Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. In case of a multi-lane road, overtaking is generally permitted
- (A) From right
- (B) From left
- (C) From both
sides right and left
- (D) Not at all
2. If degree of a road curve is defined by assuming the standard length of an arc as 30 meters, the radius of 1° curve is equal
- (A) 1719 m
- (B) 1146 m
- (C) 1046 m
- (D) 1619 m
3. The walls which are necessary on the hill side of roadway where earth has to be retained from slipping is known as
- (A) Retaining
wall
- (B) Breast wall
- (C) Parapet wall
- (D) None of the
above
4. If cross slope of a country is greater than 60%, the terrain is classified as
- (A) Rolling
- (B) Mountainous
- (C) Steep
- (D) Plain
5. The length of a transition curve, is governed by
- (A) Rate of
change of radial acceleration
- (B) Rate of
change of super-elevation
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) Neither (a)
nor (b)
6. When a number of roads are meeting at a point and only one of the roads is important, then the suitable shape of rotary is
- (A) Circular
- (B) Tangent
- (C) Elliptical
- (D) Turbine
7. A gradient along which the vehicle does not require any tractive effort to maintain a specified speed, is known as
- (A) Ruling
gradient
- (B) Pushing
gradient
- (C) Floating
gradient
- (D) Minimum
gradient
8. In welded wire mesh, the longitudinal wire is placed at
- (A) 10 cm
centers
- (B) 15 cm
centers
- (C) 20 cm centers
- (D) 25 cm
centers
9. Percentage of free carbon in bitumen is
- (A) More than
that in tar
- (B) Less than
that in tar
- (C) Equal to
that in tar
- (D) None of the
above
10. Pavement is said to be flexible if it contains
- (A) Water bound
macadam surface
- (B) Stabilized
soil base constructed of lime cement or tar
- (C) Bitumen-bound
stone layer of varying aggregates
- (D) All the
above
11. Hill roads are
- (A) Provided
camber along spur curves
- (B) Provided
camber along valley curves
- (C) Seldom
provided a camber
- (D) None of
these
12. The method of design of flexible pavement as recommended by IRC is
- (A) Group index
method
- (B) CBR method
- (C) Westergaard
method
- (D) Benkelman
beam method
13. A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is
- (A) 1 in 40
- (B) 1 in 50
- (C) 1 in 60
- (D) 1 in 70
14. The head of public works department of any Indian state, is
- (A) Transport
Minister
- (B) Chief
Engineer
- (C) Superintending
Engineer
- (D) Executive
Engineer
15. Tie bars in cement concrete pavements are at
- (A) Expansion
joints
- (B) Contraction
joints
- (C) Warping
joints
- (D) Longitudinal
joints
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