Highway Engineering Part 1

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

fly over

drive away

loop road

by pass road

2. A road within a town is called

country road

trunk road

street

carriage way

3. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

informatory sign

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

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

Classified volume

Origin and destination

Accident

Speed and delay

5. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

all of these

type of material

intensity of traffic

type of traffic

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

Bitumen adhesion

Good drainage

Ease of compaction

Stability

7. CTC stands for

None of these

Centralized traffic control

Critical Track Control

Critical traffic channelizer

8. The stopping sight distance depends upon

Speed of vehicle

All of the above

Efficiency of brakes

total reaction time of driver

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

country road

highway

trunk road

main road

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

Deciding the choice for a mode

Seperation of traffic streams by flyovers

Segregation of fast and slow modes

Staggering of working hours

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11. Reflection cracking is observed in

Rigid pavement

Rigid overlay over flexible pavement

Flexible pavement

Bituminous overlay over cement concrete pavement

12. In earthen roads the common stabilizers used as

bitumen

all are correct

lime

cement

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

32

14

24

7

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

Ordinary Portland cement

Blast furnace slag cement

Rapid hardening cement

Low heat cement

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

base course

wearing course

sub-base course

subgrade

16. The road connecting capitals of states is known as

Provincial highway

Express Highway

National Highway

State Highway

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

6 m

12 m

7.5 m

9.5 m

18. A road sign indicates 'Keep Left' is

warning sign

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

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

Load capacity

Track modulus

Gauge

Tractive force

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

Soundness test

Impact test

Abrasion test

Crushing test

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

100, 20

50, 5

100, 0

10, 0

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

footpath

sidewalk

any of these

footway

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

village road

major district road

minor district road

state highway

24. 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 edge

Corner, edge and interior

Corner and interior

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

Super elevation

Gradient

Side slope

Camber

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

State highway

National highway

District road

Village road

27. Accidents can be avoided by adopting

CTC system

pilot guard system

interlocking

ATC system

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

Soil bitumen stabilization

Soil cement stabilization

Mechanical stabilization

Soil lime stabilization

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

Stripping

Thread

None of these

CBR

30. Camber in the road is provided for

Effective drainage

Avoiding overturning

Counteracting the centrifugal force

Having proper sight distance

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

Centre of the circular curve

Beginning of the transition curve

Centre of the transition curve

End of the transition curve

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

lime

cement

surkhi

clay

33. A road sign indicates 'No parking' is

prohibitory sign

mandatory sign

informatory sign

warning sign

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

30 cm

50 cm

60 cm

100 cm

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

camber

gradient

curve

super elevation

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

Poisson's ratio of concrete

Wheel load

Modulus of elasticity of cement concrete

Modulus of subgrade reaction

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

upper edge towards the lower edge

sides towards the centre

centre towards the sides

lower edge towards the upper edge

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

CBR method

McLeod's method

Group index method

Westergaards method

39. Which of the following pavement has greater life?

Cement concrete pavements

Gravel roads

Bituminous pavements

Earth roads

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

30 th hour

ADT

15 min peak period

Peak hour

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