Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) Minimum
desirable width of medians on rural highways is 5 meters
- (B) Minimum
width of medians should be 3 meters
- (C) On long
bridges and viaducts, the width of medians should be 1.5 m
- (D) All the
above
2. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The cross
fall of the shoulder should be at least 0.5% steeper than camber
- (B) On
super-elevated sections, the shoulders should be provided a cross fall equal to
camber
- (C) Earthen
roads in general are provided steepest cross-fall
- (D) All the
above
3. If aggregate impact value is 20 to 30 percent, then it is classified as
- (A) Exceptionally
strong
- (B) Strong
- (C) Satisfactory
for road surfacing
- (D) Unsuitable
for road surfacing
4. Design of horizontal curves on highways, is based on
- (A) Design
speed of vehicles
- (B) Permissible
friction on the road surface
- (C) Permissible
centrifugal ratio
- (D) All the
above
5. Set-back distance is the distance between
- (A) Road land
boundary and building line
- (B) Road land
boundary and control line
- (C) Building
line and control line
- (D) Road land
boundary and control line
6. RC-2, MC-2 and SC-2 correspond to
- (A) Same
viscosity
- (B) Viscosity in
increasing order from RC-2 to SC-2
- (C) Viscosity in
decreasing order from RC-2 to SC-2
- (D) None of the
above
7. Speed regulations on roads is decided on the basis of
- (A) 60
percentile cumulative frequency
- (B) 75
percentile cumulative frequency
- (C) 80
percentile cumulative frequency
- (D) 85
percentile cumulative frequency
8. At intersection of roads, the traffic volume study is carried out to ascertain the number of vehicles
- (A) Moving along
straights
- (B) Turning left
- (C) Turning
right
- (D) All the
above
9. Flexible pavement distribute the wheel load
- (A) Directly to
sub-grade
- (B) Through
structural action
- (C) Through a
set of layers to the sub-grade
- (D) None of the
above
10. The most commonly adopted method to provide super-elevation on roads, is by pivoting the road surface about
- (A) Outer edge
so that the inner edge is lowered
- (B) Crown so
that outer edge is raised and inner edge is lowered
- (C) Inner edge
so that outer edge is raised
- (D) None of
these
11. When load is applied on concrete pavement
- (A) Away from
edges, the maximum bending moment is negative
- (B) Away from
edges, the maximum bending moment cause compression
- (C) On the
edges, the maximum stress is parallel to the edge of the slab
- (D) None of
these
12. The fundamental factor in the selection of pavement type is
- (A) Climatic
condition
- (B) Type and
intensity of traffic
- (C) Sub-grade
soil and drainage conditions
- (D) Availability
of funds for the construction project
13. If the coefficient of friction on the road surface is 0.15 and a maximum super-elevation 1 in 15 is provided, the maximum speed of the vehicles on a curve of 100 metre radius, is
- (A) 32.44
km/hour
- (B) 42.44
kg/hour
- (C) 52.44
km/hour
- (D) 62.44
km/hour
14. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) Various
geometric design features and generally guided by ruling design speed
- (B) The design
speed for a given highway should preferably be uniform
- (C) Abrupt
change in the design speed should not be permitted
- (D) All the
above
15. For the construction of water bound macadam roads, the correct sequence of operations after spreading coarse aggregates is
- (A) Dry rolling,
wet rolling, application of screening and application of filler
- (B) Dry rolling,
application of filler, wet rolling and application of screening
- (C) Dry rolling,
application of screening, wet rolling and application of filler
- (D) Dry rolling,
application of screening, application of filler and wet rolling
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