Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. Which one is not concerned with the cross-section of the road?

2. The California bearing Ratio (CBR) test is carried out for:

3. In the geometric design of highways, the most controlling features are:

4. The economic survey of a proposed road project includes a detailed survey of

5. The thickness of the road surfacing depends upon the

6. On a W.B.M. road, the roller used for rolling purposes is of weight

7. The portion of the road surface, which is used by vehicular traffic, is known as

8. The grade separation has the advantage of

9. The breaking up of the road surface layer through cracking into some irregular-shaped areas is called

10. At places of heavy rainfall, side drains to be provided on a road should be

11. The life of a cement concrete road is taken as

12. The maximum number of vehicles that can be expected to pass through a roadway in one hour is called

13. The minimum number of abutments in a bridge should be

14. Setback distance is the distance between the road land boundary and building line which depends on

15. T-beam is suitable for a span of

16. At highway stretches, the required overtaking sight distance can't be provided; it is necessary

17. The full width of land acquired before finalizing a highway is known as

18. Red color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

19. In the premix method of bitumen road construction, aggregate is also heated

20. An underground passage used by pedestrians, vehicular traffic, etc., is called

21. In the final layer, 1 cubic meter of sand is applied for the road surface for an area of

22. The steepest gradient in ordinary condition should not exceed

23. An undesirable element to be avoided while fixing the alignment of a highway is

24. Parking lanes are provided on

25. Intensity of traffic for bituminous carpet roads is

26. The intermediate supports of a bridge are called

27. Floating gradients are provided

28. Design of horizontal and vertical alignment, super elevation, sight distance, and grades are badly affected by

29. Calculate the super elevation for the cross-section of the road as shown below

30. Reinforcement in cement concrete pavement is kept

31. Water absorption of the aggregates used for road marking should not exceed

32. The example of rigid pavement is

33. The minimum longitudinal gradient of the road required is:

34. If the cross slope of a country is up to 10%, the terrain is classified as

35. The initial application of a binder to an existing surface given to ensure through bond between the new construction and the existing is called

36. Waves and corrugation may be formed because of

37. Pothole maintenance in the case of a road is

38. The removal of material from the surface of the road by grinding or rubbing action is called

39. Raising of the outer edge of a road with respect to the inner edge is known as

40. The most efficient traffic signal system is

41. A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hillside of a roadway is called

42. The position of the base course in a flexible pavement is

43. The background color of the informatory signboard is:

44. Mostly used road in Nepal is

45. Surface painting is

46. Obligatory points in a road alignment are:

47. Volume of traffic which is due to improvement carried out in adjacent areas is known as

48. The efficiency of the brake of a vehicle depends upon

49. 10 to 20 cm diameter holes provided in a retaining structure to drain off the seepage flow are known as

50. The angle of most acute vision of a driver is a cone of