Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

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

2. A higher value of super elevation is highly undesirable for:

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

4. Bitumen is soluble in

5. Transition curve is provided in horizontal alignment

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

7. While performing attrition and Los Angeles abrasion tests, the minimum weight of stones to be used should be

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

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

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

11. Routine maintenance is normally done by the use of

12. The pressure intensity at the sub-grade should be...bearing capacity

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

14. Dorry testing machine is used for conducting

15. Yellow color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

16. When roads do not cross each other at the same level, i.e., one road crosses either above or below the other road with the help of an over-bridge or sub-way, then it is called

17. Hauling of excavated soil is done by

18. The width of the vehicle influences

19. Perception and brake reaction time depend upon

20. Minimum thickness of the base of a flexible pavement is

21. Super elevation provided from the center of the road to the outer edge is known as

22. 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

23. Camber in the road is provided for

24. In case of a multi-lane road, overtaking is generally permitted

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

26. Green color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

27. Page testing machine is used for

28. The effect of gradient on safe overtaking sight distance is

29. A groove or depression formed in a surface layer longitudinal to the road by the wheels of traveling vehicles is called

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

31. Road Board of Nepal is generally working in the field of road for the purpose of

32. The intermediate supports of a bridge are called

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

34. The stopping sight distance depends upon

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

36. Factors affecting the design of horizontal curves on a highway include

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

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

39. The California bearing Ratio (CBR) test is carried out for:

40. A subsidiary area in a carriageway placed so as to control the movement of traffic is known as

41. The alignment of a road should cross the series of hills through

42. The example of rigid pavement is

43. Pensky-Marten's apparatus is used for the determination of

44. A road within a town is called

45. The length of Arniko Highway connecting Kathmandu to Kodari is

46. The steepest gradient in ordinary condition should not exceed

47. An underground passage used by pedestrians, vehicular traffic, etc., is called

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

49. Los Angeles testing machine is used for

50. Parking lanes are provided on