Highway Engineering Online Test - Paper 2

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1. The loosening of the top surface of a road by mechanical or other means is called

a) picking

b) peeling

c) blistering

d) scarifying

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2. Minimum thickness of the base of a flexible pavement is

a) 10 cm

b) 15 cm

c) 20 cm

d) 25 cm

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3. Marked local depression in a surface layer arising from the wearing away of material is called

a) pot hole

b) blow hole

c) rut

d) depression

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

a) creeping

b) crazing

c) tearing

d) cracking

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6. For the surface course, the durable method of stabilization is

a) soil-cement stabilization

b) lime stabilization

c) soil-bitumen stabilization

d) mechanical stabilization

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7. Maximum size of aggregate used for single otta seal

a) 13 mm

b) 14 mm

c) 15 mm

d) 16 mm

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8. The height of the parapet wall provided above the beam level is

a) 25 cm

b) 50 cm

c) 75 cm

d) 100 cm

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9. A road within a town is called

a) truck road

b) country road

c) carriage road

d) street

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10. A circumferential road, built around an urban area to enable free flow of traffic is called

a) ring road

b) loop road

c) mid strip

d) circular road

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11. A road sign indicating 'Keep Left' is

a) warning sign

b) prohibitory sign

c) mandatory sign

d) informatory sign

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12. As compared to traffic volume, traffic capacity is always

a) more

b) less

c) equal

d) none

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13. Obligatory points in a road alignment are:

a) the alignment is to pass

b) the road alignment should not pass

c) both of the above

d) none of the above

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14. Bleeding may occur due to

a) an excess of tar material

b) insufficient quantity of binding

c) binder not hot enough at the time of application

d) all of the above

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15. A traffic junction so designed that all traffic streams are divided and unobstructed to pass over and under each other is:

a) fly over structure

b) flashed junction

c) kerbed junction

d) none of the above

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

a) 160 to 180 sq cm

b) 160 to 180 sq ft

c) 160 to 180 sq yards

d) 160 to 180 sq meters

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17. Camber is

a) b/a

b) 2b/a

c) a/b

d) 2a/b

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18. The percentage reduction of gradient for compensating the loss of tractive force of a vehicle along a radius R is

a) 1/R

b) 50/R

c) 75/R

d) 100/R

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19. Generally, a cement concrete road is discouraged because

a) its initial cost is high

b) it causes glare due to reflected sunlight

c) it requires a long time for curing

d) it becomes noisy under iron-wheeled traffic

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20. During maintenance of potholes, the potholes formed are enclosed by a rectangular boundary. The material inside, which is to be taken out and the pit formed, is carefully filled with aggregate and binder such that

a) it projects 10 mm above the existing level

b) it matches the existing level

c) it projects 10 mm below the existing level

d) none of the above

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21. Camber is provided on

a) straight road

b) curved road

c) super-elevation

d) all of the above

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22. A road sign indicating 'No Parking' is

a) warning sign

b) prohibitory sign

c) mandatory sign

d) informatory sign

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23. The length of the proposed Kathmandu Nijgadh Fast Track is equal to:

a) 100 km

b) 76 km

c) 67 km

d) 50 km

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24. Seal coat provides

a) desired grade

b) camber

c) an impervious layer

d) all the above

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25. The shape of the vertical curve is

a) elliptical

b) circular

c) parabolic

d) spiral

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

a) super elevation

b) cant

c) banking

d) all of the above

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27. The steepest gradient in ordinary condition should not exceed

a) ruling gradient

b) maximum gradient

c) exceptional gradient

d) floating gradient

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28. A portion of the traffic way that is used by pedestrians only is called

a) footpath

b) sidewalk

c) footway

d) all of the above

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29. In order to reduce the danger of floods, the height of a road embankment should be

a) 60 cm above the highest flood level of the area

b) 200 cm above the highest flood level of the area

c) at a level equal to the highest flood level of the area

d) 100 cm above the ground water level of the area

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30. The peak formed by two rising gradients is called

a) peak

b) ridge

c) summit

d) top

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