Highway Engineering Part 1

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

CBR

Thread

Stripping

None of these

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

sidewalk

any of these

footway

footpath

3. 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

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

30 cm

100 cm

60 cm

50 cm

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

cement

surkhi

clay

lime

6. Reflection cracking is observed in

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid pavement

Flexible pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

7. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

informatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

8. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

State Highway

National Highway

Provincial highway

Express Highway

9. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

intensity of traffic

all of these

type of material

type of traffic

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

Super elevation

Gradient

Camber

Side slope

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

Classified volume

Origin and destination

Speed and delay

Accident

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

Tractive force

Gauge

Track modulus

Load capacity

13. 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

ADT

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

Low heat cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Rapid hardening cement

15. A road within a town is called

street

carriage way

trunk road

country road

16. CTC stands for

None of these

Critical traffic channelizer

Centralized traffic control

Critical Track Control

17. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

ATC system

pilot guard system

interlocking

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

curve

camber

gradient

super elevation

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

drive away

loop road

fly over

by pass road

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

Crushing test

Soundness test

Impact test

Abrasion test

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

10, 0

50, 5

100, 20

100, 0

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

main road

trunk road

country road

highway

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

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Deciding the choice for a mode

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Staggering of working hours

24. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

mandatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

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

minor district road

major district road

village road

state highway

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

Group index method

McLeod's method

Westergaards method

CBR method

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

wearing course

subgrade

base course

sub-base course

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

Centre of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

Beginning of the transition curve

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

12 m

9.5 m

6 m

7.5 m

30. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

Efficiency of brakes

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31. Camber in the road is provided for

Having proper sight distance

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

Counteracting the centrifugal force

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

lower edge towards the upper edge

sides towards the centre

centre towards the sides

upper edge towards the lower edge

33. 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

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Modulus of subgrade reaction

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

National highway

State highway

District road

Village road

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

Soil bitumen stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

36. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Bituminous pavements

Earth roads

Gravel roads

Cement concrete pavements

37. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

lime

bitumen

all are correct

cement

38. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

39. 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

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

24

14

7

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