Description : The pavement width of a road depends upon (A) Terrain (B) Type of traffic (C) Number of lanes (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : The traffic carrying capacity of a single lane, depends on (A) Type of the vehicles (B) Level crossings (C) Road intersections (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : A subsidiary area in a carriageway placed so as to control the movement of the traffic, is (A) Median strip (B) Island (C) Flower bed (D) Refuge
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : California Bearing Ratio method of designing flexible pavements is more accurate as it involves (A) Characteristics of soils (B) Traffic intensities (C) Character of the road making materials (D) None of these
Description : If the number of lanes on the carriageway of a road is more than two, the total width of lane ways is equal to 3.0 m (A) + 0.60 m (B) + 0.70 m (C) + 0.90 m (D) + 1.50 m
Description : 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
Description : Road width 8.8 m of two lane National highways or State highways in mountainous terrain (A) Excludes the width of parapet (0.6 m) (B) Excludes the width of side drain (0.6 m) (C) Excludes the width of parapet and side drain (D) Includes the width of parapet and side drain
Description : Width of a rotary round should be equal to (A) Twice the width of narrowest radial road (B) Width of the widest road (C) Width of the widest road plus the width of one lane (D) Width of the widest road plus 2 metres
Description : According to IRC : 52-1973, for a single lane National Highway in hilly region, (A) Width of the carriageway must be 3.75 m (B) Shoulders on either side must be 1.25 m (C) Total width of the road-way must be 6.25 m (D) Total of the above
Description : According to Indian Road Congress, the width of carriageway, is (A) 3.75 m for single lane (B) 7.0 m for two lanes without raised kerbs (C) 7.5 m for two lanes with raised kerbs (D) All the above
Description : Maximum daily traffic capacity of bituminous pavements is (A) 500 tonnes per day (B) 1000 tonnes per day (C) 1500 tonnes per day (D) 2000 tonnes per day
Description : Normal formation width of a hill road for one-way traffic, is (A) 3.6 m (B) 4.8 m (C) 6.6 m (D) 7.2 m
Description : Reinforcement in cement concrete slab of road pavements, is placed (A) Longitudinally (B) Transversely (C) Longitudinally and transversely (D) In the form of welded wire mesh
Description : Select the correct statement. (A) Quantity of binder required for tack coat is less than that required for prime coat (B) Prime coat treatment is given for plugging the voids in water ... the final coat over certain previous bituminous pavements (D) A bitumen primer is a high viscosity cutback
Description : For road pavements, the cement generally used, is (A) Ordinary Portland cement (B) Rapid hardening cement (C) Low heat cement (D) Blast furnace slag cement
Description : Plastic bitumen is generally used for (A) Road pavements (B) Expansion joints (C) Crack fillings (D) None to these
Description : Expanded metal is (A) Manufactured from steel sheets (B) Used for reinforced concrete in road pavements (C) Measured in term of SWM (short way mesh) and LWM (long way mesh) (D) All the above
Description : Rapid hardening cement is used (a) Where high early strength is desired (b) Where form work is to be removed as early as possible (c) For construction of road pavements. (d) All of the above
Last Answer : (d) All of the above
Description : For road pavements, the cement generally used, is [ A ] Ordinary Portland cement [ B ] Rapid hardening cement [ C ] Low heat cement [ D ] Blast furnace slag cement
Last Answer : [ A ] Ordinary Portland cement
Description : The width of the flange of a T-beam, which may be considered to act effectively with the rib depends upon (A) Breadth of the rib (B) Overall thickness of the rib (C) Centre to centre distance between T-beams (D) All the above
Description : Maximum number of vehicles that can pass a given point on a lane during one hour without creating unreasonable delay, is known as (A) Traffic density of lane (B) Basic capacity of lane (C) Probable capacity of lane (D) Practical capacity of lane
Description : For a 6.6 m wide two lane pavement, berms are provided on either side having a width of (A) 1.00 m (B) 1.25 m (C) 1.50 m (D) 1.75 m
Description : In a two lane channel, bottom width of channel is given by (A) Manoeuvring lane + (2 Bank clearance lane) (B) (2 Manoeuvring lane) + (2 Bank clearance lane) (C) (2 ... clearance lane + ship clearance lane) (D) Manoeuvring lane + (2 Bank clearance lane) + ship clearance lane
Last Answer : (C) (2 × Manoeuvring lane) + (2 × Bank clearance lane + ship clearance lane)
Description : Concrete pavement is provided if daily traffic per lane exceeds (A) 500 tonnes (B) 750 tonnes (C) 1000 tonnes (D) 1250 tonnes
Description : The efficiency of the brakes of a vehicle depends upon (A) Condition of road surface (B) Condition of the tyres (C) Presence of the show moisture (D) All the above
Description : Thickness of broken line markings on multi-lane road for lanes is generally kept (A) 10 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 18 cm
