Highway Engineering MCQs
Full form of AADT is
A) Average Annum Daily Traffic
B) Annual Average Daily Traffic
C) Annum Annual Daily Traffic
D) None of the above
Check Answer
B) Annual Average Daily Traffic
The geometric design of highways is carried out in India based on speed corresponding to
A) 98th percentile cumulative frequency
B) 85th percentile cumulative frequency
C) 50th percentile cumulative frequency
D) 30th percentile cumulative frequency
Check Answer
A) 98th percentile cumulative frequency
Desire lines are drawn on the basis of
A) Parking study
B) Speed study
C) Traffic volume study
D) Origin & Destination study
Check Answer
D) Origin & Destination study
The moving observer method is a technique adopted for the measurement of
A) Spot speed of vehicles
B) Origin & destination of traffic
C) Capacity of the stream
D) Traffic flow of the stream
Check Answer
D) Traffic flow of the stream
Traffic density is expressed in
A) Vehicles/Minute
B) Vehicles/km
C) Vehicles/Year
D) Vehicles/Hour
Check Answer
B) Vehicles/km
For most of the cases in CBR Test when the CBR value decreases, penetration value will
A) Did not depend on it
B) Remain same
C) Increases
D) Decreases
Check Answer
C) Increases
The concept of PIEV is used for determining
A) Signal timings
B) Stopping sight distance
C) Overtaking sight distance
D) All of the above
Check Answer
D) All of the above
Which one factor is affecting to the road alignment?
A) Heavy traffic
B) Overtaking Sight distance
C) Stopping sight distance
D) obligatory point
Check Answer
D) obligatory point
Camber in the road is provided for
A) effective drainage
B) Counteracting the centrifugal force
C) Proper sight distance
D) all of the above
Check Answer
A) effective drainage
The camber value for water bound macadam road is
A) 3 to 4.0 %
B) 2.5 to 3 %
C) 2 to 2.5 %
D) 1.7 to 2 %
Check Answer
B) 2.5 to 3 %
