Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 2

1. 10 to 20 cm diameter holes provided in a retaining structure to drain off the seepage flow are known as

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

3. An endoscope is used to determine

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

5. Minimum super elevation on a curve is equal to

6. Traffic census is carried out to study

7. Carpeting is

8. When the width of the street and kerb parking space is limited, the system generally preferred is

9. Los Angeles testing machine is used for

10. The highway code denoted by BP Highway is:

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

12. The super elevation in roads is

13. The convexity provided to the carriageway between the crown and edge of pavement is called

14. Traffic density depends upon the

15. T-beam is suitable for a span of

16. If the path traveled along the road surface by the wheels due to rotation results in

17. At horizontal curves on a highway, the inner side of the road is

18. For iron-wheeled traffic, the best suitable pavement is

19. Bottommost component of a flexible pavement is

20. Design capacity is also known as

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

22. Routine maintenance is normally done by the use of

23. Which test is performed for quick determination of the quality of sub-grade soil?

24. The city roads which are meant for through traffic usually on a continuous route are known as

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

26. While negotiating a curve

27. The length of the vehicle has no effect on

28. A road within a town is called

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

30. Traffic surveys are carried out to