Highway Engineering Online Test – Paper 3

1. The distance along the road surface at which a driver may perceive objects at a specific height above the carriage way is known as

2. Obligatory points in a road alignment are:

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

4. T-beam is suitable for a span of

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

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

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

8. The convexity provided to the carriageway between the crown and edge of pavement is called

9. The types of curves generally provided on highways are

10. Road furniture means

11. The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road is

12. Flexible pavement distributes the wheel load

13. Camber in the road is provided for

14. A traffic junction so designed that all traffic streams are divided and unobstructed to pass over and under each other is:

15. Sub-base coarse is provided not to improve

16. Setback distance is the distance between

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

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

19. 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

20. While negotiating a curve

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

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

23. Routine maintenance is normally done by the use of

24. The maximum super-elevation on hill roads should not exceed:

25. Horizontal curves on highways are provided

26. The steepest gradient in ordinary condition should not exceed

27. A road sign indicating parking for four vehicles is

28. The loosening of a wearing surface under the action of traffic or weather, associated with the failure of the binding agent to keep the surface consolidated is called

29. The intermediate supports of a bridge are called

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

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

32. An ideal transition curve is the one whose length is

33. The background color of the informatory signboard is:

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

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

36. Seal coat is a layer of

37. A road sign indicating 'No Parking' is

38. An ideal pavement is constructed with:

39. Floating gradients are provided

40. Best road suitable for pneumatic & iron-wheeled vehicles is

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

42. The example of rigid pavement is

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

44. In scant rainfall regions, the camber provided is

45. Maximum daily traffic capacity of bituminous pavement is

46. Traffic maneuver means

47. Dorry testing machine is used for conducting

48. At a horizontal curve, the super elevation is provided to counteract the effect of

49. The main cause of skidding is

50. Which one is the best parking?