TEST ON TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 1. If the modulus of sub grade reaction of a soil is 10 kg/cu.

cm when tested with a 30 cm diameter plate, the corrected modulus of sub grade reaction for the standard diameter plate will be a. 4 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25 7. On a road the free speed was 65 kmph and the space headway at jam density was 6.25 m. What is the maximum flow which could be expected on this road? a. 2600 vph b. 1625 vph c. 1300 vph d.406 vph 8. The design speed of a highway is 80 km/hr and the radius of circular curve is 150 m in plain topography. Which one of the following is the minimum length of transition curve? a. 115 m b. 85 m c. 65 m d. 43 m 9. A rising gradient of 1 in 50 meets a falling gradient of 1 in 30. Which one of the following is the length of vertical curve if the stopping sight distance is 120 m ? a. 174 m b. 158 m c. 140 m d. 120 m 10. A summit curve is formed at the intersection of a 3% upgrade and a 5% downgrade. What is the length of the summit curve in order to provide a stopping distance of 128 m? a. 271 m b. 298 m c. 322 m d. 340 m c. 2240 vph d. 2002 vph 5. The lost time due to starting delay on a traffic signal approach is noted to be 3 seconds, the actual green time is 25 seconds and amber time is 3 seconds. How much is the effective green time? a. 19s b. 25s c. 27s d. 31s 11. In 500 gm sample of coarse aggregate, there are 100 gm flaky particles and 80 gm elongates particles. What are the flakiness and elongation indices (total) as per I.S. ? a. 40% b. 36% c. 18% d. 4% 6. A summit curve is formed at the intersection of a 3% upgrade and a 5% downgrade. What is the length of the summit curve in order to provide a stopping distance of 128 m? a. 271 m b. 298 m c. 322 m d. 340 m

2. Bitumen grade 80/100 indicates that under the standard test conditions, penetration value of bitumen would vary from a. 0.8 mm to 1 mm b. 8 mm to 10 mm c. 8 cm to 10 cm d. 0.08 mm to 0.1 mm

3. While driving at a speed of 30 kmph (with available friction 0.4) down the grade, the driver requires a braking distance twice the required for stopping the vehicle when he travels up the same grade. The grade is a. 7% b. 10.6% c. 13.3% d. 33.3%

4. An observer travelling at a constant speed of 70 kmph with the traffic stream over a 5 km stretch is passed by 17 vehicles more than what he passes. When the observer travels against the stream at the same speed, the number of vehicles he meets is 303. the flow of the traffic stream is a. 4480 vph b. 4160 vph

12. What will be the ruling radius of a horizontal curve on a national highway for a design vehicle speed of 100 km/h, assuming allowable super elevation to be 7% and lateral friction as 0.13 ? a. 405 m b. 395 m c. 385 m d. 375 m 13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes : List I (Test) A. Impact test B. Los-Angeles abrasion test C. Crushing test D. Stripping test List II (Purpose) 1. Bitumen adhesion 2. Toughness 3. Hardness 4. Strength A B C D a. 2 3 4 1 b. 4 1 2 3 c. 4 3 2 1 d. 2 1 4 3 14. For a given road, safe stopping sight istance is 80 m and passing sight distance is 300 m. What is the intermediate sight distance ? a. 220 m b. 190 m c. 160 m d. 150 m 15. The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 m/sec2, for a design speed 100 km ph, is a. 16 b. 42.3 c. 84.6 d. none 16. How many numbers of conflicts can rise with one way regulation in both the directions on an intersection having 4 legs? a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10 17. If the difference in elevation between the edges of pavement of width 9 m and its crown is 7.5 cm, what is the camber of the pavement?

a. 1 in 60 b. 1 in 45 c. 1 in 30 d. 1 in 15 18. In rigid pavement of width 7.0 m, thickness 30 cm a longitudinal joint is provided. Assume coefficient of friction as 1.5, allowable stress in steel as 140 N/ and diameter of tie bar as 10 mm calculate the spacing required rounded to a. 280 b. 290 c. 300 d. 310 19. What is the length of tie bar, if diameter of tie bar is 12 mm, allowable tensile stress is 140 and allowable bond stress is 2.5

a. 300 mm b. 336 mm c. 356 mm d. 375 mm 20. What is the load transfer capacity of dowel system if each dowel bar capacity is 700 Kg, spacing of dowel bars is 250 mm and radius of relative stiffness is 800 mm. a. 2377 kg b. 2387 kg c. 2397 kg d. 2407 kg 21. Find the spacing in m between contraction joints for a 3.5 m slab width having thickness of 250 mm for PCC and RCC slab with 10 mm dia bars at 250 mm spacing. The allowable tensile stress values in concrete and steel are 0.08 and 140 respectively. Neglect stress in concrete in case of RCC. Assume f=1.5. a. 4.44 and 10.47 b. 4.44 and 8.47 c. 10.47 and 4.44 d. 8.47 and 4.44 22. The width of expansion joint gap is 20 mm in CC pavement. If the laying temperature is 15 C and the maximum slab temperature in summer is 40 C, what is the spacing in m between expansion joints. Assume coefficient of thermal expansion as / C. a. 60 b. 40 c. 50 d 30

