Highway Engineering Part 1

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1. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

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

Side slope

Camber

Gradient

Super elevation

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

Accident

Origin and destination

Classified volume

Speed and delay

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

6 m

7.5 m

12 m

9.5 m

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

Beginning of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

Centre of the circular curve

6. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

mandatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

informatory sign

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

100, 20

50, 5

10, 0

100, 0

8. Reflection cracking is observed in

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

Flexible pavement

Rigid pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

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

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

sides towards the centre

upper edge towards the lower edge

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

Good drainage

Stability

Bitumen adhesion

Ease of compaction

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11. Camber in the road is provided for

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

Having proper sight distance

12. A road within a town is called

country road

trunk road

street

carriage way

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

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Wheel load

Modulus of subgrade reaction

Poisson's ratio of concrete

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

sub-base course

subgrade

wearing course

base course

15. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Gravel roads

Earth roads

Bituminous pavements

Cement concrete pavements

16. 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

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

Soil cement stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil bitumen stabilization

18. 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

19. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Provincial highway

Express Highway

State Highway

National Highway

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

curve

camber

gradient

super elevation

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21. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

pilot guard system

interlocking

ATC system

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

main road

highway

country road

trunk road

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

surkhi

cement

lime

clay

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

Thread

CBR

Stripping

None of these

25. CTC stands for

Critical traffic channelizer

Critical Track Control

Centralized traffic control

None of these

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

60 cm

50 cm

30 cm

100 cm

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

major district road

minor district road

village road

state highway

28. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

bitumen

all are correct

lime

cement

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

7

14

32

24

30. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

intensity of traffic

type of material

all of these

type of traffic

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31. 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

32. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

warning sign

informatory sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

33. 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, edge and interior

Corner

Corner and edge

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

fly over

by pass road

loop road

drive away

35. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Efficiency of brakes

All of the above

Speed of vehicle

total reaction time of driver

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

National highway

District road

Village road

State highway

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

Low heat cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Ordinary Portland cement

Rapid hardening cement

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

any of these

sidewalk

footway

footpath

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

Westergaards method

McLeod's method

Group index method

CBR method

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

Deciding the choice for a mode

Staggering of working hours

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

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