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Road Maintenance – MCQ

1. Road maintenance jobs include

a) Maintenance of road pavement.
b) Maintenance of road shoulders.
c) Maintenance of road drainage work.
d) Maintenance of traffic control devices.
e) All of these.

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e) All of these.

2. The basic causes of sub-grade failure are

a) Inadequate stability
b) Excessive stress application
c) Inadequate stress application
d) Both (a) and (c)
e) All the above

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e) All the above

3. Which of the following is not a flexible pavement failure

a) Ruts
b) Pot holes
c) Frost heaving
d) Slab failure

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d) Slab failure

4. Slab failure is a type of

a) Flexible pavement failure
b) Semi-rigid pavement failure
c) Rigid pavement failure
d) None of these

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c) Rigid pavement failure

5. Map cracking is

a) Formation of irregular cracks of bituminous surfacing
b) Formation of cracks followed with a depression
c) Formation of cracks in the longitudinal direction
d) None of these

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a) Formation of irregular cracks of bituminous surfacing

6. Which of the following is not a type of rigid pavement failure

a) Shrinkage cracks
b) Mud pumping
c) Warping cracks
d) Ruts

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d) Ruts

7. Patching should be done during

a) August and September
b) January and February
c) March and April
d) None

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a) August and September

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