Top 150+ Solved Highway Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. Class-9 roads are designed to carry
a. jeeps
b. 1-tonne vehicles
c. 3-tonne vehicles
d. 10 tonne vehicles
Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a. Where the traffic flow is uninterrupted, the design capacity of a road is numerically equal to practical capacity.
b. The design capacity, normally, is a term applied to existing highways.
c. The practical capacity, normally, is a term applied to new highways.
d. all of the above
Q. The stopping sight distance depends upon the
a. reaction time
b. braking time
c. speed of vehicle
d. all of these
Q. Kautilya got constructed a National Highway connecting North West Fronter Province and Patna in about.
a. 295 B.C.
b. 300 C.
c. 310 B.C.
d. 337 B.C.
Q. 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
Q. The camber, for the drainage of surface water, was first introduced by
a. Telford
b. Tresaguet
c. Sully
d. Macadam
Q. For transportation purposes in India, the first preference is given to
a. air lines
b. roads
c. shipping
d. railways
Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a. A summit curve is provided where a positive grade meets a negative grade.
b. A circular curve may be a reverse curve.
c. A transition curve tends to counteract the swaying outwards of a vehicle.
d. none of the above
Q. 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
Q. For the water-bound macadam road, the recommended camber is
a. 1 in 24 to 1 in 30
b. 1 in 30 to 1 in 48
c. 1 in 60 to 1 in 80
d. 1 in 80 to 1 in 120
Q. The total rise or fall between any two points chosen on the alignment divided by the horizontal distance between the two points, is called
a. average gradient
b. exceptional gradient
c. ruling gradient
d. floating gradient
Q. In water-bound Macadam roads
a. small broken stones are laid in two layers
b. voids between the stones are filled by stone dust
c. camber for drainage is given at the formation level itself
d. all of the above
Q. 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