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.

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

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

a) Ruts
b) Pot holes
c) Frost heaving
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

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

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

a) Shrinkage cracks
b) Mud pumping
c) Warping cracks
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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Hill Roads – MCQ

1. The wall provided above the formation of a hill road is known as

a) Parapet wall
b) Breast wall
c) Retaining wall
d) None of the above

2. Hill roads are also known as

a) Ghat road
b) Line road
c) Cut road
d) All of these

3. Scuppers are

a) Catch water drains
b) Cross drains
c) Side drains
d) None of these

4. The curves having their convexity on the outer edges of hill roads are known as

a) Re-entrant curves
b) Hairpin curve
c) Salient curves
d) None

5. The minimum desirable radius of curve for a national highway in mountainous terrain, not snow bound, is

a) 50 m
b) 40 m
c) 30 m
d) 15 m

6. In hill roads, the value of minimum camber which is provided for thin bituminous surface is

a) 1.5 %
b) 2 %
c) 2.5 %
d) 3 %

7. The wall constructed towards down slope side of the road to resist earth fill pressure is known as

a) Parapet wall
b) Breast wall
c) Retaining wall
d) None of the above

8. The wall constructed towards up slope side of the road to prevent hill side from sliding down is known as

a) Breast wall
b) Parapet wall
c) Retaining wall
d) None of these

9. The curves having their convexity on the inner edges of hill roads are known as

a) Re-entrant curves
b) Hair-pin curve
c) Salient curves
d) None

10. Salient curves are ____ dangerous than re-entrant curves.

a) Less
b) More

11. The hill roads meant for pedestrians and pack transport are known as ___

a) Motor roads
b) Village paths
c) Bridle paths
d) Other paths

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Road Drainage – MCQ

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Road Drainage – MCQ

1. The system of condition and disposal of surface water within the right of way of a road is called

a) Surface drainage
b) Cross drainage
c) Sub-surface drainage
d) None of these

2. Which of the following is not the method of sub-surface drainage adopted under different situations

a) Control of capillary rise
b) Control of seepage flow
c) Lowering the water table
d) Providing an impervious type of road surfacing

3. The system of disposing the water collected in side drains across a road is known as

a) Cross drainage
b) Surface drainage
c) Sub-surface drainage
d) None of these

4. Causeways are the type of

a) Cross drainage structure
b) Side drains
c) Jelly drains
d) Sub-surface drainage structure

5. Scuppers are the type of

a) Sub-surface drainage structure
b) Surface drainage structure
c) Cross-drainage structure
d) None of these

6. Jelly drains are provided in a rural area when the road is subjected to _ traffic

a) Heavy
b) Low
c) Very Low
d) None

7. Jelly drains are the ___ drains filled with filter material.

a) Open
b) Closed

8. The distance of side drains should not be less than ___ m from the toe of the embankment

a) 0.5
b) 1
c) 1.55
d) 1.85

9. In a good road drainage system, the pavement surface should be ____.

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Roadside Development and Arboriculture – MCQ

1. What is the purpose of trees planting on the roadside

a) To act as wind breaker for the traffic
b) To stabilize the formation
c) To provide shade
d) All of these ✅

2. Arboriculture means _______

a) Tree culture ✅
b) Wood Culture
c) Apiculture
d) None of these

3. Roadside tree should demand ________ amount of water

a) high
b) medium
c) less ✅
d) very high

4. Spacing between two trees along the carriageway should be between ____ m to _____ m

a) 3 to 6 m
b) 5 to 8 m
c) 7 to 10 m
d) 9 to 12 m ✅

5. The operation of loosening soil around tree is known as

a) Hoeing ✅
b) Pruning
c) Lopping
d) Felling

6. Tree guards are provided for

a) Protecting young plant
b) Defending from animal
c) All of these ✅
d) None of these

7. Which process is useful for making a tree grow straight and dense

a) Hoeing
b) Pruning ✅
c) Felling
d) None of these

8. The tree should be planted _______ m away from the centre of the carriageway

a) At least 20
b) At least 16
c) At least 12 ✅
d) At least 8

9. Arjun trees are suitable for

a) Sandy soil
b) Loamy soil ✅
c) Clayey soil
d) None of these

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Types of Road Pavement

Pedestrian Facilities – MCQ

1. The minimum width of the side-walk is

a) 1 m
b) 1.5 m ✅
c) 2 m
d) 2.5 m

2. For 1.5 m width of side-walk, how many traffic can move per hours in one way

a) 3,400
b) 2,400
c) 1,600
d) 1,200 ✅

[Note: For two way traffic movement, the capacity of pedestrian is 800 (persons per hour). Read More – Recommended Capacity of Side-walk]

3. If the width of side-walk is 2 m, then how many persons can move per hours in one way

a) 4,000
b) 3,400
c) 2,400 ✅
d) 1,600

[Note: For two way – 1,600.]

