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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.
| 201. |
When the bearing capacity of soil is poor and the intensity of traffic is high, an additional layer is provided between the soling and sub-grade. This additional layer is called |
| A. | wearing layer |
| B. | sub-base |
| C. | road surfacing |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» C. road surfacing | |
| 202. |
When the rainfall is more, flatter gradients should be provided in the side drains and the road. |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No |
| Answer» C. | |
| 203. |
In scanty rainfall areas, the camber provided will be |
| A. | flatter |
| B. | steeper |
| C. | zero |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. steeper | |
| 204. |
On kankar road, the camber generally provided is |
| A. | 1 in 24 to 1 in 30 |
| B. | 1 in 30 to 1 in 48 |
| C. | 1 in 48 to 1 in 60 |
| D. | 1 in 60 to 1 in 80 |
| Answer» B. 1 in 30 to 1 in 48 | |
| 205. |
On cement concrete roads, the comber generally provided is 1 in 70 to 1 in 80. |
| A. | Agree |
| B. | Disagree |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 206. |
For cement concrete roads, a minimum gradient of 1 in 330 can be provided. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 207. |
Gradients more than the floating gradient result in the |
| A. | decrease |
| B. | increase |
| Answer» C. | |
| 208. |
The longest distance at which a driver, whose line of sight is 1.2 m above the road surface, can see the top of an object 10 cm high on the surface of road, is called |
| A. | crossing sight distance |
| B. | stopping or non-passing sight distance |
| C. | over taking or passing sight distance |
| D. | lateral sight distance |
| Answer» C. over taking or passing sight distance | |
| 209. |
Formation width on curves of motorable road carrying a total load above 400 tonnes per day is kept as |
| A. | 4 m |
| B. | 5 m |
| C. | 7.25 m |
| D. | 11 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 210. |
The slope of the line joining the crown and edge of the road surface is known as |
| A. | cross-fall |
| B. | corss-slope |
| C. | camber |
| D. | any one of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 211. |
A road sign is generally installed above the ground at a height of |
| A. | 2.75 m to 2.80 m |
| B. | 2.95 m to 3.00 m |
| C. | 3.15 m to 3.5 m |
| D. | more than 3.5 m |
| Answer» B. 2.95 m to 3.00 m | |
| 212. |
A road within a city or town in called an urban road. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 213. |
The distance, measured along the centre line of a road, over which a driver can see the opposite object on the road surface, is called |
| A. | sight distance |
| B. | visibility |
| C. | clear distance |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. visibility | |
| 214. |
A department of public works (now known as Central Public Works Department) was formed to look after the work of road construction during the period of |
| A. | Lord William Bentincic |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord Mayo |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» C. Lord Mayo | |
| 215. |
If the width of cariage way is 10 m and the outer edge is 40 cm higher than the inner edge, then the super-elevation required is |
| A. | 1 in 25 |
| B. | 1 in 100 |
| C. | 1 in 400 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. 1 in 100 | |
| 216. |
A camber of 1 in 30 means that for a 30 m wide road, the crown of the road will be |
| A. | 0.5 m |
| B. | 1 m |
| Answer» B. 1 m | |
| 217. |
According to IRC recommendations, the width of transverse expansion joint should be |
| A. | 10 mm |
| B. | 20 mm |
| C. | 30 mm |
| D. | 40 mm |
| Answer» C. 30 mm | |
| 218. |
Tie bars in longitudinal joints in concrete pavements |
| A. | ensure firm contact between slab faces |
| B. | prevent abutting slabs from separating along the longitudinal joint |
| C. | act as load transfer devices |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 219. |
The type of transition curve recommended by the IRC is |
| A. | cubic parabola |
| B. | cubic spiral |
| C. | lamniscate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. lamniscate | |
| 220. |
According to IRC, the minimum length of the summit or valley curve should not be less than |
| A. | one-half |
| B. | one-fourth |
| C. | two-third |
| Answer» B. one-fourth | |
| 221. |
Transition curves are not provided on highways. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» C. | |
| 222. |
A circular curve may be a vertical curve. |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No |
| Answer» C. | |
| 223. |
The fundamental condition for a perfect transition curve is that radius of curvature at any point should be |
| A. | directly |
| B. | inversely |
| Answer» C. | |
| 224. |
The main advantage of providing transition curves on highways, is |
| A. | to obtain transition from the tangent to the circular curve and from the obtain transition from the tangent to the circular curve and from the circular to the tangent |
| B. | to obtain a gradual increase of curfature from a value of zero at the tangent to a maximum at the circular curve |
| C. | to have a gradual increase of super-elevation from zero at the tangent to a specific maximum at the circular curve |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
As per IRC recommendations, the sub-grade or sub-base layer whatever underlies the concrete wearing slab, in concrete pavements, must confirm to the requirement that |
| A. | no soft spots are present in the sub-grade or sub-base |
