Highway Engineering Part 1

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

60 cm

100 cm

50 cm

30 cm

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

7.5 m

9.5 m

6 m

12 m

3. 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

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

footpath

sidewalk

footway

any of these

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

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Staggering of working hours

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Deciding the choice for a mode

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

Side slope

Camber

Super elevation

Gradient

7. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Bituminous pavements

Earth roads

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

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

Crushing test

Impact test

Soundness test

Abrasion test

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

Rapid hardening cement

Low heat cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Ordinary Portland cement

10. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

all of these

type of traffic

type of material

intensity of traffic

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

Origin and destination

Accident

Classified volume

Speed and delay

12. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

warning sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

13. Reflection cracking is observed in

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Flexible pavement

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

Mechanical stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

15. Camber in the road is provided for

Having proper sight distance

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

16. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

State Highway

National Highway

Express Highway

Provincial highway

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

Stripping

None of these

Thread

CBR

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

loop road

drive away

by pass road

fly over

19. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

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

surkhi

cement

lime

clay

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21. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

lime

cement

all are correct

bitumen

22. 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

23. 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, edge and interior

Corner

Corner and edge

Corner and interior

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

Village road

District road

State highway

National highway

25. CTC stands for

Critical traffic channelizer

None of these

Critical Track Control

Centralized traffic control

26. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

interlocking

pilot guard system

ATC system

CTC system

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

curve

camber

super elevation

gradient

28. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

informatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

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

Gauge

Tractive force

Load capacity

Track modulus

30. A road within a town is called

street

carriage way

country road

trunk road

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

base course

subgrade

sub-base course

wearing course

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

100, 0

50, 5

10, 0

100, 20

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

McLeod's method

Westergaards method

CBR method

Group index method

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

centre towards the sides

sides towards the centre

upper edge towards the lower edge

lower edge towards the upper edge

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

Good drainage

Stability

Bitumen adhesion

Ease of compaction

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

24

7

14

32

37. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

Efficiency of brakes

total reaction time of driver

All of the above

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

country road

trunk road

main road

highway

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

state highway

minor district road

village road

major district road

40. 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

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