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This section includes 224 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
The distance travelled by a moving vehicle during perception and brake reaction times, is known as |
| A. | sight distance |
| B. | stopping distance |
| C. | lag distance |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 152. |
Design of flexible pavements is based on |
| A. | mathematical analysis |
| B. | empirical formulae |
| C. | a compromise of pure theory and pure empirical formula |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 153. |
Reference pillars fixed on the centre line of a proposed road, provide the following information: |
| A. | reduced distance (R.D.) |
| B. | horizontal distance of road from the centre line |
| C. | reduced level at the top of pillar |
| D. | formation level of the road |
| Answer» E. | |
| 154. |
If the designed speed on a circular curve of radius 1400 m is 80 km/hour, no superelevation is provided, if the camber, is |
| A. | 0.04 |
| B. | 0.03 |
| C. | 0.02 |
| D. | 0.017 |
| Answer» D. 0.017 | |
| 155. |
The minimum ratio of the radii of two circular curves of a compound curve, is kept |
| A. | 1.25 |
| B. | 1.5 |
| C. | 1.75 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» C. 1.75 | |
| 156. |
On concrete roads, the camber generally provided, is |
| A. | 1 in 20 to 1 in 24 |
| B. | 1 in 30 to 1 in 48 |
| C. | 1 in 36 to 1 in 48 |
| D. | 1 in 48 to 1 in 60 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 157. |
The minimum superelevation in rolling terrain in plains, is limited to |
| A. | 0.04 |
| B. | 0.05 |
| C. | 0.06 |
| D. | 0.07 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 158. |
The period of long term plan for the development of roads in India, known as Bombay Plan (Aug. 1958), is |
| A. | 5 years |
| B. | 10 years |
| C. | 15 years |
| D. | 20 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 159. |
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 |
| Answer» D. includes the width of parapet and side drain | |
| 160. |
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 |
| Answer» D. 7.7 m | |
| 161. |
As per recommendations of I.R.C., traffic volume study is carried out for rural roads for 7 days continuously during |
| A. | harvesing |
| B. | lean season |
| C. | harvesting and lean season |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 162. |
The type of transition curves generally provided on hill roads, is |
| A. | circular |
| B. | cubic parabola |
| C. | Lemniscate |
| D. | spiral. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
Indian Road Congress (I.R.C.) was founded and constituted with its head quarters at New Delhi, in |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1934 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 164. |
Speed regulations on roads is decided on the basis of |
| A. | 60 percentile cumulative frequency |
| B. | 75 percentile cumulative frequency |
| C. | 80 percentile cumulative frequency |
| D. | 85 percentile cumulative frequency. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 165. |
In water bound macadam roads, binding material, is |
| A. | sand |
| B. | stone dust |
| C. | cement |
| D. | brick dust. |
| Answer» C. cement | |
| 166. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
The width formation of a road means the width of |
| A. | carriageway |
| B. | pavement and shoulders |
| C. | embankment at ground level |
| D. | embankment at the top level. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 168. |
The desirable camber for straight roads with thin bituminous surfacing, is |
| A. | 1 in 33 to 1 in 25 |
| B. | 1 in 40 to 1 in 33 |
| C. | 1 in 150 to 1 in 140 |
| D. | 1 in 160 to 1 in 140 |
| Answer» D. 1 in 160 to 1 in 140 | |
| 169. |
Setting out of Lemniscate transition curves, is done with |
| A. | perpendicular offsets |
| B. | radial offsets |
| C. | deflection angles |
| D. | polar deflection angles. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 170. |
On a pavement with parabolic camber, the angle of inclination of the vehicles will be |
| A. | more at the crown |
| B. | less at the edges |
| C. | more at the edges |
| D. | same at the edges as well as at the crown |
| Answer» D. same at the edges as well as at the crown | |
| 171. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
According to the recommendations of Nagpur Conference, the width formation of an ideal National Highway in hard rock cutting, is |
| A. | 8.9 m |
| B. | 7.9 m |
| C. | 6.9 m |
| D. | 6.5 m |
| Answer» C. 6.9 m | |
| 173. |
If d is the thickness of a concrete pavement, the equivalent radius b of resisting section for an interior loading, is |
| A. | b = 0.6 + d2 - 0.675 d |
| B. | b = 1.6 + d2 + 0.675 d |
| C. | b = 1.6 + d2 - 3.675 d |
| D. | b = 1.6 + d2 - 0.675 d |
| Answer» E. | |
| 174. |
Retaining walls are generally constructed with dry rubble stones with 60 cm top width and |
| A. | 1 : 2 front batter |
| B. | 1 : 3 front batter |
| C. | 1 : 4 front batter |
| D. | 1 : 5 front batter |
| Answer» C. 1 : 4 front batter | |
| 175. |
Bottom-most component of a flexible pavement, is |
| A. | subgrade |
| B. | sub-base |
| C. | base |
| D. | base course. |
| Answer» B. sub-base | |
| 176. |
The wall constructed for the stability of an excavated portion of a road on the hill side, is known as |
| A. | retaining wall |
| B. | breast wall |
| C. | parapet wall |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» C. parapet wall | |
| 177. |
Any gradient on a road is said to be an exceptional gradient, if it is |
| A. | more than ruling gradient |