| B. | the base or sub-base extends to atleast 30 cm wider on either side of the width to be concreted |
| C. | the sub-grade is properly drained |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 226. |
Clothoid is the ideal shape of a transition curve. |
| A. | Agree |
| B. | Disagree |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 227. |
A curve at the valley between two hills having a concave shape is called a valley curve. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» C. | |
| 228. |
A lamniscate fulfils the requirements of a true transition curve. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» C. | |
| 229. |
The main advantage of concrete pavements is that |
| A. | it offers less resistance to traffic |
| B. | it is not slippery when clean |
| C. | it has low maintenance cost |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 230. |
The flexible pavements have self-healing properties. |
| A. | Right |
| B. | Wrong |
| Answer» B. Wrong | |
| 231. |
The major function of reinforcement, in concrete pavements, is |
| A. | to strengthen the slab |
| B. | to hold together the cracks |
| C. | to control the development of cracks |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 232. |
The wearing course in the case of flexible pavements consist of |
| A. | hard well burnt clinker |
| B. | broken stone and granular material mixed with tar |
| C. | a mixture of bituminous material and aggregate |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 233. |
The stresses set up in concrete pavements due to change in moisture content are very |
| A. | high |
| B. | low |
| Answer» C. | |
| 234. |
The longitudinal joint in concrete pavements, as recommended by IRC, is of |
| A. | tongue and groove type |
| B. | butt type |
| C. | weakened plane type |
| D. | hinged type |
| Answer» C. weakened plane type | |
| 235. |
According to IRC recommendations, the maximum spacing of a transverse expansion joint in unreinforced concrete pavements for a slab thickness of 20 cm should be |
| A. | 4.5 m |
| B. | 15 m |
| C. | 27 m |
| D. | 37 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 236. |
The transverse contraction joints in unreinforced concrete pavements are provided at much closer intervals than the expansion joints. |
| A. | Agree |
| B. | Disagree |
| Answer» B. Disagree | |
| 237. |
In CBR test, the value of CBR is calculated at |
| A. | 2.5 mm penetration only |
| B. | 5 mm penetration only |
| C. | both 2.5 and 5 mm penetration |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 238. |
In the initial stage of construction of hill roads, no curve should have a radius less than |
| A. | 20 m |
| B. | 30 m |
| C. | 40 m |
| D. | 50 m |
| Answer» C. 40 m | |
| 239. |
Valley curves are required to be introduced at the situations where |
| A. | a negative grade meets a positive grade |
| B. | a negative grade meets another milder negative grade |
| C. | a negative grade meets a steeper positive grade |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 240. |
The converence of chief engineers of all provinces was held at Nagpur in |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1958 |
| D. | 1960 |
| Answer» B. 1947 | |
| 241. |
End of speed limit' is a |
| A. | regulatory sign |
| B. | warning sign |
| C. | informatory sign |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 242. |
The difference of levels between two points A and B is 1 metre and their distance apart is 50 metres, the gradient is said to be |
| A. | 1 in 50 or 2% |
| B. | 1 in 5 or 20% |
| C. | 1 in 20 or 5% |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. 1 in 5 or 20% | |
| 243. |
The prevailing conditions referred to under the possible capacity of a traffic lane are ideal if |
| A. | there are at least two lanes for the exclusive use to traffic moving in one direction |
| B. | all the vehicles move at the same uniform speed |
| C. | the widths of lanes, shoulders and clearances to vertical obstructions beyond the edge of the traffic lane are adequate |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 244. |
Which of the following is not a transition curve? |
| A. | Compound curve |
| B. | cubic spiral |
| C. | Cubic parabola |
| D. | True spiral |
| Answer» B. cubic spiral | |
| 245. |
As per IRC recommendations, traffic volume study is carried out for rural roads for |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 28 |
| Answer» B. 14 | |
| 246. |
A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hill side of the roadway is called |
| A. | breast wall |
| B. | retaining wall |
| C. | parapet wall |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. retaining wall | |
| 247. |
The function of a road base is to transmit load of the traffic from the |
| A. | soling |
| B. | surfacing |
| Answer» C. | |
| 248. |
The size of a stone used on a road must be in due proportion to the space occupied by a wheel of ordinary dimensions on a smooth level surface. This point of contact will be found to be longitudinally about 25 mm and every piece of stone put into a road which exceeds 25 mm in any of its dimensions is mischievous. This statement is according to Macadam. |
| A. | Correct |
| B. | Incorrect |
| Answer» B. Incorrect | |
| 249. |
The gradients of trace cuts for hill roads are kept |
| A. | 10 to 20% easier than the ruling gradient |
| B. | 20 to 25% easier than the ruling gradient |
| C. | 10 to 20% steeper than the ruling gradient |
| D. | 20 to 25% steeper than the ruling gradient |
| Answer» B. 20 to 25% easier than the ruling gradient | |
| 250. |
The stopping sight distance is the |
| A. | summit |
| B. | difference |
| C. | product |
| Answer» B. difference | |