HIGHWAY ENGINEERING QUIZ

When two equally important roads cross roughly at right angles, the suitable shape of central island is

tangent

turbine

elliptical

circular

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The number of repetitions, which the pavement thickness designed for a given wheel load should be able to support during the life of pavement is

1000000

1000

10000

100000

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The stopping sight distance depends upon

efficiency of brakes

All of these

total reaction time of driver

speed of vehicle

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Which of the following tests measures the toughness of road aggregates ?

shape test

abrasion test

impact test

crushing strength test

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Bottom most layer of pavement is known as

subgrade

base course

wearing course

sub-base course

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The shape of the camber, best suited for cement concrete pavements, is

straight line

combination of straight and parabolic

parabolic

elliptical

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Maximum daily traffic capacity of bituminous pavements is

2000 tonnes per day

1500 tonnes per day

500 tonnes per day

1000 tonnes per day

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In highway construction on super elevated curves, the rolling shall proceed from

lower edge towards the upper edge

centre towards the sides

upper edge towards the lower edge

sides towards the centre

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When a number of roads are meeting at a point and only one of the roads is important, then the suitable shape of rotary is

turbine

tangent

elliptical

circular

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Stopping sight distance is always

equal to overtaking sight distance

less than overtaking sight distance

None of these

more than overtaking sight distance

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