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This section includes 257 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Highway Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The Indian Roads and Transport Development Association (I.R.T.D.A.) was set up in |
| A. | 1927 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1951 |
| Answer» B. 1934 | |
| 2. |
The longest road constructed during the time of Shershah Suri was from |
| A. | Delhi to Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| B. | Lahore to Delhi |
| C. | Lahore to Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| D. | Lahore to Agra |
| Answer» D. Lahore to Agra | |
| 3. |
The parking of vehicles is usually preferred at 75? to the aisles. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. |
Class-9 roads are designed to carry |
| A. | jeeps |
| B. | 1-tonne vehicles |
| C. | 3-tonne vehicles |
| D. | 10 tonne vehicles |
| Answer» D. 10 tonne vehicles | |
| 5. |
For transportation purposes in India, the first preference is given to |
| A. | air lines |
| B. | roads |
| C. | shipping |
| D. | railways |
| Answer» C. shipping | |
| 6. |
The Central Road Research Institute is controlled by |
| A. | Shipping and Transport |
| B. | Science and Technology |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Finance |
| Answer» B. Science and Technology | |
| 7. |
The main object of providing a camber is |
| A. | to make the road surface impervious |
| B. | to make the road surface durable |
| C. | to drain off rain water from road surface, as quickly as possible |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 8. |
For walls more than 6 m in height, thickness of retaining wall at the bottom is equal to 0.4 times the height plus |
| A. | 10 cm |
| B. | 20 cm |
| C. | 30 cm |
| D. | 40 cm |
| Answer» D. 40 cm | |
| 9. |
A parapet well is usually constructed on the |
| A. | hill side |
| B. | valley side |
| Answer» C. | |
| 10. |
The opportunities to cross slow moving traffic at intervals is not provided in case of |
| A. | two-lane highways |
| B. | three-lane highways |
| C. | four lane highways |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 11. |
Kautilya got constructed a National Highway connecting North West Fronter Province and Patna in about. |
| A. | 295 B.C. |
| B. | 300 B.C. |
| C. | 310 B.C. |
| D. | 337 B.C. |
| Answer» C. 310 B.C. | |
| 12. |
In large cities, especially in congested areas, one way streets are provided in order to |
| A. | reduce to a minimum the possible conflicting points |
| B. | increase the carrying capacity of the street |
| C. | eliminate, at night, the glare from head lamps of opposite vehicles |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
The camber, for the drainage of surface water, was first introduced by |
| A. | Telford |
| B. | Tresaguet |
| C. | Sully |
| D. | Macadam |
| Answer» C. Sully | |
| 14. |
The height of the parapet wall is usually kept as |
| A. | 25 cm |
| B. | 50 cm |
| C. | 75 cm |
| D. | 100 cm |
| Answer» D. 100 cm | |
| 15. |
While deriving the formulae for the length of valley curve, it is assumed that the head light is |
| A. | 0.25 m |
| B. | 0.5 m |
| C. | 0.75 m |
| D. | 1 m |
| Answer» D. 1 m | |
| 16. |
The average number of vehicles per day passing on a section of the road during a particular year, is called |
| A. | peak hour traffic |
| B. | average daily traffic |
| C. | design hourly volume |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» C. design hourly volume | |
| 17. |
Summit curves are required to be introduced at the situations where |
| A. | a positive grade meets a negative grade |
| B. | a positive grade meets another milder positive grade |
| C. | a negative grade meets a steeper negative grade |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The joints, parallel to the centre-line of the road, are called |
| A. | longitudinal joints |
| B. | transverse joints |
| C. | expansion joints |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. transverse joints | |
| 19. |
The super structure of a road is called |
| A. | wearing layer |
| B. | wearing course |
| C. | road surfacing |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Alignment of a road is finally decided on the basis of |
| A. | selection of route |
| B. | field survey |
| C. | trace cut |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. trace cut | |
| 21. |
The longitudinal joints are provided when the width of road is more than |
| A. | 3 m |
| B. | 4 m |
| C. | 5.5 m |
| D. | 6.75 m |
| Answer» C. 5.5 m | |
| 22. |
Super-elevation is expressed as |
| A. | the difference of heights of two edges of the carriage-way to the width of the carriage-way |
| B. | the difference of radii of curves |
| C. | the difference of the road gradients |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the difference of radii of curves | |
| 23. |
The reaction time of a driver |
| A. | remains constant |
| B. | increases |
| C. | decreases |
| Answer» D. | |
| 24. |
A complete signal-time cycle constitutes |
| A. | red timing |
| B. | yellow timing |
| C. | green timing |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
The longitudinal joints may be |
| A. | tongue and groove type |
| B. | butt type |
| C. | weakened plane type |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
