Highway Engineering Part 1

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

Accident

Classified volume

Speed and delay

Origin and destination

2. Camber in the road is provided for

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

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

major district road

minor district road

village road

state highway

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

base course

subgrade

wearing course

sub-base course

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

24

32

14

7

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

15 min peak period

30 th hour

Peak hour

ADT

7. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Efficiency of brakes

Speed of vehicle

All of the above

total reaction time of driver

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

End of the transition curve

Beginning of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

Centre of the transition curve

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

Tractive force

Track modulus

Load capacity

Gauge

10. 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

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

Mechanical stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

12. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

interlocking

pilot guard system

ATC system

13. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Flexible pavement

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

loop road

fly over

by pass road

drive away

15. 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

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

Ordinary Portland cement

Low heat cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Rapid hardening cement

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

country road

main road

highway

trunk road

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

sides towards the centre

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

upper edge towards the lower edge

19. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

20. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

type of traffic

type of material

all of these

intensity of traffic

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21. 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

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

7.5 m

12 m

9.5 m

6 m

23. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

all are correct

lime

cement

bitumen

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

any of these

footpath

footway

sidewalk

25. 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

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

100, 0

10, 0

50, 5

100, 20

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

50 cm

60 cm

100 cm

30 cm

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

clay

surkhi

lime

cement

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

District road

State highway

National highway

Village road

30. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

informatory sign

mandatory sign

prohibitory sign

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

CBR

None of these

Stripping

Thread

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

super elevation

gradient

curve

camber

33. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Express Highway

State Highway

Provincial highway

National Highway

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

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Wheel load

Poisson's ratio of concrete

35. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

warning sign

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

Camber

Gradient

Side slope

Super elevation

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

Westergaards method

Group index method

McLeod's method

CBR method

38. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

Earth roads

Bituminous pavements

39. A road within a town is called

country road

carriage way

trunk road

street

40. CTC stands for

Centralized traffic control

None of these

Critical Track Control

Critical traffic channelizer

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