Highway Engineering Introduction 4

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1. City roads meant for through traffic usually on continious routes

A) Carriage way
B) Expressway
C) Arterial roads
D) Sub arterial roads

... Answer is C


 

2. Centeral portion of roads for high speed vehicular traffic

A) Carriage Way
B) Expressway
C) Motorway
D) Both B & C

... Answer is D

 

3. Portion of road surface used for vehicular traffic

A) Carriageway
B) Creatway
C) Roadway
D) None of the above

... Answer is A

 

4. In which of the following surveys of road soil profile, sampling done upto a depth of 1m to 3m below the existing ground level?

A) Preliminary Survey
B) Primary Survey
C) Reconisance Survey
D) Location Survey

... Answer is A

 

5. In Water Bound Mecadam roads

A) Voids between stones are filled by stone dust
B) Small brocken stones laid in 2 layers
C) Camber for drainage is given at formation level
D) All of the above

... Answer is D

 

6. Department of Public Works  was formed to look after  the work of road construction during the period of

A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Ripon
C) Lord William Bentincic
D) Loed Mayo

... Answer is A

 

7. Motor Vehicle  Act was enacted in

A) 1930
B) 1935
C) 1936
D) 1939

... Answer is D

 

8. Unit cost of transportation Au on a section of highway may be calculated as____________ where L= length of highway in Km, N=Total number of vehicles on road per year, A= Total annual cost of highway transpotation.

A) Au=AL/N
B) Au=A/NL
C) Au=A+NL
D) aU=A-NL

... Answer is B

 

9. State Highways should have_____m wide carriage and ____m wide shoulders on each aide.

A) 4.5 & 3.50
B) 3.5 & 2.56
C) 6 & 4
D) 8 & 2

... Answer is D

 

10. Total Annual cost of highway transportation , A can be calculated as_________, where B=Annula cost of highway, C=Annula cost of single vehicle operation, N=Total number of vehicles on road per year.

A) A=B-NC
B) A=B/CN
C) A=B+CN
D) A=BxCN

... Answer is B

 

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