Q. For design purposes, average daily traffic should be considered.

  • (A) True
  • (B) False
  • (C) ---
  • (D) ---
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) False

Q. The main advantage of providing super-elevation is

  • (A) to decrease the intensity of stresses on the foundation
  • (B) to increase the stability of the fast moving vehicles, when they negotiate a horizontal curve
  • (C) to achieve higher speed of vehicles
  • (D) all of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of the above

Q. The universally recognized factor which affects the flexible pavement design, is the

  • (A) characteristics of the natural soil which underlies the pavement
  • (B) volume and character of traffic that will use the highway
  • (C) drainage condition of the area
  • (D) all of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of the above

Q. A track of width 1 to 1.2 m constructed along the selected alignment to facilitate access to the area for inspection and detailed survey is known as

  • (A) inspection trace
  • (B) terrain
  • (C) trace out
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) trace out

Q. In detailed survey of a hill road, the interval for plotting the contours at sharp curves is generally

  • (A) 1 m
  • (B) 2 m
  • (C) 4 m
  • (D) 6 m
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 2 m

Q. The grand trunk (G.T.) road was constructed during

  • (A) 1440 to 1445 A.D.
  • (B) 1540 to 1545 A.D.
  • (C) 200 to 2500 B.C.
  • (D) 2500 to 3000 B.C.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 1540 to 1545 A.D.

Q. The transverse contraction joints in unreinforced concrete pavements are provided at much closer intervals than the expansion joints.

  • (A) Agree
  • (B) Disagree
  • (C) ---
  • (D) ---
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Agree

Q. The transverse joint may be a

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

Q. The Indian Roads Congress (I.R.C.) was set up in

  • (A) 1930
  • (B) 1934
  • (C) 1948
  • (D) 1956
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 1934

Q. The joints, parallel to the centre-line of the road, are called

  • (A) longitudinal joints
  • (B) transverse joints
  • (C) expansion joints
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) longitudinal joints

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