The length of the tangent of a simple curve having angle of deflection ? and radius of curvature R, is equal to |
| A. | R sin ?/2 |
| B. | R cos ?/2 |
| C. | R tan ?/2 |
| D. | R cot ?/2 |
| Answer» D. R cot ?/2 | |
| 27. |
The shape of a vertical curve is |
| A. | parabolic |
| B. | spiral |
| C. | elliptical |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» B. spiral | |
| 28. |
The Motor Vehicle Act was enacted in |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» D. 1948 | |
| 29. |
Design of both summit and valley curves is based on the assumption that the |
| A. | curve is so flat that the length of curve is equal to the length of chord |
| B. | two portions of the curve along the two tangents on either side of the point of intersection are equal |
| C. | angles made by the tangent with the horizontal are very small and tangents of those angles are equal to the angles themselves (in radians) |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
If the traffic detectors are used on all the approaches to an intersection, the control signal is known as |
| A. | full traffic-actuated signal |
| B. | semi-traffic actuated signals |
| C. | speed control signals |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. semi-traffic actuated signals | |
| 31. |
The enoscope is used to determine |
| A. | running speed |
| B. | spot speed |
| C. | travel time |
| D. | average speed |
| Answer» C. travel time | |
| 32. |
National Highways Act, 1956 came into force from |
| A. | 15th April, 1957 |
| B. | 15th April, 1958 |
| C. | 15th April, 1960 |
| D. | 15th April 1961 |
| Answer» B. 15th April, 1958 | |
| 33. |
The road surfacing should be |
| A. | impervious |
| B. | durable |
| C. | stable |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
A batter of 1 in 12 may be given to the retaining wall on the outside. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 35. |
The headquarter of the Indian Roads and Transport Development Association is at |
| A. | Mumbai (Bombay) |
| B. | Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| C. | Chennai (Madras) |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» B. Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
| 36. |
The Central Road Organisation (C.R.O.) was set up in |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» B. 1934 | |
| 37. |
A road connecting two towns is called a |
| A. | country road |
| B. | urban road |
| C. | highway |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. urban road | |
| 38. |
The super-elevation is |
| A. | directly proportional to the velocity of vehicles |
| B. | inversely proportional to the velocity of vehicles |
| C. | directly proportional to the width of pavement |
| D. | inversely proportional to the width of pavement |
| Answer» B. inversely proportional to the velocity of vehicles | |
| 39. |
According to Indian Roads Congress, superelevation balances the centrifugal force corresponding to |
| A. | full design speed |
| B. | half of the design speed |
| C. | three-fourth of the design speed |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 40. |
To prevent the development of excessive compressive stresses in the concrete pavements as a result of expansion caused by increase in temperature, the type of transverse joint provided is |
| A. | construction joint |
| B. | contraction joint |
| C. | expansion joint |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 41. |
Level crossing' is a |
| A. | regulatory sign |
| B. | warning sign |
| C. | informatory sign |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. informatory sign | |
| 42. |
The maximum number of vehicles can be parked with |
| A. | parallel parking |
| B. | right angle parking |
| C. | 45? angle parking |
| D. | 75? angle parking |
| Answer» B. right angle parking | |
| 43. |
The headquarter of the Indian Roads Congress is at |
| A. | Mumbai (Bombay) |
| B. | Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| C. | Chennai (Madras) |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The dowel bars are used in rigid pavements for |
| A. | resisting tensile stresses |
| B. | resisting bending stress |
| C. | resisting shear stresses |
| D. | transferring load from one portion to another |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Steeper camber may cause deterioration of the central portion of the road surface. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 46. |
Highway density is defined as the total number of vehicles |
| A. | that can be accomodated on a unit length of the road |
| B. | that can pass a given point in a unit period of time |
| C. | that can pass a given point in a specified period of time |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. that can pass a given point in a unit period of time | |
| 47. |
A cubic spiral is |
| A. | superior |
| B. | inferior |
| Answer» B. inferior | |
| 48. |
Dead slow' is a |
| A. | regulatory sign |
| B. | warning sign |
| C. | informatory sign |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. warning sign | |
| 49. |
The cost of construction of rigid pavements is |
| A. | same |
| B. | less |
| C. | more |
| Answer» D. | |
| 50. |
The length of the vehicles does not effect the widths of shoulders. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» C. | |