Q.1

To prevent movement of moisture from subgrade to road pavement on embankments about 0.6 m to 1 m higher than water table, the thickness of cut off layer of coarse sand used, is

  • 15 cm
  • 20 cm
  • 30 cm
  • 45 cm
  • none of these.
Q.2

Hill roads are

  • provided camber along spur curves
  • provided camber along valley curves
  • seldom provided a camber
  • None of these.
Q.3

The ability of a driver to stop the vehicle moving with the designed speed, depends upon:

  • perception time
  • brake reaction time
  • efficiency of the brakes
  • frictional resistance between road surface and vehicle
  • all the above.
Q.4

The convexity provided to the carriageway between the crown and edge of the pavement, is known as

  • super-elevation
  • camber
  • height of the pavement
  • None of these.
Q.5

During last phase of the reconnaissance, details of the grade line is recorded on 2 metre poles to indicate

  • direction of the proposed alignment
  • distance between the previous and forward pegs
  • relative elevations of pegs
  • all the above.
Q.6

Extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a single lane hill road of radiusm for a design speed ofkm ph and for a vehicle with wheel base 6.0 m is

  • 0.225 m
  • 0.589 m
  • 1.250 m
  • none of these
Q.7

In a braking test, a vehicle travelling atkm ph was stopped at a braking distance of 8.0 m. The average value of the vehicle's skid resistance (friction coefficient) is

  • 0.64
  • 6.25
  • 0.16
  • none of these
Q.8

If the radius of a main curve ism and length of the transition curve ism, the angle with tangent to locate the junction point, is

  • 1° 11'
  • 2° 11'
  • 3° 11'
  • 4° 11'
Q.9

Roadway width for a National highways and State highways (two-lanes) is

  • 12 m
  • 9 m
  • 9.5 m
  • 15 m
Q.10

The minimum superelevation in rolling terrain in plains, is limited to

  • 4%
  • 5%
  • 6%
  • 7%
  • 10%
Q.11

The minimum width of the pavement of a National Highway should be

  • 4.7 m
  • 5.7 m
  • 6.7 m
  • 7.7 m
  • 8.0 m
Q.12

In welded wire mesh, the longitudinal wire is placed at

  • 10 cm centres
  • 15 cm centres
  • 20 cm centres
  • 25 cm centres
  • 30 cm centres
Q.13

1.R.T.D.A. (Indian Roads and Transport Development Association) was set up at Bombay in

  • 1907
  • 1917
  • 1927
  • 1937
  • 1942
Q.14

If the width of carriage way is 12.5 metres, outer edgecm higher than the inner edge, the required super elevation is

  • 50 cm
  • 1 in 25
  • 1 in 400
  • 1 in 40
  • 1 in 24
Q.15

Super-elevation on roads in snow bound areas, should generally not exceed

  • 15%
  • 12%
  • 10%
  • 7%
  • 6%
Q.16

Design of flexible pavement, involves

  • wheel loads
  • intensity of traffic
  • climate of the region
  • sub-grade conditions
  • all the above.
Q.17

Non-passing sight distance along a road is the longest distance at which the driver of a moving vehicle, may see an obstacle on the pavement

  • 10 cm high
  • 25 cm high
  • 50 cm high
  • 100 cm high
  • 150 cm high
Q.18

The width of the right of way in urban area, is kept betweenm tom for

  • National Highways
  • State Highways
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these.
Q.19

The statement, regarding the size of stones used at the wearing surface. "The size of a stone used on a road must be in due proportion to the space occupied by a wheel of ordinary dimensions on a smooth level surface. The point of contact will be found to be longitudinal about 2.5 cm and every piece of stone put into the road which exceeds 2.5 cm in any of its dimension is mischievious" was made by

  • Telford
  • Macadam
  • Tresguet
  • Sully.
Q.20

For a poorly graded sub-grade soil, thickness of sub-base, is

  • 10 cm
  • 15 cm
  • 20 cm
  • 25 cm
  • 30 cm
Q.21

To prevent compressive stresses in a rigid concrete pavement, the joint prvoided, is

  • expansion joint
  • contraction joint
  • hinged joint
  • all the above.
Q.22

Alignment of highways in hilly regions, is decided on

  • long stretch of very hard cutting
  • number of river crossings
  • natural unstable areas
  • saddles or passes
  • all the above.
Q.23

Concrete pavement is provided if daily traffic per lane exceeds

  • 500 tonnes
  • 750 tonnes
  • 1000 tonnes
  • 1250 tonnes
  • 1300 tonnes
Q.24

The normal road land width for a National or State highway, in open areas should be

  • 45 m
  • 30 m
  • 24 m
  • 20 m
Q.25

If present A.D.T. isvehicles and annual increase is 10%, the average future flow after 5 years will be

  • 6050 vehicles
  • 7050 vehicles
  • 8050 vehicles
  • 9050 vehicles
Q.26

Minimum radius of a simple circular curve deflecting through 5°, is

  • 1618.9 m
  • 1816.9 m
  • 1718.9 m
  • 1817.9 m
Q.27

The distance travelled by revolving the wheel of a vehicle more than its circumferential movement, is known as

  • slip
  • skid
  • neither (a) nor (b)
  • both (a) and (b)
Q.28

Traffic census is carried out for

  • speed and delay study
  • road parking study
  • traffic volume study
  • origin and destination study
  • all the above.
Q.29

If the radius of curvature of a hill road ism, the percentage grade compensation should be

  • 60/R
  • 70/R
  • 75/R
  • 80/R
  • 100/R
Q.30

The width of the right of way, is influenced by

  • formation width
  • shoulders or berms
  • classification of road
  • availability of funds
  • all the above.
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