| B. | less than average gradient |
| C. | more than floating gradient |
| D. | less than minimum gradient or more than maximum gradient. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 178. |
Road makers along roads from the edge of a kerb should not be less than |
| A. | 40 cm |
| B. | 45 cm |
| C. | 50 cm |
| D. | 55 cm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 179. |
If A is the projected area of a vehicle in square metres, V is speed of the vehicles in kilometres per hour and C is a constant, then the wind resistance R to the moving vehicles, is given by |
| A. | R = CAV |
| B. | R = CAV2 |
| C. | R = CAV3 |
| Answer» C. R = CAV3 | |
| 180. |
Before providing super-elevation on roads, the portion of the carriageway between the crown and the outer edge is made |
| A. | to have a reduced fall |
| B. | horizontal |
| C. | to have slope of the camber on the other half of the carriageway |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 181. |
In a braking test, a vehicle travelling at 36 km ph was stopped at a braking distance of 8.0 m. The average value of the vehicle's skid resistance (friction coefficient) is |
| A. | 0.64 |
| B. | 6.25 |
| C. | 0.16 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 182. |
If no super elevation is provided on a road along curves, pot holes may develop at |
| A. | inner edge of the road |
| B. | outer edge of the road |
| C. | centre of the road |
| D. | no where on the road. |
| Answer» C. centre of the road | |
| 183. |
The normal road width of National and State highways |
| A. | is kept 45 m |
| B. | in plain and rolling terrain built-up area, is 30 m |
| C. | in mountainous built-up area is 20 m |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 184. |
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 |
| Answer» D. 18 cm | |
| 185. |
Width of the shoulders of carriage way is generally kept |
| A. | 100 cm |
| B. | 125 cm |
| C. | 150 cm |
| D. | 200 cm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 186. |
Raising of outer edge of a road with respect to inner edge, is known |
| A. | super elevation |
| B. | cant |
| C. | banking |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
If the cross slope of a country is 25% to 60%, the terrain is classified as |
| A. | plain |
| B. | rolling |
| C. | steep |
| D. | mountainous. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
Widening of the roads on curves in hilly region, is done |
| A. | on the outer side |
| B. | on the inner side |
| C. | on the outer and inner sides equally |
| D. | less on outer side and more on inner side. |
| Answer» C. on the outer and inner sides equally | |
| 189. |
Increase in traffic volume, due to increase in transport vehicles, is known as |
| A. | development traffic |
| B. | normal traffic growth |
| C. | generated traffic growth |
| D. | current traffic |
| Answer» C. generated traffic growth | |
| 190. |
For the movement of vehicles at an intersection of two roads, without any interference, the type of grade separator generally preferred to, is |
| A. | delta |
| B. | trumpet |
| C. | diamond interchange |
| D. | clover leaf. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 191. |
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 |
| Answer» D. 1250 vehicles per hour | |
| 192. |
Shoulders for high traffic volume roads, should |
| A. | be stable throughout the year to be used by vehicles in the case of emergency |
| B. | support and protect the ends of carriage ways |
| C. | not allow entrance of water to sub-grade |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 193. |
In an ideal transition curve, the radius of curvature |
| A. | is constant |
| B. | at any point is directly proportional to its distance from the point of commencement |
| C. | is inversely proportional to the radius of main curve |
| D. | is directly proportional to the radius of main curve |
| Answer» D. is directly proportional to the radius of main curve | |
| 194. |
Formation width of a hill road is the distance between |
| A. | outer end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall |
| B. | outer end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall |
| C. | inner end of side drain to outer end of parapet wall |
| D. | inner end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall |
| Answer» B. outer end of side drain to inner end of parapet wall | |
| 195. |
If the ruling gradient on any highway is 3%, the gradient provided on the curve of 300 metre radius, is |
| A. | 0.02 |
| B. | 0.0225 |
| C. | 0.025 |
| D. | 0.0275 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 196. |
The gradients of trace cuts for hilly roads, are kept |
| A. | equal to ruling gradient |
| B. | 10 tO 20 per cent easier than ruling gradients |
| C. | 10 to 20 per cent steeper than ruling gradients |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. 10 to 20 per cent steeper than ruling gradients | |
| 197. |
To indicate proper control of consistency of a freshly mixed concrete for pavement construction, the slump should be between |
| A. | 3 to 5 cm |
| B. | 4 to 6 cm |
| C. | 5 to 7 cm |
| D. | 7 to 10 cm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 198. |
For a comfortable travel on Highways, the centrifugal ratio should not exceed |
| A. | 0.1 |
| B. | 0.15 |
| C. | 0.2 |
| D. | 0.25 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 199. |
In welded wire mesh, the longitudinal wire is placed at |
| A. | 10 cm centres |
| B. | 15 cm centres |
| C. | 20 cm centres |
| D. | 25 cm centres |
| Answer» C. 20 cm centres | |
| 200. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |