Highway Engineering MCQs
The highway intersections may be avoided by
A) Governments
B) Automatic signals
C) Avoiding flyover
D) Making flyover
Check Answer
D) Making flyover
The rammer equipment is used in highway construction for
A) Increasing porosity
B) Consolidation
C) Stabilization
D) Compaction
Check Answer
D) Compaction
A road sign indicating no parking is
A) Informatory sign
B) Mandatory sign
C) Prohibitory sign
D) Warning sign
Check Answer
B) Mandatory sign
The height of high level of the vehicle which is visible to the driver is called
A) Safe distance
B) Sight distance
C) Visible distance
D) Clear distance
Check Answer
B) Sight distance
The road sign indicating ‘end of speed limit’ is
A) A general traffic sign
B) An informatory sign
C) A regulatory sign
D) A warning sign
Check Answer
B) An informatory sign
The lag distance is the distance travelled by the road vehicle during
A) Total reaction time
B) Emotion time
C) Volition time
D) Perception time
Check Answer
A) Total reaction time
A road connecting a town with another is called a
A) Country road
B) Trunk road
C) Main road
D) Highway
Check Answer
A) Country road
Bottom most component of a flexible pavement is
A) Base course
B) Base
C) Sub base
D) Sub grade
Check Answer
D) Sub grade
Rising of outer edge of a road with respect to inner edge, is known
A) Banking
B) Cast
C) Superelevation
D) All of the above
Check Answer
D) All of the above
The type of transition curve generally provided on hilly tracks is
A) Cubic parabola
B) Laminiscate
C) Circular
D) Spiral
Check Answer
D) Spiral
