Highway Engineering MCQs

A. 500 vehicles per hour

B. 500 vehicles per day

C. 5000 vehicles per hour

D. 5000 vehicles per day

A. is preferable in steep terrain

B. results in balancing the earthwork

C. avoids the drainage problem in flat terrain

D. does not change the vertical alignment of road

A. simultaneous system

B. alternate system

C. flexible progressive system

D. simple progressive system

A. its penetration value is 8 mm

B. its penetration value is 10 mm

C. its penetration value is 8 to 10 mm

D. its penetration value is 8 to 10 cm

A. sprayed after the aggregates are spread and compacted

B. premixed with aggregates and then spread

C. sprayed before the aggregates are spread and compacted

D. none of the above

A. stopping distance

B. two times the stopping distance

C. half the stopping distance

D. three times the stopping distance

A. group index method

B. CBR method

C. Westergaard method

D. Benkelman beam method

A. mastic asphalt

B. sheet asphalt

C. bituminous carpet

D. bituminous concrete

A. simple parabola

B. cubic parabola

C. spiral

D. lemniscate

A. more than that in tar

B. less than that in tar

C. equal to that in tar

D. none of the above