

4. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

lime

all are correct

cement

bitumen

5. CTC stands for

Critical Track Control

None of these

Centralized traffic control

Critical traffic channelizer

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

Camber

Gradient

Super elevation

Side slope

7. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

ATC system

CTC system

interlocking

pilot guard system

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

ADT

15 min peak period

Peak hour

30 th hour

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

fly over

loop road

by pass road

drive away

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

Deciding the choice for a mode

Staggering of working hours

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

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11. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Bituminous pavements

Gravel roads

Earth roads

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

100, 0

10, 0

50, 5

100, 20

13. 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

Corner and edge

Corner, edge and interior

14. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

total reaction time of driver

All of the above

Efficiency of brakes

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

Rapid hardening cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Low heat cement

Blast furnace slag cement

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

60 cm

50 cm

100 cm

30 cm

17. A road within a town is called

country road

carriage way

trunk road

street

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

surkhi

lime

clay

cement

19. 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

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

Track modulus

Tractive force

Load capacity

Gauge

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

CBR

Thread

None of these

Stripping

22. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

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

End of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

Beginning of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

24. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Provincial highway

Express Highway

National Highway

State Highway

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

Wheel load

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

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

McLeod's method

Group index method

CBR method

Westergaards method

27. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

28. 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

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

state highway

village road

major district road

minor district road

30. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

mandatory sign

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

curve

camber

super elevation

gradient

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

Classified volume

Speed and delay

Accident

Origin and destination

33. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

intensity of traffic

type of traffic

type of material

all of these

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

12 m

6 m

7.5 m

9.5 m

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

Mechanical stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

36. Reflection cracking is observed in

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Flexible pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Rigid pavement

37. 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

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

32

7

14

24

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

footway

any of these

footpath

sidewalk

40. Camber in the road is provided for

Effective drainage

Having proper sight distance

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Avoiding overturning

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