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Thickness of broken centre line markings for a four lane road, is generally kept (A) 10 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 18 cm
Description : Extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a single lane hill road of radius 80 m for a design speed of 50 km ph and for a vehicle with wheel base 6.0 m is (A) 0.225 m (B) 0.589 m (C) 1.250 m (D) None of these
Description : If the velocity of moving vehicles on a road is 24 km/per hour, stopping distance is 19 metres and average length of vehicles is 6 metres, the basic capacity of lane, is (A) 500 vehicles per hour (B) 700 vehicles per hour (C) 1000 vehicles per hour (D) 1250 vehicles per hour
Description : To prevent a head-on-collision of vehicles travelling in opposite directions along four-lane roads (A) Markings on the road are provided (B) Physical dividers are provided (C) Area dividers are provided (D) Medians of wide area are provided
Description : The total value of extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a two lane hill road of radius 42 m for a design speed of 50 kmph and for vehicles with wheel base 6 m, is (A) 0.500 m (B) 0.589 m (C) 1.089 m (D) 0.089 m
Description : In case of a multi-lane road, overtaking is generally permitted (A) From right (B) From left (C) From both sides right and left (D) Not at all
Description : The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab, is (A) One-fourth the width of the panel (B) Half the width of the panel (C) Radius of the column (D) Diameter of the column
Description : According to I.S. : 456, slabs which span in two directions with corners held down, are assumed to be divided in each direction into middle strips and edge strips such that the width of the middle strip, is ... (C) Three-fourth of the width of the slab (D) Four-fifth of the width of the slab
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) The rate of flow of water through a unit cross-sectional area under a unit hydraulic gradient, is called coefficient of permeability (B) ... aquifers, is governed by the Darcy's law (D) The term 'transmissibility' was introduced by Meinzer
Description : A piece of timber whose thickness and width are respectively 5 cm and 10 cm is called (A) Slate (B) Plank (C) Board (D) Strip
Description : Width and speed of a conveyor belt depends upon the __________ of the material. (A) Lump size (B) Bulk density (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : A thin film is observed in white light. The color of the film seen at a particular point depends upon (a)Location of observer (b)Width of the source (c) Distance of the source (d) Brightness of the source
Last Answer : (a)Location of observer
Description : Standard width of the lane shall be. (a) 1.20 mts (b) 1.22 mts (c) 1.22 to 1.25 mts. (d) 110 mts.
Last Answer : (c) 1.22 to 1.25 mts.
Description : Why do some drivers in the carpool lane driver slower than the traffic in the regular lanes?
Last Answer : Passive agression?
Description : If you are slower than other traffic on an interstate which lane should you use?
Last Answer : Depends on which country you're in.If you are in a country with right-side traffic, you should stayin the right lanes and let faster traffic pass you on the left.If you're in a country with left-side traffic, you should stayin the left lanes and let faster traffic pass on the right.
Description : If carpool lanes are reserved to encourage people to commute together and as a result have fewer drivers on the road, shouldn't the number of people needed for the carpool lane include licensed drivers only?
Last Answer : How are you going to determine if everyone in a car is a legal driver, even if they are all of age? Stopping every car to check IDs would defeat one purpose of the lanes which is to reduce ... to work. Not to mention it would probably not be legal to check every ID without probable cause anyway.
Description : The width of pavement in addition to a gravelled berm 1 m on either side for a two directional traffic recommended by Nagpur Conference of Chief Engineers, is (A) 4.7 m (B) 5.7 m (C) 6.7 m (D) 7.7 m
Description : In cement concrete pavements, tensile stress is due to: (A) Bending or deflection under wheel loads (B) Difference in temperature of the top and bottom of pavement (C) Contraction of slab during falling temperature (D) All the above
Description : In case of cement concrete pavements, pick up the incorrect statement (A) Tractive resistance is low (B) Initial cost of construction is high (C) Initial cost of construction is low (D) Visibility during nights is high
Description : The camber on pavements, is provided by (A) Straight line method (B) Parabolic method (C) Straight line and parabolic at crown (D) Elliptical method
Description : The maximum spacing of contraction joints in rigid pavements is (A) 2.5 m (B) 3.5 m (C) 4.5 m (D) 5.5 m
Description : The formula for calculating the depth of concrete pavements suggested by Gold beck, is (A) d = 3W/ max (B) d W/ max) (C) d W/ max) (D) d W/ max)
Description : Camber in pavements is provided by (A) Straight line method (B) Parabola method (C) Straight at the edges and parabolic at the crown (D) All the above
Description : The maximum thickness of expansion joint in rigid pavements is (A) 0 (B) 25 mm (C) 50 mm (D) 100 mm