29. The length of National highways in India is approximately in Km 23. What is the critical stress summer if load stress stress is 1 . at edge in is 20 , and frictional a. 50000 b. 75000 c. 100000 d. 150000 30. If the longitudinal friction coefficient is 0.4, then what is the value of retardation in a. 0.4 b. 3.924 c. 0.394 d. 0.15 24. What is the critical stress winter if load stress stress is 1 . at edge in is 20 , and frictional 31. A student trying to test the breaking ability of her car determined that she needed 5.64 m more to stop her car when driving downhill on a road segment of 5 % grade than when driving downhill at the same speed along another segment of 3 % grade. Determine the speed (Kmph) at which student conducted her test. Use f = 0.35. a. 84 b. 94 c. 70 d. 80 32. Calculate the safe stopping sight distance in m for design speed of 50 Kmph for two way traffic on a single lane. a. 122.8 b. 61.4 c. 30.7 d. 245.6

a. 44 b. 46 c. 45 d. 26

a. 44 b. 46 c. 45 d. 26 25. What is the critical stress if load stress is stress is 1 . at corner 20 , and frictional

a. 44 b. 46 c. 45 d. 26 26. What is the frictional stress in developed in CC pavement if the distance between transverse contraction joints is 4 m and f=1.5 a. 7.2 b. 0.72 c. 0.072 d. 0.0072

27. Calculate the equivalent radius of resisting section in mm of 250 mm slab, given that the radius of contact area of wheel load is 150 mm. a. 140 b. 145 c. 150. d. 155

33.Calculate the minimum sight distance in m required to avoid a head on collision of two cars approaching from the opposite directions at 90 and 60 Kmph. Assume a reaction time of 2.5 sec, coefficient of friction of 0.7 and a break efficiency of 50 % in either case. a. 153.6 b. 82.2 c. 235.8 d. 307.2

28. Compute the radius of relative stiffness of 200 mm thick CC slab having E = 21000 and poissons ratio = 0.15 and modulus of subgrade reaction of soil is 0.03 . a. 813 mm b. 831 mm c. 881 mm d. 871 mm

34. Calculate the stopping sight distancein m on a highway at a descending gradient of 2 % for a design speed of 80 Kmph. a. 55.6 b. 76.4 c. 132 d. 111.2 35. Calculate the Head light sight distance and Intermediate sight distance for a highway with a design speed of 65 Kmph

a. 91.4, 182.8 b. 182.8, 91.4 c. 61.4, 122.8 d. 122.8, 61.4 36. The speed of overtaking and overtaken vehicles are 70 and 40 Kmph respectively on a two way traffic road. If the acceleration of overtaking vehicle is 0.99 . Calculate the safe overtaking sight distance in m. a. 288 b. 278 c. 298 d. 145 37. The speed of overtaking and overtaken vehicles are 70 and 40 Kmph respectively on a one way traffic road. If the acceleration of overtaking vehicle is 0.99 . Calculate the safe overtaking sight distance in m. a. 288 b. 278 c. 298 d. 145 38. What is the safe speed in Kmph against overturning over turning of vehicle having width if 2.5 m and height of 5.0 m while negotiating a curve of radius 200 m. a. 113 b. 62 c. 90 d. 130

design speed of 100 Kmph. a. 360 b. 410 c. 460 d. 510 42. Calculate the extra widening required for a pavement of within 7 m on a horizontal curve of radius 250 m if the longest wheel base of vehicle expected on the road is 7.0 m. Design speed is 70 Kmph. a. 0.196 b. 0.466 c. 0.662 d. 0.600 43. Calculate the length of transition curve in m based on comfort condition for the curve of radius 220 m with design speed of 65 Kmph. a. 47 b. 50 c. 53 d. 56 44. Calculate the length of transition curve in m to accommodate super elevation for the curve of radius 220 m with design speed of 65 Kmph. Consider f=0.15 and width of road is 7.0 m. Take length of wheel base as 7 m. The rate of introduction of super elevation is 1 in 150 and pavement is rotated about the centre line. a. 40 b. 50 c. 60 d. 70

