Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. 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

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

3. The traffic conflicts that may occur in a rotary intersection are

4. The stopping sight distance required on a down slope of a road is:

5. Maximum amount of super elevation should not be greater than

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

7. Flexible pavement distributes the wheel load

8. Pothole maintenance in the case of a road is

9. The width of bay on a concrete road is generally taken as

10. Bleeding may be reduced by

11. In the full grouted method of construction of bituminous roads, rolling is done with:

12. The length of the road ahead of the vehicle that is visible to the driver is called

13. The portion of a road causing a loud rumbling sound and vibration when a vehicle passes over them is called:

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

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

16. Yellow color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

17. In earthen roads, the common stabilizers used are

18. 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

19. Binder used in bituminous road is

20. Rotaries are not suitable if the number of vehicles exceeds (As per AASHO)

21. The structure provided on both sides of shoulders to pass the rainwater is known as

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

23. The distance over which excavated material is transported is called

24. On the pavement with parabolic camber, the angle of inclination of vehicles will be

25. Feeder roads will have

26. In bituminous macadam road, the binding material used is

27. Wave-like deformation on the road is called

28. The minimum thickness of the base course should be

29. Generally, a cement concrete road is discouraged because

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

31. While negotiating a curve

32. Page testing machine is used for

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

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

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

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

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

38. The provision of wind guy cable in a suspension bridge is

39. Surface condition of pavement is measured by

40. As per NRS 2070, a minimum width of the footpath should be

41. 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

42. The overall length of the vehicle affects the

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

44. The method of design of flexible pavements as recommended by Nepal Road Standard is:

45. 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

46. An ideal pavement is constructed with:

47. Cross ruts are formed along an earthen road because of

48. Moving car observe method is a procedure to

49. The total reaction time for an average driver for a normal situation is

50. The portion of the road just both sides of the carriage way is known as