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This section includes 84 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Highway Planning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
The safe stopping sight distance on the section is |
| A. | 221m |
| B. | 195 m |
| C. | 125 m |
| D. | 65 m |
| Answer» D. 65 m | |
| 52. |
The data given below pertain to the design of a flexible pavement. |
| A. | 0.06 msa |
| B. | 8.40 msa |
| C. | 21.00 msa |
| D. | 32.26 msa |
| Answer» D. 32.26 msa | |
| 53. |
A Marshall specimen is prepared for bituminous concrete with a bitumen content of 5 percent by measured unit weights of the mix are 2.442 g/cm |
| A. | 34.55 |
| B. | 35.9 |
| C. | 73.55 |
| D. | 74.3 |
| Answer» D. 74.3 | |
| 54. |
For a road with camber of 3% and the design speed of 80 km/hr, the minimum radius of the curve, beyond which NO superelevation is needed, is |
| A. | 1080 m |
| B. | 948 m |
| C. | 406 m |
| D. | 280 m |
| Answer» C. 406 m | |
| 55. |
Bilumen is derived from |
| A. | destructive distillation of coal tar |
| B. | destructive distillation of petroleum |
| C. | fractional distillation of petroleum |
| D. | naturally occuring ores |
| Answer» D. naturally occuring ores | |
| 56. |
Camber on highway a pavement is provided to take care of |
| A. | Centrifugal Force |
| B. | Drainage |
| C. | Sight Distance |
| D. | Off-Tracking |
| Answer» C. Sight Distance | |
| 57. |
Bituminous materials are commonly used in highway construction because of their good. |
| A. | tensile and compression properties |
| B. | binding and water proofing properties |
| C. | shear strength and tensile properties |
| D. | bond and tensile properties |
| Answer» C. shear strength and tensile properties | |
| 58. |
The Star and Grid pattern of road network was adopted in |
| A. | Nagpur Road Plan |
| B. | Lucknow Road Plan |
| C. | Bombay Road Plan |
| D. | Delhi Road Plan |
| Answer» B. Lucknow Road Plan | |
| 59. |
Column I below gives a list of physical properties of aggregates which should be determined to judge their suitability in road construction. Column II gives a list of laboratory tests which are conduced to determine these properties. |
| A. | P - 1 , Q - 2 , R - 3 , S - 4 |
| B. | P - 4 , Q - 1 , R - 2 , S - 3 |
| C. | P - 3 , Q - 4 , R - 1 , S - 2 |
| D. | P - 2 , Q - 3 , R - 4 , S - 1 |
| Answer» C. P - 3 , Q - 4 , R - 1 , S - 2 | |
| 60. |
Temperature stresses in concrete pavements may cause the slab to crack. If a slab cools uniformly then the crack will develop at the following locations of the slab |
| A. | at centre |
| B. | near edges |
| C. | at corners |
| D. | both (b) and (c) |
| Answer» C. at corners | |
| 61. |
The design value of lateral friction coefficient on highway is |
| A. | 1.5 |
| B. | 0.50 |
| C. | 0.35 |
| D. | 0.15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
The minimum value of CBR(%) required for granular sub base as per Ministry of Surface Transport (MOST) specification is |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 63. |
Which of the following stress combinations are appropriate in identifying the critical condition for the design of concrete pavements? |
| A. | P-2, Q-3 |
| B. | P-l, Q-3 |
| C. | P-3, Q-l |
| D. | P-2, Q-2 |
| Answer» B. P-l, Q-3 | |
| 64. |
The ruling minimum radius of horizontal curve of a national highway in pljain terrain for a design speed of 100 km/hour with e = 0.07 and f = 0.15 is close to |
| A. | 250 m |
| B. | 360 m |
| C. | 36 m |
| D. | 300 m |
| Answer» C. 36 m | |
| 65. |
The radius of relatives stiffness for a 20 cm thick slab with E = 3 105 kg/cm |
| A. | 10 cm |
| B. | 80 cm |
| C. | 120 cm |
| D. | 320 cm |
| Answer» C. 120 cm | |
| 66. |
The plate load test conducted with a 75 cm diameter plate on soil subgrade yielded a deflection of 2.5 mm under a stress of 800 N/cm |
| A. | 141.6 |
| B. | 154.6 |
| C. | 160.0 |
| D. | 185.4 |
| Answer» B. 154.6 | |
| 67. |
In the Marshal method of mix design, the coarse aggregates, fine aggregates, filler and bitumen, having respective specific gravities of 2.62, 2.72, 2.70 and 1.02, are mixed in the ratio of 55,34.6, 4.8 and 5.6 percent resp. The theorotical specific gravity of the mix would be |
| A. | 2.36 |
| B. | 2.40 |
| C. | 2.44 |
| D. | 2.50 |
| Answer» D. 2.50 | |
| 68. |
A car is moving at a speed of 72 km/hr on road having 2% upward gradient. The driver applies brakes when he sees an obstruction. If his reaciton time is 1.5 seconds, assuming that the co-efficient of friction between the pavement and tyre as 0.15, calculate the distance traversed before the car finally stops. |
| A. | 24 m |
| B. | 150 m |
| C. | 1056 m |
| D. | 324 m |
| Answer» C. 1056 m | |
| 69. |
A valley curve has a descending gradient of 1 in 40 followed by an ascending gradient of 1 in 50. The length of the valley curve required for a design speed of 80 km/hour for comfort condition is |
