Civil Engineering MCQ Quiz Hub

1. The instrument used to study spot speed in traffic engineering is
Enometer
Enoscope
Speed recorder
Speedometer

2. Which one of the following is not a informatory sign?
Name of destination
Name of road
Speed limit
Cross road ahead

3. Mostly used road in India is
Concrete road
Black top road
WBM road
Earthen road

4. From CBR chart recommended by IRC thickness obtained is
Including wearing coat and 20 mm aggregates courses
Including wearing coat but excluding 20 mm aggregate coat
Excluding wearing coat but including 20 mm aggregate course
Excluding wearing coat and 20 mm aggregate courses

5. The length of vehicle controls the design of
Overtaking distance
Camber
Gradient
All the above

6. For highways width of formation in plan area is
9 m
12 m
15 m
18 m

7. Camber is provided in the road for
Getting least stopping distance
Getting better sighting distance
Effective drainage
Counteracting the centrifugal force

8. The longest road constructed during the time of Shershah Suri was from
Lahore to Agra
Lahore to Patna
Lahore to Delhi
Lahore to Kolkata

9. Sight distance at intersection should be equal to
Enabling the approaching vehicle to change speed
Enabling approaching vehicle to stop
Enabling the stopped vehicle to cross a main road
Highest the value of a, b and c

10. Warning signs are on plates of _____ shape.
Circular
Rectangular
Diamond
Square

11. Traffic volume is
number of vehicles passing through a section of road in either direction in unit time
maximum number of vehicles passing a given road section in unit time in one direction
number of vehicles per unit length of road
None of the above

12. For designing highways, IRC recommends the coefficient of friction as
0.12
15
18
0.24

13. For earthen roads in heavy rainfall area common camber is
1 in 05
1 in 25
1 in 33
1 in 60

14. The sequence of survey in a road project is
topographic, preliminary, reconnaissance and detailed
preliminary, reconnaissance, topographic and detailed
reconnaissance, topographic, preliminary and detailed
topographic, reconnaissance, preliminary and detailed

15. Dowel bars are used in rigid pavements
to prevent warping
to take care of temperature stresses
to distribute pressure on base
all the above

16. The main object of a preliminary survey
to estimate cost of alternative alignment
to finalise the best alignment
to collect the necessary physical information and details of topography, drainage and soil properties
All of the above

17. The order in which a road is built is
sub-soil, sub-grade, sub-base, base
sub-base, base, sub-grade, sub-soil
sub-soil, base, sub-grade, sub-base
base, sub-soil, sub-grade, sub-soil

18. Recommended right of way for highways in open areas is
30 m
40 m
45 m
60 m

19. Transition curves are required to
improve aesthetic appearance of the road
enable driver to turns steering gradually
enable gradual introduction of superelevation
All of the above

20. IRC recommends spacing between two consecutive expansion joints should not be more than
90 m
110 m
120 m
140 m

21. A basic requirement of intersection at grade is
the relative speed should be high
the area of conflict should be small
it should clearly guide the driver
the relative angle of approach should be high

22. When bituminous surfacing is done on already existing black road the type of treatment to be given is
apply seal coat
tack coat
prime coat
spraying emulsion

23. A pavement is classified as flexible or rigid based on its
base
wearing course
sub-grade
sub-base

24. To overtake a vehicle going at 40 kmph on two lane highway OSD is
150 m
165 m
200 m
250 m

25. The factor influencing camber is
amount of rainfall
nature of subsoil
type of wearing coat provided
topography of the area

26. The general requirement in constructing a reinforced concrete road is to place a single layer of reinforcement
at the middle
near the bottom of the slab
near the top of the slab
equally distributed at the top and bottom

27. Most suitable material for highway embankment is
organic soil
silts
clays
granular soil

28. For rapid curing cutbacks, the oil used is
heavy diesel
light diesel
kerosene oil
gasoline

29. The most economical lighting layout which is suitable for narrow roads is
single side lighting
central lighting system
staggered system
none of the above

30. Enoscope is used to find
spot speed
space mean speed
time mean speed
average speed

31. Which one of the following is not a type of transition curve used?
cubic parabola
lemniscate
clothoid
parabolic

32. In case of hill roads, the extra widening is generally provided
fully on the inner side of the curve
fully on the outer side of the curve
equally on inner and outer sides of the curve
one fourth on inner side and three fourth on outer side of the curve

33. Minimum of 8 m width and 2 m wide shoulders on the following roads are recommended
EH, NH and SH
NH and SH
EH, NH
MDR

34. Joints in concrete roads are filled with
cork bound with bitumen
impregnated fibre boards
impervious elastic materials
any of the above

35. A channelization island should have
equal radius at entry and exit
small entry and large exit radius
large entry and small exit radius
large entry and exit radius

36. The camber of road should be approximately equal to
half of the longitudinal gradient
longitudinal gradient
two times the longitudinal gradient
three times the longitudinal gradient

37. Length of a vehicle affects
clearance to be provided under structures such as over bridges, under bridges etc
width of shoulders and parking facilities
extra width of pavement and minimum turning radius
width of traffic lanes

38. Percentage of free carbon in bitumen is
equal to that in tar
less than that in tar
more than that in tar
none of the above

39. Critical load position in a rigid pavement design is taken as
interior loading
interior, edge and corner loading
edge loading
corner loading

40. Which of the following premix method is used for base course?
bituminous bound macadam
sheet asphalt
bituminous carpet
mastic asphalt

41. Length of the transition curve is decided on the basis of
higher of the above
rate of change of radial acceleration
time rate
rate of superelevation

42. In steep terrain ruling gradient is limited to
1 in 12.5
1 in 17
1 in 20
1 in 25

43. The road connecting a city to highway is called
collector street
local street
sub arterial street
arterial street

44. Longitudinal joints in rigid pavements
take care of the unequal settlement of the sub grade
help in laying out concrete in convenient widths
divide the pavements into lanes
all the above