Q. The parapet walls are usually required on the valley side of the roadway, in order to ?

  • (A) retain the earth from slippage
  • (B) properly guide the vehicles to the roadway
  • (C) provide a good drainage system
  • (D) keep the road dry
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) properly guide the vehicles to the roadway

Q. The natural soil on which the pavement rests and to which the entire load of structure is ultimate transferred, is known as the of road ?

  • (A) base of road
  • (B) sub-base of road
  • (C) sub-grade of road
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) sub-grade of road

Q. To prevent the development of excessive compressive stresses in the concrete pavements as a salt of expansion caused by increase in temperature, the type of transverse joint provided is expansion joint ?

  • (A) construction joint
  • (B) contraction joint
  • (C) expansion joint
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) expansion joint

Q. The wearing course in the case of flexible pavements consist of ?

  • (A) hard well burnt clinker
  • (B) broken stone and granular material mixed with tar
  • (C) a mixture of bituminous material and aggregate
  • (D) all of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) a mixture of bituminous material and aggregate

Q. The main disadvantage of concrete roads is that ?

  • (A) the initial cost is high
  • (B) it requires skilled personnel for construction
  • (C) it requires cautious handling of the material
  • (D) all of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of the above

Q. The structure of a road is composed of ?

  • (A) sub-grade
  • (B) sub-base
  • (C) base
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of these

Q. Valley curves are required to be introduced ?

  • (A) a negative grade meets a positive grade the situations where
  • (B) a negative grade meets another milder negative grade
  • (C) a negative grade meets a steeper positive grade
  • (D) all of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of the above

Q. The factor which influences the design of curves, is ?

  • (A) speed of vehicle
  • (B) maximum permissible super-elevation
  • (C) permissible centrifugal ratio
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of these

Q. According to IRC: 52-1973, the first stage for fixing up alignment of a hill road is ?

  • (A) trace cut
  • (B) detailed survey
  • (C) preliminary survey
  • (D) reconnaissance
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) reconnaissance

Q. At the end of the reconnaissance phase, the selected alignment is pegged by using about 2m poles on which the ?

  • (A) number of peg is marked
  • (B) direction of proposed alignment is marked
  • (C) distance between the two pegs is marked
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of these

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