Highway Engineering Online Test - Paper 2

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1. Red color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

a) go

b) stop

c) be ready to go

d) clearance time

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2. The distance traveled by a moving vehicle during perception and brake reaction time is known as

a) lag distance

b) braking distance

c) sight distance

d) stopping distance

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3. In hill roads of Nepal, the side drains are provided

a) on the hillside of the road

b) on the outer side of the road

c) both sides of the road

d) none of the above

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4. Camber depends on

a) amount of rainfall

b) grade of wearing coarse

c) smoothness of the base course

d) permeability of subgrade

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5. Which vehicle has the lowest equivalent pcu

a) car

b) light truck

c) hand cart

d) bullock cart

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6. If the difference of an edge of the pavement (18m wide) and its crown is 30 cm, then the camber in the pavement is

a) 1 in 60

b) 1 in 30

c) 1 in 15

d) 1 in 45

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7. Camber in the road is provided for

a) effective drainage

b) counteracting the centrifugal force

c) having proper sight distance

d) all of the above

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8. Sheep foot roller is used for

a) compaction of soil

b) stabilization

c) excavation

d) sprayer

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9. The maximum speed on the road depends upon the type of

a) highway

b) road surface

c) curves

d) all of the above

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10. A road gradient at which a vehicle does not require any tractive force to maintain the specific speed is called

a) natural gradient

b) floating gradient

c) ruling gradient

d) pushing gradient

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11. Design of flexible pavements involves,

a) wheel loads

b) type and intensity of traffic

c) climate of the region

d) sub-grade conditions

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12. In highway engineering, which of the following terms is irrelevant?

a) tail race

b) kerb

c) camber

d) asphalt

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13. The maximum design gradient for the vertical profile of a road is

a) ruling gradient

b) limiting gradient

c) exceptional gradient

d) minimum gradient

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14. The different materials used for road construction are

a) stone, aggregate, soil, and binder

b) sand, soil, and binder

c) bitumen, soil, and binder

d) cement, soil, and binder

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15. The steepest gradient is

a) ruling gradient

b) limiting gradient

c) exceptional gradient

d) minimum gradient

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16. At the horizontal curve, the outer edge of the pavement is raised with respect to the inner edge to counteract the effect of centrifugal force, is known as

a) super elevation

b) camber

c) crown

d) shoulder

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17. Siddhartha highway connects

a) Belahiya-Pokhara

b) Kathmandu-Pokhara

c) Birgunj-Pokhara

d) none of the above

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18. If a road has to be provided in cutting, then side drains should be

a) on one side of the road

b) on both sides of the road

c) in the middle of the road

d) on both sides and the middle of the road

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19. In a proposed alignment, the type of soil which will not be preferred is

a) soft rock

b) ordinary soil

c) hard rock

d) all of the above

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20. The type of transition curve generally provided on hill traces is

a) spiral

b) circular

c) lemniscate

d) cubic parabola

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21. Number of National highways in Nepal (According to the decision of Ministries of council dated 2076/02/06)

a) 35

b) 92

c) 80

d) 115

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22. The minimum angle for crossing is

a) 30┬░

b) 45┬░

c) 60┬░

d) 75┬░

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23. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

a) type of traffic

b) intensity of traffic

c) type of material

d) all of the above

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24. Binder used in bituminous road is

a) bitumen

b) kerosene oil

c) fevicol

d) stone dust

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25. A pavement is classified as flexible or rigid pavement based on its

a) wearing course

b) base course

c) sub-base

d) sub-grade

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26. Bitumen is soluble in

a) diesel

b) petrol

c) ammonia

d) carbon disulphide

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27. Factors affecting the design of horizontal curves on a highway include

a) design speed of the vehicle

b) allowable friction on the road surface

c) allowable maximum super elevation

d) all of the above

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28. The effect of gradient on safe overtaking sight distance is

a) to increase it on descending grades and decrease it on ascending grades

b) to decrease it on descending grade and increase it on ascending grades

c) to increase it on both descending grades and ascending grades

d) to decrease it on both descending grades and ascending grades

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29. The pavement suitable for very heavy traffic load is

a) cement concrete

b) R.C.C.

c) surface dressed macadam

d) bituminous grouted macadam

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30. The thickness of the parapet wall on the valley side of the roadway is usually kept as

a) 20 cm

b) 40 cm

c) 60 cm

d) 80 cm

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