39. The radius of a horizontal circular curve is 100 m. The design speed is 50 Kmph and design coefficient of lateral friction is 0.15. Calculate the super elevation required if full lateral friction is assumed to develop. a. 0.047 b. 0.037 c. 0.057 d. 0.07 40. The design speed of highway is 80 Kmph. There is a horizontal curve of radius 200 m on a certain locality. If maximum super elevation allowed is 0.07 and coefficient of friction is 0.15, calculate the maximum aloowable speed on this curve. a. 74 b. 76 c. 78 d. 80 41. Calculate the ruling minimum radius of horizontal curve of a National highway with

45. Calculate the minimum length of transition curve in m in plain terrain as per IRC for the curve of radius 220 m with design speed of 65 Kmph. a. 47 b. 52 c. 56 d. 59 46. Find the shift of the curve in m if transition length is 50 m and radius of curve is 250 m. a. 0.42 b. 0.84 c. 0.63 d. 0.21 47. There is a horizontal highway curve of radius 400 m and length 200 m on this two lane highway. The lane width is 3.8 m. Compute the set back distance required from the centre line on the inner side of curve so as to provide stopping sight distance of 90 m.

a. 4.4

b. 2.5 c. 6.3 d. 2.2

48. There is a horizontal highway curve of radius 400 m and length 200 m on this two lane highway. The lane width is 3.8 m. Compute the set back distance required from the centre line on the inner side of curve so as to provide overtaking sight distance of 300 m. a. 26.8 b. 24.9 c. 28.7 d. 30.0

49. While aligning a hill road with a ruling gradient of 6 %, a horizontal curve of radius 60 m is encountered. Find the compensated gradient of the curve. a. 1.25 % b. 2.5 % c. 4.5 % d. 4.75 % 50. For two major roads with divided carriageway crossing at right angle, a full clover leaf interchange with four indirect ramps is provided. Following statements are made on turning movements of vehicles to all directions from both roads. Identify the correct statement: (A) Merging from left is possible, but diverging to left is not possible. (B) Both merging from left and diverging to left are possible. (C) Merging from left is not possible, but diverging to left is possible. (D) Neither merging from left nor diverging to left is possible.

ascending gradient of 1 in 20, a valley curve needs to be designed for a vehicle travelling at 90 kmph based on the following conditions. (i) Headlight sight distance equal to the stopping sight distance (SSD) of a level terrain considering length of valley curve> SSD. (ii) Comfort condition with allowable rate of change of centrifugal acceleration = 0.5 . Assume total reaction time = 2.5 seconds; coefficient of longitudinal friction of the pavement= 0.35; height of head light of the vehicle =0.75 m; and beam angle = 1. (a) What is the length of valley curve (in m) based on the head light sight distance condition? (b) What is the length of valley curve (in m) based on the comfort condition? 53. Two major roads with two lanes each are crossing in an urban area to form an uncontrolled intersection. The number of conflict points when both roads are one-way is X and when both roads are two-way is Y. The ratio of X to Y is (A) 0.25 (B) 0.33 (C) 0.50 (D) 0.75

54. Two bitumen samples X and Y have softening points 45 Consider the following statements: I Viscosity of X will be higher than that of Y at the same temperature. II Penetration value of X will be lesser than that of Y under standard conditions. The CORRECT option evaluating the above statements is (A) Both I and II are TRUE (B) I is FALSE and II is TRUE (C) Both I and II are FALSE (D) I is TRUE and II is FALSE

51. It was observed that 150 vehicles crossed a particular location of a highway in duration of 30 minutes. Assuming that vehicle arrival follows a negative exponential distribution, find out the number of time headways greater than 5 seconds in the above observation? 52. For a portion of national highway where a descending gradient of 1 in 25 meets with an

