Highway Engineering Multiple Questions - Set 03 - ObjectiveBooks

Highway Engineering Multiple Questions - Set 03

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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