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Highway Engineering problems


  • 1. If the cross slope of a country is 25% to 60%, the terrain is classified as

  • Options
  • A. plain
  • B. rolling
  • C. steep
  • D. mountainous.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The safe length L of a valley curve for night travel is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C. neither (a) nor (b)
  • D. both (a) and (b)
  • Discuss
  • 3. The normal road land width for a major district road in open area, is

  • Options
  • A. 45 m
  • B. 25 m
  • C. 15 m
  • D. 12 m
  • Discuss
  • 4. If At is the area of steel cross-section, t is working stress, L is width of road and W is weight of slab per square metre, the spacing of the tie bars for a longitudinal joint, is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 5. The G.T. road from Lahore to Calcutta in undivided India, was constructed during

  • Options
  • A. 3495-3500 BC
  • B. 265-270 BC
  • C. 1540-1545 AD
  • D. 1440-1450
  • Discuss
  • 6. When each particle of aggregates is thinly coated with cement paste, a heterogeneous solid is formed, which is known as

  • Options
  • A. hydration
  • B. gel
  • C. concrete
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 7. The full width of land acquired before finalising a highway, alignment is known

  • Options
  • A. width of formation
  • B. right of way
  • C. carriage way
  • D. roadway.
  • Discuss
  • 8. The width of the right of way in urban area, is kept between 24 m to 60 m for

  • Options
  • A. National Highways
  • B. State Highways
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of these.
  • Discuss
  • 9. Extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a single lane hill road of radius 80 m for a design speed of 50 km ph and for a vehicle with wheel base 6.0 m is

  • Options
  • A. 0.225 m
  • B. 0.589 m
  • C. 1.250 m
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. If a Lemniscate curve of transition throughout is introduced to connect two parallel roads, the maximum polar angle of the curve, is

  • Options
  • A. 10°
  • B. 15°
  • C. 20°
  • D. 30°
  • E. 45°
  • Discuss

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