55. Road roughness is measured using (A) Benkelman beam (B) Bump integrator

(C) Dynamic cone penetrometer (D) Falling weight deflectometer 56. A two-lane urban road with one-way traffic has a maximum capacity of 1800 vehicles/hour. Under the jam condition, the average length occupied by the vehicles is 5.0 m. The speed versus density relationship is linear. For a traffic volume of 1000 vehicles/hour, the density (in vehicles/km) is (A) 52 (B) 58 (C) 67 (D) 75

is to be designed for a speed of 80 Kmph so as to have an overtaking sight distance of 470 m. a. 410 m b. 417 m . c. 427 m d. 440 m 61. A valley curve is formed by a descending grade of 1 in 25 meeting an ascending grade of 1 in 30. Design the length of valley curve based on comfort condition. Design speed of the road is 80 Kmph and C= 0.6 a. 73.1 b. 83.1 c. 93.1 d. 103.1 62. A valley curve is formed by a descending grade of 1 in 25 meeting an ascending grade of 1 in 30. Design the length of valley curve based on head light sight distance requirement. Design speed of the road is 80 Kmph. a. 200 b. 100 c. 50 d. 250 63. Calculate the ESWL of a dual wheel assembly carrying 2044 Kg each for pavement thickness of 200 mm. Centre to centre tire spacing is 270 mm and distance between the walls of tires is 110 mm. a. 3500 Kg b. 3000 Kg c. 4088 Kg d. 5000 Kg 64. The average normal flow of traffic on cross roads A and B during design period are 400 and 250 pcu per hour. The saturation flow values on these roads are estimated as 1250 and 1000 pcu per hour respectively. The all red time required for pedestrian crossing is 12 sec. Find the optimum signal cycle. a. 57.5 b. 67.5 c. 77.5 d. 87.5 65. Find the capacity of the rotary if the average width of entry and non weaving section is 3m, length of weaving section is 60 m and proportion of weaving traffic is 0.5. a. 2500 b. 2000 c. 2700 d. 2800

57. The following data are related to a horizontal curved portion of a two-lane highway: length of curve = 200 m, radius of curve = 300 m and width of pavement = 7.5 m. In order to provide a stopping sight distance (SSD) of 80 m, the set back distance (in m) required from the centre line of the inner lane of the pavement is (A) 2.54 (B) 4.55 (C) 7.10 (D) 7.96 58. A pavement designer has arrived at design traffic of 100 million standard axles for a newly developing national highway as per IRC: 37 guidelines using the following data: design life = 15 years, commercial vehicle count before pavement construction = 4500 vehicles/day, annual traffic growth rate = 8%. The vehicle damage factor used in the calculation was (A) 1.53 (B) 2.24 (C) 3.66 (D) 4.14

59. A vertical summit curve is formed at the intersection of two gradients, +3.0 and -5.0 percent. Design the length of summit curve in m to provide stipping sight distance for a design speed of 80 Kmph. a.278 b. 298 c. 308 d. 318 60. An ascending gradient of 1 in 100 meets a descending gradient of 1 in 120. A summit curve

66. If width if entry is 4.0 m and width of non

weaving section is 3.0m find the width of weaving section. a. 3.5m b. 4.0m c. 7.0m d. 10.0m 67. The free mean speed on a roadway is found to be 80 Kmph. Under stopped condition the average spacing between vehicles is 6.9 m. Determine the capacity of flow in veh/hour. a. 2500 b. 2700 c. 2900 d. 3100 68. An observation on an expressway yielded a count of 200 vehicles in a period of half an hour. Calculate the number of headways in this count greater than 4.5 sec. a. 120 b. 150 c. 180 d. 200 69. An observation on an expressway yielded a count of 200 vehicles in a period of half an hour. Calculate the number of headways in this count less than 18 sec. a. 172 b. 150 c. 182 d. 200 70. Aggregate impact value indicates the following property of aggregates a. Durability c. Hardness b. toughness d. Strength

73. Aggregate soundness value indicates the following property of aggregates a. Durability c. Hardness b. toughness d. Strength

74. What is the angularity number if the ratio of volume of voids to total volume is 0.33. a. 1 b. zero c. 33 d. 67 75. What is the angularity number if the ratio of volume of voids to total volume is 0.5. a. 1 b. zero c. 33 d. 17 76. What is the angularity number if the ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids is 0.6. a. 1 b. 5 c. 33 d. 17 77. It was observed that 150 vehicles crossed a particular location of a high way in duration of 30 min. Assuming that vehicle arrival follows a negative exponential distribution, find out the number of time head ways greater than 5 sec in the above observation? A. 90 B. 99 C. 110 D. 120

71. Aggregate crushing test indicates the following property of aggregates a. Durability c. Hardness b. toughness

78. The percent voids in mineral aggregate (VMA) and air voids ( ) in a compacted bituminous mix specimen are 15 and 4.5 respectively. The percent voids filled with bitumen (VFB) for this specimen is A. 24 B. 30 C. 54 D. 70

d. Strength

72. Aggregate abrasion test indicates the following property of aggregates a. Durability c. Hardness b. toughness d. Strength

79. In Marshal mix design the weights of aggregate and its specific gravities are as given below. The weight of bitumen is 100 gm and its specific gravity is 0.98. Find theoretical specific gravity of the mix?

