Highway Engineering Online Test - Paper 2

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1. Mahendra Rajmarg of Nepal does not touch the border of ......... Terai district.

a) Sarlahi

b) Rautahat

c) Bara

d) Parsa

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2. 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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3. Information signs have the shape:

a) triangular

b) rectangular

c) circular

d) all of the above

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4. 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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5. As compared to traffic volume, traffic capacity is always

a) more

b) less

c) equal

d) none

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6. The background color of the informatory signboard is:

a) red

b) white

c) yellow

d) both (b) and (c)

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7. The thickness of pavement may be reduced considerably by

a) compaction of soil

b) stabilization of soil

c) draining of soil

d) all of the above

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8. Dorry testing machine is used for conducting

a) penetration test

b) abrasion test

c) attrition test

d) impact test

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9. For the most effective traffic control, adopt

a) more number of traffic signs

b) limited numbers of traffic signs

c) more varieties of traffic signs

d) more warning and fewer traffic signs

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10. The width of roads that can be lighted by mounting street lights on one side of the road is

a) 10 m

b) 20 m

c) 25 m

d) 30 m

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11. Patching should be done just:

a) after the rainy season

b) after the summer season

c) before the winter season

d) before the rainy season

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12. The length of the vehicle has an effect on

a) width of shoulders

b) traffic volume

c) traffic capacity

d) traffic density

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13. Camber is provided on

a) straight road

b) curved road

c) super-elevation

d) all of the above

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14. 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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15. The ideal form of the curve for the summit curve is

a) spiral

b) parabola

c) circle

d) lemniscates

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16. Maximum daily traffic capacity of bituminous pavement is

a) 500 tones per day

b) 1000 tones per day

c) 1400 tones per day

d) 2000 tones per day

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17. The super elevation in roads is

a) directly proportional to the width of the pavement

b) directly proportional to the square of the velocity of vehicles

c) inversely proportional to the square of the width of the pavement

d) directly proportional to the square of the radius of curvature

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18. Traffic signs and devices should be placed within a cone of

a) 3┬░

b) 10┬░

c) 15┬░

d) 20┬░

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19. In highway construction, rolling starts from

a) edges towards the center with an overlap of minimum 30 cm

b) center towards the edges

c) from one edge to another edge

d) from the edge to the center

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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. The city roads which are meant for through traffic usually on a continuous route are known as

a) express

b) arterial/street road

c) sub-arterial streets

d) collector streets

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24. Minimum super elevation on a curve is equal to

a) 0

b) 7%

c) camber

d) gradient

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25. 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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26. The loosening of a wearing surface under the action of traffic or weather, associated with the failure of the binding agent to keep the surface consolidated is called

a) abrasion

b) fretting

c) cracking

d) descaling

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27. The coefficient of friction is more when the pavement surface is

a) wet

b) smooth

c) rough and dry

d) rough and wet

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28. 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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29. In earthen roads, the common stabilizers used are

a) cement

b) bitumen

c) lime

d) all of the above

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30. The drawback of rigid pavement is that

a) no cracks occur even if local settlement takes place

b) it acts as a cover over small depressions

c) any small rifts further widen

d) its ability to withstand high loads is less

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