Highway Engineering - Section 1

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Highway Engineering - Section 1

in this section, we provide many important questions in the form of
MCQs which are based on highway engineering. If you are interested, then you can give this test.

1.

Maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a road during one hour under the most ideal road way and traffic conditions, is known as

A.	traffic density
B.	basic capacity of traffic lane
C.	possible capacity of traffic lane
D.	all the above.

Answer: Option B

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2.

The wall constructed for the stability of an excavated portion of a road on the hill side, is known as

A.	retaining wall
B.	breast wall
C.	parapet wall
D.	all the above.

Answer: Option B

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3.

A single lane carriage way whenever changes to two-lane carriage way, is affected through a taper of

A.	1 in 10
B.	1 in 15
C.	1 in 20
D.	1 in 15 to 1 in 20

Answer: Option D

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4.

The length of the side of warning sign boards of roads is

A.	30 cm
B.	40 cm
C.	45 cm
D.	50 cm

Answer: Option C

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5.

The head light of vehicles should be such that its lower beam illuminates objects at

A.	10 m
B.	20 m
C.	30 m
D.	40 m
E.	50 m

Answer: Option C

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6.

On the recommendations of Indian Road Congress, the ruling gradient in plains, is

A.	1 in 15
B.	1 in 20
C.	1 in 30
D.	1 in 45
E.	1 in 100

Answer: Option C

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7.

In India the modes of transportation, in the order of their importance, are

A.	air transport, shipping, roads, railways
B.	shipping, roads, railways, air transport
C.	roads, railways, air transport, shipping
D.	railways, roads, shipping, air transport
E.	shipping, railways, roads, air transport.

Answer: Option D

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8.

Pick up the correct statement from the following :

A.	Safety fences are provided on either side of a roadway if embankments are in excess of 6 metres
B.	Safety fences are provided on outside of the curves of radii less than 750 m if the embankments are between 3 metres and 6 metres
C.	Guard stones are provided at 2.5 metres intervals if embankments are between 1.6 metres to 3 metres
D.	All the above.

Answer: Option D

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