4. Traffic signals are used in

a) Uncontrolled
b) Controlled ✅
c) Both
d) None of the above; type of pedestrian crossing.

5. Which option is wrong – Uncontrolled pedestrian crossing is provided with

a) Pavement marking
b) Studs
c) Warning Signs
d) Traffic Signals ✅

6. As per IRC, the at grade pedestrian crossing facility is provided at the location where the accident number is more than

a) 5 ✅
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20

7. As per IRC, the at-grade pedestrian crossing facility is provided at the location where the approaching vehicles speed exceed

a) 70 km
b) 65 km ✅
c) 60 km
d) 55 km

8. Foot over bridge is a type of

a) At-grade pedestrian crossing
b) Grade separated pedestrian crossing ✅
c) Both
d) None of these

9. Grade separated pedestrian crossing is

a) Pedestrian Subway
b) Foot over bridge
c) Both (a) and (b) ✅
d) None of these

10. As per IRC, the grade separated pedestrian crossing facility is provided at the location where the signal cycle time exceeds.

a) 60 sec
b) 120 sec ✅
c) 180 sec
d) 240 sec.

11. Pavement marking is a type of

a) At-grade pedestrian crossing ✅
b) Grade separated pedestrian crossing
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these

12. The value of cross slope for paved footpath(side-walk) is

a) 3 to 4 %
b) 2 to 4 %
c) 1 to 2 %
d) 1 %

[Note: In case of unpaved footpath the cross slope maybe 4 to 6 %. and the longitudinal slope of side-walk is generally kept equal to that of the adjoining roadway.]

13. The width of the side-walks or foothpaths depends on

a) Vehicular flow
b) No of vehicle users
c) Pedestrian
d) Pedestrian flow ✅

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Highway Lighting – MCQ

1. Which factors influence night visibility on the highway?

a) Size of objects.
b) Brightness of Objects.
c) Reflecting Characteristics of the pavement surface.
d) All of these. ✅

2. Which factors are to be considered in the design of road lighting?

a) Luminaire distribution of light.
b) The spacing of light units.
c) Lighting layouts.
d) All of these. ✅

3. The spacing of lighting units is influenced by

a) Electric distribution poles
b) illumination.
c) Road layout.
d) None of these.
e) All of these. ✅

4. The BIS recommends an average level of illumination for the important road is

a) 10 lux
b) 20 lux
c) 30 lux ✅
d) 40 lux

5. As per IRC the minimum verticle clearance required for electric power lines up to 650 volts is

a) 3 m
b) 5 m
c) 6 m ✅
d) 10 m above the pavement surface

6. As per IRC, the minimum horizontal clearance required for lighting poles for the road with raised kerbs is

a) 0.6 m
b) 0.5 m
c) 0.4 m
d) 0.3 m ✅ from the edge of raised kerb.

[Note: Minimum 0.3 m, but the desirable value is 0.6 m from the edge of raised kerb.]

7. As per IRC, the minimum horizontal clearance required for lighting poles for the road without raised kerbs is

a) 1 m
b) 1.5 m ✅
c) 2 m
d) 2.5 m from the edge of the carriageway

8. The minimum amount of highway lighting to be provided on urban roads is

a) 30 lux ✅
b) 20 lux
c) 15 lux
d) 10 lux

[Note: For important roads with fast traffic 30 lux is recommended. For other main roads, it is recommended as 15 lux.]

9. The most cost-effective/economical layout of lighting for narrow roads is

a) Central
b) Staggered, on both side
c) Single side ✅
d) None of these

10. Usually, the spacing between the highway lamps is

a) 10 m
a) 30 m ✅
b) 60 m
c) 80 m

[Note: Usually spacing between two lamps is between 30 to 60 m. (it is not an exact value – because it depends on several factors, it is calculated by considering various factors.]

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