Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. The length of the ring road around Kathmandu Valley is

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

3. Radius of the curve is decided based on

4. The economic survey of a proposed road project includes a detailed survey of

5. Mostly used road in Nepal is

6. Extra width of mechanical widening on the curve is provided

7. The factor influencing the selection of pavement type is

8. The rate of rise or fall of a road along its alignment is known as

9. The inventor of road making as a building science was:

10. 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

11. The position of the base course in a flexible pavement is

12. The overall length of the vehicle affects the

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

14. To transfer wheel load at expansion joints from one slab to the other

15. The loosening of the top surface of a road by pickaxes is called

16. A road within a town is called

17. Number of National highways in Nepal (According to the decision of Ministries of council dated 2076/02/06)

18. A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hillside of a roadway is called

19. 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

20. A road will have certain weak areas where the problems repeatedly occur. Such spots are known as:

21. Which pavement is better for highway lighting?

22. Stopping sight distance is always

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

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

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

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

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

28. The joints parallel to the center line of the road are called?

29. The minimum thickness of the base course should be

30. Extra width of psychological widening on the curve is provided

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

32. In hill roads, the extra widening is generally provided

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

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

35. A dividing strip in the middle of the roadway is called

36. Which of the following is not true about highway drainage?

37. Information signs have the shape:

38. Sub-surface drainage of a road means removal of rainwater from

39. The minimum longitudinal gradient of the road required is:

40. Maximum size of aggregate used for single otta seal

41. Customers prefer parking of their vehicles at

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

43. The end supports of a bridge are called

44. 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

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

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

47. Pothole maintenance in the case of a road is

48. The degree of the road curve is defined as the angle in degrees subtended at the center by an arc of

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

50. The function of the pavement is