Highway Engineering Part 1

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

Classified volume

Origin and destination

Accident

Speed and delay

2. Camber in the road is provided for

Having proper sight distance

Avoiding overturning

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Effective drainage

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

any of these

footpath

footway

sidewalk

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

subgrade

sub-base course

wearing course

base course

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

state highway

major district road

village road

minor district road

6. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

lime

cement

all are correct

bitumen

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

10, 0

100, 20

50, 5

100, 0

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

Low heat cement

Rapid hardening cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

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

Tractive force

Gauge

Load capacity

Track modulus

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

30 cm

100 cm

60 cm

50 cm

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

upper edge towards the lower edge

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

sides towards the centre

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

7.5 m

6 m

9.5 m

12 m

13. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Earth roads

Gravel roads

Bituminous pavements

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

Village road

State highway

District road

National highway

15. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

warning sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

16. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

Efficiency of brakes

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

by pass road

loop road

drive away

fly over

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

Thread

None of these

Stripping

CBR

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

Abrasion test

Soundness test

Crushing test

Impact test

20. A road within a town is called

street

trunk road

country road

carriage way

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21. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Provincial highway

Express Highway

State Highway

National Highway

22. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

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

curve

gradient

camber

super elevation

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

End of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

Beginning of the transition curve

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

Peak hour

ADT

15 min peak period

30 th hour

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

Good drainage

Ease of compaction

Bitumen adhesion

Stability

27. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

28. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of material

intensity of traffic

type of traffic

all of these

29. CTC stands for

None of these

Critical Track Control

Critical traffic channelizer

Centralized traffic control

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

Deciding the choice for a mode

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Staggering of working hours

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

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31. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

pilot guard system

CTC system

ATC system

interlocking

32. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Rigid pavement

Flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

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

trunk road

highway

country road

main road

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

Soil lime stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

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

surkhi

lime

cement

clay

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

24

14

7

32

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

CBR method

Westergaards method

Group index method

McLeod's method

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

Camber

Side slope

Gradient

Super elevation

39. 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

40. 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 and interior

Corner and edge

Corner, edge and interior

Corner

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