Question: Which of the following is considered to be the highest quality construction in the group of black top pavements ?

• 1. mastic asphalt
• 2. sheet asphalt
• 3. bituminous carpet
• 4. bituminous concrete

Question: Which of the following represents a carpet of sand-bitumen mix without coarse aggregates ?

• 1. mastic asphalt
• 2. sheet asphalt
• 3. bituminous carpet
• 4. bituminous concrete

Question: The drain which is provided parallel to roadway to intercept and divert the water from hill slopes is known as_______________?

• 1. sloping drain
• 2. catchwater drain
• 3. side drain
• 4. cross drain

Question: In hill roads the side drains arc provided________________?

• 1. only on the hill side of road
• 2. only on the opposite side of hill
• 3. on both sides of road
• 4. none of the above

Question: The minimum design speed for hairpin bends in hill roads is taken as_______________?

• 1. 20 kmph
• 2. 30 kmph
• 3. 40 kmph
• 4. 50 kmph

Question: In highway construction on super elevated curves, the rolling shall proceed from_________________?

• 1. sides towards the centre
• 2. centre towards the sides
• 3. lower edge towards the upper edge
• 4. upper edge towards the lower edge

Question: The camber for hill roads in case of bituminous surfacing is adopted as________________?

• 1. 2%
• 2. 2.5%
• 3. 3%
• 4. 4%

Question: According to ISI recommendations, the maximum depth of stress block for balanced section of a beam of effective depth d is__________________?

• 1. 0.43 d
• 2. 0.55 d
• 3. 0.68 d
• 4. 0.85 d

Question: The centroid of compressive force, from the extreme compression fiber, in limit state design lies at a distance of__________________?

• 1. 0.367 xu
• 2. 0.416 xu
• 3. 0.446 xu
• 4. 0.573 xu

Question: The load factors for live load and dead load are taken respectively as_________________?

• 1. 1.5 and 2.2
• 2. 2.2 and 1.5
• 3. 1.5 and 1.5
• 4. 2.2 and 2.2