Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. The vehicle having the lowest equivalent p.c.u. is

2. The camber of the road should be approximately equal to

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

4. Patching should be done just:

5. Maximum number of vehicles can be parked with

6. The types of transition curves generally used in hill road is

7. The length of the vehicle has an effect on

8. If the velocity of a moving vehicle on a road is v kmph, s is stopping distance plus the average length of the vehicle in meters, then the basic capacity of a lane is given by

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

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

11. The following types of pavement are generally known as flexible pavement:

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

13. In a gravel road, the amount of clay in a gravel mix varies between

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

15. The types of curves generally provided on highways are

16. The types of surface dressing generally used for the existing pavement are

17. Surface painting is

18. The change in road directions is made possible by introducing

19. The wall constructed on the side of the hill slope to resist the pressure of earth filling and traffic load of the road is known as

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

21. Waves and corrugation may be formed because of

22. Pothole maintenance in the case of a road is

23. Extra width of pavement is not provided on horizontal curves when the radius is

24. Ratio of the width of the car parking area required at the kerb for 30┬░ parking relative to 60┬░ parking is approximately

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

26. On a horizontal curve, if the pavement is kept horizontal across the alignment. Then the pressure on the outer wheels as compared to the pressure on the inner wheels will be

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

28. The efficiency and life of a hill road can be considerably increased by providing

29. The normal height of the driver's eye (NRS 2070) above the road surface is

30. In cement concrete roads, the repair work of cracks should be done just at the end of:

31. Higher values of super elevation are highly undesirable to

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

33. At a horizontal curve, the super elevation is provided to counteract the effect of

34. Binder used in bituminous road is

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

36. Traffic density depends upon the

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

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

39. For transportation purposes in Nepal, the first preference is given to:

40. The portion of the road for high-speed vehicles is known as

41. Full amount of extra width of a pavement on the curve is provided at

42. The stopping sight distance depends upon

43. Raised portion of the road between longitudinal ruts is known as

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

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

46. The advantage of a rotary is

47. T-beam is suitable for a span of

48. The color of lights used for visibility during fog is

49. Which one of the following does not take load in a suspension bridge?

50. In water-bound macadam road, the binding material used is