Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. When an up gradient of a highway meets a downgrade, the vertical curve provided is known as

2. Waves and corrugation may be formed because of

3. On a hill road, the radius of the curve should not be less than

4. In scant rainfall regions, the camber provided is

5. The maximum speed on the road depends upon the type of

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

7. Maximum thickness of otta seal is

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

9. Red color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

10. A road sign indicating parking for four vehicles is

11. Design of flexible pavements involves,

12. In a concrete road, when the sub-grade is very poor and the road is subjected to heavy traffic, then

13. Dorry testing machine is used for conducting

14. While negotiating a curve

15. Carpeting is

16. A bridge whose center line is not at right angles to the stream flow is known as

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

18. A road within a town is called

19. If the cross slope of a country is 10% to 25%, the terrain is classified as

20. The steepest gradient is

21. The maximum design gradient for the vertical profile of a road is

22. The design speed for hill terrain of a trunk road is

23. Which one is the best parking?

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

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

26. Compaction of a concrete slab is done with the help of

27. The minimum distance between two hairpin bends, when a number of hairpin bends are introduced, is

28. 10 to 20 cm diameter holes provided in a retaining structure to drain off the seepage flow are known as

29. Road metal thickness of the layer to be compacted should not exceed

30. Traffic signs and devices should be placed within a cone of

31. The pavement suitable for very heavy traffic load is

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

33. The function of the pavement is

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

35. The shape of the camber provided for cement concrete pavement is

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

37. The layer that is directly coming in contact with the traffic is

38. Maximum number of vehicles can be parked with

39. Minimum super elevation provided is

40. Stopping sight distance is always

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

42. Which one is correct sequence with respect to four stages of survey in a highway alignment?

43. In hill roads, the minimum sight distance required is

44. The main cause of skidding is

45. Higher values of super elevation are highly undesirable to

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

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

48. Customers prefer parking of their vehicles at

49. Traffic maneuver means

50. In earthen roads, the common stabilizers used are