Highway Engineering Part 1

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1. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

Bituminous pavements

Earth roads

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

Deciding the choice for a mode

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Staggering of working hours

Segregation of fast and slow modes

3. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

all of these

type of traffic

type of material

intensity of traffic

4. 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

5. 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

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

loop road

by pass road

drive away

fly over

7. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

8. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

warning sign

mandatory sign

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

Thread

CBR

None of these

Stripping

10. Camber in the road is provided for

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

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

100, 20

10, 0

50, 5

100, 0

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

footpath

footway

sidewalk

any of these

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

Camber

Gradient

Super elevation

Side slope

14. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

National Highway

Express Highway

State Highway

Provincial highway

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

Accident

Speed and delay

Classified volume

Origin and destination

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

Westergaards method

Group index method

McLeod's method

CBR method

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

14

7

24

32

18. 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

Impact test

Abrasion test

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

Bitumen adhesion

Good drainage

Ease of compaction

Stability

20. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

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

state highway

major district road

village road

minor district road

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

clay

lime

cement

surkhi

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 and edge

Corner and interior

Corner

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

Soil bitumen stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

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

9.5 m

12 m

6 m

7.5 m

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

base course

subgrade

sub-base course

wearing course

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

Village road

District road

State highway

National highway

28. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

interlocking

ATC system

pilot guard system

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

30 th hour

15 min peak period

Peak hour

ADT

30. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

bitumen

all are correct

cement

lime

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31. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Efficiency of brakes

total reaction time of driver

Speed of vehicle

All of the above

32. CTC stands for

Centralized traffic control

Critical traffic channelizer

None of these

Critical Track Control

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

trunk road

country road

highway

main road

34. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid pavement

Flexible pavement

35. 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 circular curve

Centre of the transition curve

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

50 cm

60 cm

30 cm

100 cm

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

gradient

curve

camber

super elevation

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

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

sides towards the centre

upper edge towards the lower edge

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

Rapid hardening cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Low heat cement

40. A road within a town is called

country road

trunk road

carriage way

street

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