Highway Engineering problems
- 1. For the administration of road transport, a Motor Vehicle Act was enacted in
Options- A. 1927
- B. 1934
- C. 1939
- D. 1947
- E. 1950 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1939
- 2. At a road junction, 7 cross conflict points are severe if
Options- A. both are one-way roads
- B. both are two-way roads
- C. one is two-way road and other is one-way road
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: one is two-way road and other is one-way road
- 3. The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road, is
Options- A. reconnaissance
- B. detailed survey
- C. trace-out
- D. preliminary survey. Discuss
Correct Answer: reconnaissance
- 4. The shape of a vertical curve, is
Options- A. parabolic
- B. elliptical
- C. circular
- D. spiral
- E. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: parabolic
- 5. While designing hair pin bends on higways, the minimum
Options- A. designed speed is 20 km/hour
- B. gradient is 1 in 40
- C. gradient is 1 in 200
- D. superelevations is 1 in 10
- E. All the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 6. Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cut off capillary rise of water completely, should be
Options- A. 40 cm
- B. 52 cm
- C. 64 cm
- D. 76 cm
- E. 80 cm Discuss
Correct Answer: 76 cm
- 7. The ideal shape of a transition curve, is
Options- A. clothoid
- B. cubic spiral
- C. cubic parabola
- D. lamniscate
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: clothoid
- 8. Passing zones are generally not provided on
Options- A. summit curves
- B. horizontal curves
- C. two lane highways
- D. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: all the above.
- 9. While calculating the sight distances, the driver's eye above road surface, is assumed
Options- A. 90 cm
- B. 100 cm
- C. 110 cm
- D. 120 cm
- E. 150 cm Discuss
Correct Answer: 120 cm
- 10. Minimum permissible speed on high speed roads, is decided on the basis of
Options- A. 15 percentile cumulative frequency
- B. 20 percentile cumulative frequency
- C. 30 percentile cumulative frequency
- D. 40 percentile cumulative frequency. Discuss
Correct Answer: 15 percentile cumulative frequency
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