Highway Engineering Part 1

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1. 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

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

centre towards the sides

upper edge towards the lower edge

sides towards the centre

lower edge towards the upper edge

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

Good drainage

Bitumen adhesion

Stability

Ease of compaction

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

Deciding the choice for a mode

Staggering of working hours

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Segregation of fast and slow modes

5. A road within a town is called

street

country road

trunk road

carriage way

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

footpath

sidewalk

any of these

footway

7. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

warning sign

mandatory sign

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

50, 5

10, 0

100, 20

100, 0

9. The stopping sight distance depends upon

All of the above

Speed of vehicle

total reaction time of driver

Efficiency of brakes

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

ADT

30 th hour

15 min peak period

Peak hour

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11. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

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

subgrade

wearing course

base course

sub-base course

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

minor district road

village road

state highway

major district road

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

surkhi

cement

lime

clay

15. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

National Highway

State Highway

Express Highway

Provincial highway

16. 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 edge

Corner and interior

Corner, edge and interior

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

Gradient

Camber

Side slope

Super elevation

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

7.5 m

9.5 m

6 m

12 m

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

Classified volume

Origin and destination

Speed and delay

Accident

20. CTC stands for

Centralized traffic control

None of these

Critical Track Control

Critical traffic channelizer

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21. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid pavement

Flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

22. Camber in the road is provided for

Avoiding overturning

Effective drainage

Having proper sight distance

Counteracting the centrifugal force

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

Mechanical stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

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

Impact test

Crushing test

Soundness test

Abrasion test

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

McLeod's method

Westergaards method

CBR method

Group index method

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

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Wheel load

Modulus of subgrade reaction

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

None of these

CBR

Stripping

Thread

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

Low heat cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Rapid hardening cement

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

30 cm

50 cm

60 cm

100 cm

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

curve

camber

super elevation

gradient

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

14

32

7

24

32. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

all are correct

cement

bitumen

lime

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

main road

country road

trunk road

highway

34. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

interlocking

pilot guard system

ATC system

CTC system

35. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

type of traffic

intensity of traffic

all of these

36. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

informatory sign

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

warning sign

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

drive away

by pass road

fly over

loop road

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

Beginning of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

End of the transition curve

39. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

Bituminous pavements

Earth roads

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

National highway

District road

Village road

State highway

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