| A. | 199 m |
| B. | 116 m |
| C. | 58 m |
| D. | 37 m |
| Answer» D. 37 m | |
| 70. |
In case of governing equations for calculating wheel load stresses using Wesergaard s approach, the following statements are made. |
| A. | Both statements are TRUE |
| B. | I is TRUE and II is FALSE |
| C. | Both statements are FALSE |
| D. | I is FALSE and II is TRUE |
| Answer» E. | |
| 71. |
Bituminous concrete is a mix comprising of |
| A. | fine aggregate, filter and bitumen |
| B. | fine aggregate and bitumen |
| C. | coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, filter and bitumen |
| D. | coarse aggregate, filter and bitumen |
| Answer» D. coarse aggregate, filter and bitumen | |
| 72. |
The length of Summit Curve on a two lane two way highway depends upon |
| A. | allowable rate of change of centrifugal acceleration |
| B. | coefficient of lateral friction |
| C. | required Stoping sight Distance |
| D. | required Overtaking Sight Distance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 73. |
Consider the following statements in the context of cement concrete pavements. |
| A. | I : True II : False |
| B. | I : False II : True |
| C. | I : True II : True |
| D. | I : False II : False |
| Answer» E. | |
| 74. |
Road roughness is measured using |
| A. | Benkelman beam |
| B. | Bump integrator |
| C. | Dynamic cone penetrometer |
| D. | Falling weight deflectometer |
| Answer» C. Dynamic cone penetrometer | |
| 75. |
Two bitumen samples X and Y have softening points 45 C and 60 C, respectively. Consider the following statements |
| A. | Both I and II are TRUE |
| B. | I is FALSE and II is TRUE |
| C. | Both I and II are FALSE |
| D. | I is TRUE and II is FALSE |
| Answer» D. I is TRUE and II is FALSE | |
| 76. |
In Marshall testing of bituminous mixes, as the bitumen content increases the flow value |
| A. | remains constant |
| B. | decreases first and then increases |
| C. | increases monotonically |
| D. | increases first and then decreases |
| Answer» D. increases first and then decreases | |
| 77. |
In a concrete pavement |
| A. | Both the statement (A) and (B) are correct |
| B. | Statement (A) is correct and (B) is wrong |
| C. | Statement (B) is wrong and (A) is correct |
| D. | Both statement (A) and (B) are incorrect |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
Group I contains some properties of Bitumen. Group II gives a list of Laboratory Tests conducted on Bitumen to determine the properties. Match the property with the corresponding test |
| A. | P-2, Q-1, R-3 |
| B. | P-2, Q-3, R-1 |
| C. | P-1, Q-2, R-3 |
| D. | P-3, Q-1, R-2 |
| Answer» B. P-2, Q-3, R-1 | |
| 79. |
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) launched in the year 2000, aims to provide rural connectively with all-weather roads. It is proposed to connect the habitations in plain areas of population more than 500 persons by the year. |
| A. | 2005 |
| B. | 2007 |
| C. | 2007 |
| D. | 2001 |
| Answer» C. 2007 | |
| 80. |
A combined value of flakiness and elongation index is to be determined for a sample of aggregates. The sequence in which the two tests are conducted is |
| A. | elongation index test followed by flakiness index test on the whole sample. |
| B. | flakiness index test followed by elongation index test on the whole sample. |
| C. | flakiness index test followed by elongation index test |
| D. | elongation index test followed by flakiness index test on non-elongated aggregates. |
| Answer» D. elongation index test followed by flakiness index test on non-elongated aggregates. | |
| 81. |
Match the following tests on aggregate and its properties |
| A. | P-2, Q-l, R-4, S-3 |
| B. | P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-l |
| C. | P-3, Q-2, R-l, S-4 |
| D. | P-4, Q-l, R-2, S-2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 82. |
The consistency and flow resistance of bitumen can be determined from the following |
| A. | Ductility test |
| B. | Penetration test |
| C. | Softening point test |
| D. | Viscosity test |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
Stopping sight distance and frictional co-efficients are |
| A. | directly proportional to each other |
| B. | inversely proportional to each other |
| C. | unrelated |
| D. | either directly or inversely proportional to each other depending on the nature of pavement. |
| Answer» D. either directly or inversely proportional to each other depending on the nature of pavement. | |
| 84. |
Consider the following statements in the context of geometric design of roads. |
| A. | I is true, II is false |
| B. | I is true, II is true, and II is the correct reason for I |
| C. | I is true, II is true, and II is NOT the correct reason for I |
| D. | I is false, II is true |
| Answer» B. I is true, II is true, and II is the correct reason for I | |