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This section includes 428 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Surveying knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 401. |
On earth roads, the camber should preferably be |
| A. | 1 in 20 to 1 in 24 |
| B. | 1 in 30 to 1 in 48 |
| C. | 1 in 15 to 1 in 20 |
| D. | 1 in 10 to 1 in 15 |
| Answer» B. 1 in 30 to 1 in 48 | |
| 402. |
Depth of reinforcement below the surface of a concrete pavement, is generally kept |
| A. | 5 cm |
| B. | 6 cm |
| C. | 7 cm |
| D. | 8 cm |
| Answer» B. 6 cm | |
| 403. |
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 |
| Answer» D. 0.089 m | |
| 404. |
1.R.T.D.A. (Indian Roads and Transport Development Association) was set up at Bombay in |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» D. 1937 | |
| 405. |
For a 6.6 m wide two lane pavement, berms are provided on either side having a width of |
| A. | l.00 m |
| B. | 1.25 m |
| C. | 1.50 m |
| D. | 1.75 m |
| Answer» D. 1.75 m | |
| 406. |
Minimum radius of a simple circular curve deflecting through 5°, is |
| A. | 1618.9 m |
| B. | 1816.9 m |
| C. | 1718.9 m |
| D. | 1817.9 m |
| Answer» D. 1817.9 m | |
| 407. |
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The width of the right-of-way is decided so as to accommodate |
| A. | formation width |
| B. | side slopes |
| C. | horizontal curve |
| D. | vertical curve |
| Answer» E. | |
| 408. |
On most smooth hard surfaced roads, rolling resistance to moving vehicles, ranges from |
| A. | 5 kg to 7 kg/tonne |
| B. | 7 kg to 9 kg/tonne |
| C. | 9 kg to 11 kg/tonne |
| D. | 11 kg to 13 kg/tonne |
| Answer» D. 11 kg to 13 kg/tonne | |
| 409. |
An exceptional grade may be provided upto 1 in 12 along hill roads, if the length does not exceed |
| A. | 45 m per km |
| B. | 60 m per km |
| C. | 75 m per km |
| D. | 90 m per km |
| Answer» C. 75 m per km | |
| 410. |
The head of public works department of any Indian state, is |
| A. | Transport Minister |
| B. | Chief Engineer |
| C. | Superintending Engineer |
| D. | Executive Engineer. |
| Answer» C. Superintending Engineer | |
| 411. |
The traffic manoeuvre means |
| A. | diverging |
| B. | merging |
| C. | crossing |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 412. |
The number of vehicles moving in a specified direction on a roadway that pass a given point during specified unit of time, is called |
| A. | traffic volume |
| B. | traffic density |
| C. | basic capacity |
| D. | traffic capacity. |
| Answer» B. traffic density | |
| 413. |
A gradient along which the vehicle does not require any tractive effort to maintain a specified speed, is known as |
| A. | ruling gradient |
| B. | pushing gradient |
| C. | floating gradient |
| D. | minimum gradient |
| Answer» D. minimum gradient | |
| 414. |
Parapet walls along hill roads, are provided |
| A. | to retain the back filling |
| B. | to prevent the hill from sliding |
| C. | to prevent the wheels of the vehicle from coming on the retaining wall |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 415. |
The wall constructed for the stability of a back filling portion of a road on the down hill side, is known as |
| A. | retaining wall |
| B. | breast wall |
| C. | parapet wall |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» B. breast wall | |
| 416. |
If the coefficient of friction on the road surface is 0.15 and a maximum super-elevation 1 in 15 is provided, the maximum speed of the vehicles on a curve of 100 metre radius, is |
| A. | 32.44 km/hour |
| B. | 42.44 kg/hour |
| C. | 52.44 km/hour |
| D. | 62.44 km/hour |
| Answer» D. 62.44 km/hour | |
| 417. |
When an up gradient of a highway meets a downgrade, the vertical curve provided, is known as |
| A. | valley curve |
| B. | sag curve |
| C. | summit curve |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» D. all the above. | |
| 418. |
Curves in the same direction separated by short tangents, are called |
| A. | simple circular curves |
| B. | compound curves |
| C. | transition curves |
| D. | broken-back curves. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 419. |
Area of steel required per metre width of pavement for a length of 20 m for design wheel load 6300 kg and permissible stress in steel 1400 kg/cm 2 , is |
| A. | 70 kg/sq cm |
| B. | 80 kg/sq cm |
| C. | 90 kg/sq cm |
| D. | 100 kg/sq cm |
| Answer» D. 100 kg/sq cm | |
| 420. |
The inventor of road making as a building science, was |
| A. | Sully |
| B. | Tresguet |
| C. | Telford |
| D. | Macadam. |
| Answer» B. Tresguet | |
| 421. |
Cement grouted pavement is classified as |
| A. | rigid pavement |
| B. | semi-rigid pavement |
| C. | flexible pavement |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. flexible pavement | |
| 422. |
The first stage of deciding the alignment of a hill road, is |
| A. | reconnaissance |
| B. | detailed survey |
| C. | trace-out |
| D. | preliminary survey. |
| Answer» B. detailed survey | |
| 423. |
Passing zones are generally not provided on |
| A. | summit curves |
| B. | horizontal curves |
| C. | two lane highways |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 424. |
The minimum design speed of various types of highways in plain terrain is the same as the ruling design speed of |
| A. | rolling terrain |
| B. | mountainous terrain |
| C. | steep terrain |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. mountainous terrain | |
| 425. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 426. |
For maximum strength and durability minimum percentage of cement, by weight is |
| A. | 15% |
| B. | 20% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 30% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 427. |
If C is basic capacity per lane, V is velocity in km/hour, S is stopping distance pluslength of the vehicles in metres, the formula is applicable to |
| A. | district roads |
| B. | two lane roads |
| C. | two lane roads in one direction |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 428. |
The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 m/sec 2 , for a design speed 100 km ph, is |
| A. | 16.0 m |
| B. | 42.3 m |
| C. | 84.6 m |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |