Highway Engineering Part 1

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

30 th hour

15 min peak period

ADT

Peak hour

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

100, 20

10, 0

50, 5

100, 0

3. 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

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Deciding the choice for a mode

4. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

5. 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

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

curve

gradient

camber

super elevation

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

None of these

Stripping

Thread

CBR

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

50 cm

100 cm

60 cm

30 cm

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 methods is used in the design of rigid pavements?

Group index method

McLeod's method

CBR method

Westergaards method

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11. 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 interior

Corner and edge

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

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

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

state highway

village road

major district road

minor district road

14. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

bitumen

lime

cement

all are correct

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

subgrade

base course

wearing course

sub-base course

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

24

32

7

14

17. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

18. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

19. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

National Highway

Provincial highway

State Highway

Express Highway

20. 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

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

fly over

drive away

loop road

by pass road

22. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of traffic

intensity of traffic

type of material

all of these

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

Ease of compaction

Stability

Good drainage

Bitumen adhesion

24. 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

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

highway

main road

trunk road

country road

26. Camber in the road is provided for

Avoiding overturning

Having proper sight distance

Effective drainage

Counteracting the centrifugal force

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

lime

clay

surkhi

cement

28. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

29. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Earth roads

Gravel roads

Bituminous pavements

30. CTC stands for

Critical Track Control

Centralized traffic control

None of these

Critical traffic channelizer

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31. 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

32. 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

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

Super elevation

Camber

Gradient

Side slope

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

District road

State highway

Village road

National highway

35. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

pilot guard system

interlocking

ATC system

CTC system

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

Accident

Speed and delay

Origin and destination

Classified volume

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

12 m

9.5 m

6 m

7.5 m

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

Blast furnace slag cement

Rapid hardening cement

Low heat cement

Ordinary Portland cement

39. A road within a town is called

street

country road

trunk road

carriage way

40. The stopping sight distance depends upon

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

Efficiency of brakes

Speed of vehicle

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