Highway Engineering Online Test – Multiple Choice Questions & Answers 1. In India the modes of transportation, in the order of their importance, are railways, roads, shipping, air transport shipping, roads, railways, air transport roads, railways, air transport, shipping air transport, shipping, roads, railways 2. Volume of traffic which would immediately use a new road or an improved one when opened to traffic, is known current traffic normal traffic growth general traffic general traffic 3. The absolute minimum radius of horizontal curve for a design speed 60 km ph is 131 m 210 m 360 m none of these 4. The head light of vehicles should be such that its lower beam illuminates objects at 10 m 20 m 30 m 40 m 5. Shoulders for high traffic volume roads, should not allow entrance of water to sub-grade support and protect the ends of carriage ways be stable throughout the year to be used by vehicles in the case of emergency All 6. The length of the side of warning sign boards of roads is 30 cm 40 cm 45 cm 50 cm 7. Reinforcement in cement concrete slab of road pavements, is placed in the form of welded wire mesh longitudinally longitudinally and transversely transversely 8. On the recommendations of Indian Road Congress, the ruling gradient in plains, is 1 in 15 1 in 20 1 in 30 1 in 45 9. Deviation of the alignment of a trace cut may be permitted in areas involving sand dunes land slides dens none of these 10. The weight of vehicles affects ruling gradient limiting gradient design of bridges All Loading … Question 1 of 10
