Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

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

2. The vehicle having the lowest equivalent p.c.u. is

3. A pavement is classified as flexible or rigid pavement based on its

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

5. Generally, sight distance at a curve is...

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

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

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

9. The minimum number of abutments in a bridge should be

10. Bottommost component of a flexible pavement is

11. Camber depends on

12. Intensity of traffic is expressed in terms of

13. Intensity of traffic, which may not be classified as medium, is

14. The ratio of peak traffic volume in vehicles per hour to capacity of a single lane of traffic gives

15. The thickness of pavement may be reduced considerably by

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

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

18. The ideal form of the curve for the summit curve is

19. Horizontal curves on highways are provided

20. Extra widening of pavements depends upon

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

22. Higher values of super elevation are highly undesirable to

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

24. A road sign indicating parking for four vehicles is

25. The length of the side of warning sign boards on roads is

26. Design of horizontal and vertical alignment, super elevation, sight distance, and grades are badly affected by

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

28. Setback distance is the distance between the road land boundary and building line which depends on

29. In highway pavements, emulsions are mainly used in

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

31. Which vehicle has the lowest equivalent pcu

32. The super elevation in roads is

33. The highway code denoted by BP Highway is:

34. 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

35. If the path traveled along the road surface is less than the circumferential movement of the wheels due to rotation, then it results in

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

37. The function of the pavement is

38. Water absorption of the aggregates used for road marking should not exceed

39. The steepest gradient is

40. During construction of the road subgrade contains

41. The highest overall speed at which a driver can travel under prevailing conditions without exceeding the safe design speed is known as the:

42. Excessive camber on pavement may cause

43. The height of the object above the road surface for the consideration of sight distance is

44. Green color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

45. The road connecting the headquarters of the zone is called

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

47. Dorry testing machine is used for conducting

48. Mostly used road in Nepal is

49. Perception and brake reaction time depend upon

50. In order to reduce the danger of floods, the height of a road embankment should be