Highway Engineering Part 1

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

Super elevation

Gradient

Camber

Side slope

2. 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

Abrasion test

Impact test

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

sub-base course

subgrade

wearing course

base course

4. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Earth roads

Bituminous pavements

Gravel roads

Cement concrete pavements

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

Centre of the circular curve

Beginning of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

6. 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

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

12 m

6 m

9.5 m

7.5 m

8. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

type of traffic

all of these

intensity of traffic

9. The stopping sight distance depends upon

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

Speed of vehicle

Efficiency of brakes

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

main road

country road

highway

trunk road

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11. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

mandatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

12. A road within a town is called

country road

carriage way

street

trunk road

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

curve

super elevation

gradient

camber

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

fly over

by pass road

loop road

drive away

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

state highway

minor district road

village road

major district road

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

10, 0

100, 20

100, 0

50, 5

17. CTC stands for

None of these

Centralized traffic control

Critical Track Control

Critical traffic channelizer

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

Soil lime stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

19. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

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

Low heat cement

Rapid hardening cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

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21. 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 and interior

Corner, edge and interior

Corner and edge

22. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Express Highway

Provincial highway

National Highway

State Highway

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

Track modulus

Tractive force

Gauge

Load capacity

24. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

all are correct

cement

bitumen

lime

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

Thread

Stripping

None of these

CBR

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

50 cm

60 cm

100 cm

30 cm

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

any of these

footway

sidewalk

footpath

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

sides towards the centre

upper edge towards the lower edge

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

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

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Staggering of working hours

Deciding the choice for a mode

Segregation of fast and slow modes

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

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Wheel load

Modulus of subgrade reaction

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31. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid pavement

32. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

pilot guard system

interlocking

ATC system

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

cement

clay

lime

surkhi

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

National highway

State highway

District road

Village road

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

14

24

7

32

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

Speed and delay

Origin and destination

Accident

Classified volume

37. 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

38. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

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

McLeod's method

Group index method

Westergaards method

CBR method

40. Camber in the road is provided for

Having proper sight distance

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

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