Aggregate weight (gr): 600 Specific gravity : 2.5

1000 800 2.4 2.3

A. 2 B. 5. C. 10 D. 15 86. In CBR test if the specimen sustains a pressure of 8.4 at 5.0 mm penetration then what is the CBR value? A. 2 B. 5. C. 8 D. 15 87. If the aggregate is passed through 12 mm sieve and retained in 10 mm sieve, then what is the slot size to be chosen to test flakiness index? A. 6.0 B. 6.2 C. 6.4 D. 6.6 87. If the aggregate is passed through 12 mm sieve and retained in 10 mm sieve, then what is the slot size to be chosen to test elongation index? A. 13.2 B. 19.8 C. 11.0 D. 16.5 88. What is the energy used in impact test in Joules approximately? A. 370 B. 570 C. 770 D. 970

A. 2.71 B. 2.81 C. 2.91 D. 3.0 80. In Marshal mix design if the theoretical specific gravity of the mix is 2.5 and its bulk specific gravity is 2.4, then what is the percentage air voids? A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 81. In Marshal mix design if weight of bitumen is 150 gm, its specific gravity is 0.99 and weight of mix is 3000 gm and its bulk specific gravity is 2.4, then find percentage volume of bitumen? A. 5 B. 12 C. 15 D. 17 82. In Marshal mix design if weight of bitumen is 150 gm, its specific gravity is 0.99 and weight of mix is 3000 gm and its bulk specific gravity is 2.4, the theoretical specific gravity of mix is 2.6 then finds the voids in mineral aggregate? A. 5 B. 12 C. 15 D. 20 83. The percent voids in mineral aggregate (VMA) and percentage volume of bitumen ( ) in a compacted bituminous mix specimen are 15 and 9 respectively. The percent voids filled with bitumen (VFB) for this specimen is A. 24 B. 30 C. 54 D. 60

89. A section of a major highway has the following flow density relationship . What is the capacity of the highway section A. 788 B. 888 C. 988 D. 1000 90. On a specific section of highway, studies shows that the speed density relationship is [ ( ) ]. The highway capacity is 3800

84. In Marshal mix design if maximum stability is at 4 % of bitumen, maximum density is at 5 % and bitumen at 4 % air voids is at 5.25 %, then find the optimum bitumen content for the mix? A. 4.5 B. 4.75 C. 5.0 D. 6.0 85. In CBR test if the specimen sustains a pressure of 7 at 2.5 mm penetration then what is the CBR value?

vph and the jam density is 140 vpkm. What is the free flow speed in Kmph? A. 53.5 B. 55 C. 57.5 D. 60 91. Based on field observation it is found that the volume of traffic flow passing a point of highway segment is 720 vph. Calculate the probability that there is no vehicle passing this

point in 5 sec. A. 0.37 B. 047 C. 0.57 D. 0.67 92. Based on the OD survey, 25 % of commuters choose transit for their daily trip. There are 5 commuters being randomly selected from an organization. Estimate the probability that 1 person among 5 will choose transit for travel. A. 0.39 B. 0.49 C. 0.59 D. 0.69 93. Given that the volume of a segment of road way is 720 vph and traffic movement is in accord with poisson distribution. Calculate the number of headways whose value is less than 5 sec in an hour. A. 454 B. 464 C. 474 D. 484 94. Estimate number of potential conflicts if both roads are one way and having four lanes? A. 18 B. 25 C. 44 D. 36 94. Estimate number of potential conflicts if both roads are two way and having four lanes? A. 18 B. 25 C. 44 D. 36 95. Temperature stresses in concrete avements may cause the slab to crack. If a slab cools uniformly then the crack will develop at the following locations of the slab (a) at centre (b) near edges (c) at corners (d) both (b) and (c) 96. The speed and delay studies on a defined section of highway are conducted by A. radar gun B. traffic counters C. moving car method D. enoscope 97. Base course is used in rigid pavement for A. Prevention of subgrade settlement B. prevention of slab cracking C. prevention of pumping

D. prevention of thermal expansion 98. The relationship between the length (l) and radius ( r ) of an ideal transition curve is given by
A. L r B. L C. L D. L 1/r

99. The minimum value of CBR % required for granular sub base as per MOST specification A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 100. The radius of relative stiffness for a 20 cm thick slab with E = and Poissons ratio =0.15, resting on a subgrade having modulus of 5 is A. 10 Cm B. 80 Cm C. 120 Cm D. 320 Cm