Top 150+ Solved Highway Engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Central Road Research Institute is controlled by
a. Shipping and Transport
b. Science and Technology
c. Planning
d. Finance
Q. 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
Q. The side drains are provided on both sides of the roadway, when the road is
a. in cutting
b. along salient curve
c. along re-entrant curve
d. all of these
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. The Indian Roads and Transport Development Association (I.R.T.D.A.) was set up in
a. 1927
b. 1934
c. 1947
d. 1951
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. A horizontal curve on a road provides
a. change in the direction
b. change in the gradient of road
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these