Highway Engineering Part 1

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

Mechanical stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

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

lime

surkhi

cement

clay

3. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

warning sign

mandatory sign

4. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Express Highway

State Highway

Provincial highway

National Highway

5. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

ATC system

pilot guard system

interlocking

CTC system

6. CTC stands for

None of these

Critical traffic channelizer

Critical Track Control

Centralized traffic control

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

Staggering of working hours

Deciding the choice for a mode

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Segregation of fast and slow modes

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

drive away

fly over

by pass road

loop road

9. A road within a town is called

country road

street

trunk road

carriage way

10. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

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11. 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

12. The stopping sight distance depends upon

total reaction time of driver

All of the above

Speed of vehicle

Efficiency of brakes

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

Good drainage

Ease of compaction

Stability

Bitumen adhesion

14. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

all are correct

cement

bitumen

lime

15. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of traffic

type of material

intensity of traffic

all of these

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

100 cm

60 cm

30 cm

50 cm

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

minor district road

state highway

major district road

village road

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

Origin and destination

Accident

Classified volume

Speed and delay

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

Super elevation

Gradient

Camber

Side slope

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

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Wheel load

Poisson's ratio of concrete

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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 and edge

Corner, edge and interior

Corner and interior

Corner

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

12 m

9.5 m

7.5 m

6 m

23. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Rigid pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Flexible pavement

24. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

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

base course

subgrade

wearing course

sub-base course

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

14

24

32

7

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

camber

curve

super elevation

gradient

28. Camber in the road is provided for

Having proper sight distance

Avoiding overturning

Effective drainage

Counteracting the centrifugal force

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

100, 20

10, 0

50, 5

100, 0

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

Village road

National highway

District road

State highway

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

Thread

CBR

None of these

Stripping

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

lower edge towards the upper edge

centre towards the sides

sides towards the centre

upper edge towards the lower edge

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

Abrasion test

Crushing test

Soundness test

Impact test

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

main road

country road

highway

trunk road

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

Beginning of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

Centre of the transition curve

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

footway

footpath

any of these

sidewalk

37. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

Earth roads

Bituminous pavements

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

Group index method

Westergaards method

McLeod's method

CBR method

39. 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

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

Blast furnace slag cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Low heat cement

Rapid hardening cement

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