Highway Engineering Questions

• The wall constructed for the stability of an excavated portion of a road on the hill side, is known as
• In India the modes of transportation, in the order of their importance, are
• The weight of vehicles affects
• The road foundation for modern highways construction, was developed by
• The period of long term plan for the development of roads in India, known as Bombay Plan (Aug. 1958), is
• Thickness of a pavement may be reduced considerably by
• The absolute minimum radius of horizontal curve for a design speed 60 km ph is
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• Shoulders for high traffic volume roads, should
• According to Highway Research Board of U.S.A. practical land width, is
• For the administration of road transport, a Motor Vehicle Act was enacted in
• At a road junction, 7 cross conflict points are severe if
• The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road, is
• The shape of a vertical curve, is
• While designing hair pin bends on higways, the minimum
• Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cut off capillary rise of water completely, should be
• The ideal shape of a transition curve, is
• Passing zones are generally not provided on
• While calculating the sight distances, the driver's eye above road surface, is assumed
• Minimum permissible speed on high speed roads, is decided on the basis of