Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. 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

2. The height of the parapet wall provided above the beam level is

3. The end supports of a bridge are called

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

5. The ideal shape of a transition curve is

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

7. The percentage reduction of gradient for compensating the loss of tractive force of a vehicle along a radius R is

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

9. Widening of the roads on curves in a hilly region is done?

10. The example of rigid pavement is

11. Maximum number of vehicles can be parked with

12. If the coefficient of lateral friction is constant, then the value of required super elevation increases with

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

14. The highest point on the road surface is called

15. Obligatory points in a road alignment are:

16. At highway stretches, the required overtaking sight distance can't be provided; it is necessary

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

18. Bituminous grouted macadam roads may be expected to have a useful life of about

19. Binder used in bituminous road is

20. Generally, a cement concrete road is discouraged because

21. The steepest gradient is

22. In the geometric design of highways, the most controlling features are:

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

24. A junction so designed that traffic streams are divided to enable them to pass over or under each other is called

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

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

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

28. Flexible pavement distributes the wheel load

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

30. The thickness of the parapet wall on the valley side of the roadway is usually kept as

31. The function of the pavement is

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

33. 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

34. If the cross slope of the terrain is more than 60%, it is classified as

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

36. If the wearing course of the road is 5 cm, the base course is 15 cm, the sub-base course is 15 cm, and the capping layer is 15 cm, then what will be the thickness of the pavement?

37. In a gravel road, the binding material used is

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

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

40. 10 to 20 cm diameter holes provided in a retaining structure to drain off the seepage flow are known as

41. Which test is carried out to know the resistance to flow, of the given bituminous material?

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

43. For the most effective traffic control, adopt

44. Thickness of a pavement may be reduced considerably by

45. The minimum number of vehicles for the position of a traffic rotary is

46. Bleeding may be reduced by

47. The concrete pavement is provided when the daily traffic load per lane exceeds

48. Green color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

49. A road within a town is called

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