Highway Engineering Part 1

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

Speed and delay

Classified volume

Accident

Origin and destination

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

trunk road

country road

main road

highway

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

lower edge towards the upper edge

centre towards the sides

upper edge towards the lower edge

sides towards the centre

4. 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

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

7

14

32

24

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

Rapid hardening cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Low heat cement

Ordinary Portland cement

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

50, 5

100, 0

10, 0

100, 20

8. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

ATC system

pilot guard system

interlocking

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

any of these

footway

footpath

sidewalk

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

Impact test

Abrasion test

Crushing test

Soundness test

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

Stability

Good drainage

Ease of compaction

Bitumen adhesion

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

Soil lime stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

13. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Efficiency of brakes

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

Speed of vehicle

14. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

mandatory sign

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

100 cm

50 cm

30 cm

60 cm

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

Gauge

Tractive force

Track modulus

Load capacity

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

McLeod's method

Group index method

Westergaards method

CBR method

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

State highway

District road

National highway

Village road

19. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Flexible pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

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

wearing course

sub-base course

base course

subgrade

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21. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

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

Super elevation

Gradient

Side slope

Camber

23. CTC stands for

Critical traffic channelizer

Critical Track Control

Centralized traffic control

None of these

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

camber

gradient

curve

super elevation

25. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Provincial highway

Express Highway

National Highway

State Highway

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

clay

lime

surkhi

cement

27. Camber in the road is provided for

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

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

fly over

drive away

loop road

by pass road

29. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Gravel roads

Earth roads

Cement concrete pavements

Bituminous pavements

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

minor district road

major district road

village road

state highway

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

12 m

7.5 m

9.5 m

6 m

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

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Deciding the choice for a mode

Staggering of working hours

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

33. A road within a town is called

street

carriage way

country road

trunk road

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

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Wheel load

35. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

type of traffic

all of these

intensity of traffic

36. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

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

30 th hour

Peak hour

ADT

15 min peak period

38. 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

Corner, edge and interior

Corner and edge

Corner and interior

39. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

cement

bitumen

all are correct

lime

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

Thread

None of these

CBR

Stripping

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