Highway Engineering Part 1

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1. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Bituminous pavements

Earth roads

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

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

Centre of the circular curve

End of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

Beginning of the transition curve

3. Camber in the road is provided for

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

4. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

ATC system

pilot guard system

CTC system

interlocking

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

by pass road

loop road

fly over

drive away

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

None of these

Thread

Stripping

CBR

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

highway

country road

trunk road

main road

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

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Staggering of working hours

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Deciding the choice for a mode

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

Speed and delay

Accident

Origin and destination

Classified volume

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

50 cm

100 cm

60 cm

30 cm

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11. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

warning sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

12. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid pavement

Flexible pavement

13. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

total reaction time of driver

Efficiency of brakes

All of the above

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

sidewalk

footway

footpath

any of these

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

6 m

7.5 m

9.5 m

12 m

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

curve

camber

super elevation

gradient

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

wearing course

subgrade

sub-base course

base course

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

centre towards the sides

sides towards the centre

upper edge towards the lower edge

lower edge towards the upper edge

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

clay

cement

lime

surkhi

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

Soil lime stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

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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. 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

Wheel load

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

23. CTC stands for

None of these

Centralized traffic control

Critical traffic channelizer

Critical Track Control

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

Crushing test

Abrasion test

Impact test

Soundness test

25. A road within a town is called

country road

carriage way

street

trunk road

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

Side slope

Gradient

Super elevation

Camber

27. 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

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

50, 5

100, 20

100, 0

10, 0

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

7

32

24

14

30. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

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31. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

all of these

intensity of traffic

type of traffic

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

McLeod's method

CBR method

Group index method

Westergaards method

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

state highway

village road

major district road

minor district road

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

State highway

National highway

Village road

District road

35. 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

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

15 min peak period

Peak hour

ADT

30 th hour

37. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

National Highway

State Highway

Express Highway

Provincial highway

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

Low heat cement

Rapid hardening cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Ordinary Portland cement

39. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

40. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

all are correct

cement

lime

bitumen

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