CE 6504 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING TWO MARKS QUESTION BANK

U # Question U # Question
1 1 List the classifications of Roads in Nagpur Plan? (OR) State the objectives of Nagpur Road Plan 1 14 What is the major role of IRC?
1 2 What are the recommendations of Jayakar Committee? 1 15 What is RoW?
1 3 What are the classifications of roads in Nagpur Plan? 1 16 Define CRF
1 4 Write short notes on HRB. OR What are the objectives of HRB? 1 17 What are Shoulders?
1 5 What are the recommendations of CRRI? 1 18 What is an Ideal Alignment?
1 6 List the different modes of Transportation and mention their limitations 1 19 What is an Arterial Road?
1 7 List 4 parameters enumerated in Traffic Surveys for Alignment and Design of Highways 1 20 What is Cul De Sac?
1 8 Draw the cross section of a sub-arterial road. 1 21 What is the role of MoRTH?
1 9 Draw a typical cross section of Roman Road /// State the special features of early Roman roads? 1 22 What are BOT Projects?
1 10 How the length of NH is computed as per the 3rd Road Development Plan of India? 1 23 Draw the different types of kerbs
1 11 List the various Obligatory Points influencing the Highway Alignment 1 24 State the functions of medians in urban roads.
1 12 State any two contributions made by Jayakar Committee for road development in India 1 25 Draw the cross section of two lane urban road
1 13 What are the important modifications made in Macadam’s method of road construction? 1

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2 1 What are the types of Sight Distances? 2 18 What are Overtaking Zones?
2 2 Define and Differentiate between Lag Distance and Breaking Distance 2 19 State PIEV theory
2 3 Differentiate between Intermediate Sight Distance & Illumination Sight Distance 2 20 Explain Illumination Sight Distance
2 4 What is the Lag Distance for a design speed of 100 km / hr? 2 21 What is Non-passing sight distance?
2 5 Define Ruling Gradient and Exceptional Gradient 2 22 Define Limiting Gradient
2 6 What is Minimum Gradient in Highway? Why is it provided? 2 23 What is an Ideal Alignment?
2 7 Explain Super elevation 2 24 What do you understand by Curve Resistance?
2 8 What are the maximum and minimum values of Super-elevation? 2 25 List 4 types of medians adopted in Highways
2 9 Draw and depict the forces acting on a vehicle moving on a curved path 2 26 Draw a Transition Curve and mark all its zones
2 10 List the factors governing the superelevation of a road surface 2 27 Draw the different types of Transition Curve
2 11 What are the fundamental principles of Alignment? 2 28 Define Sag Curves
2 12 What are the elements involved in Highway Geometric Design? 2 29 Define Camber
2 13 List the requirements of an ideal transition curve 2 30 What is carriageway?
2 14 Vertical Summit curve formed at intersection of two gradients +3.0 and -5.0. Calculate Deviation
Angle
2 15 What is Extra Widening? ///// What is Extra Widening at Curves?
2 16 What is the necessity for widening the pavements in curves?
2 17 List the factors influencing extra widening width on highway curves
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3 1 What are the factors in Pavement Design? 3 17 Define Critical Load Positions
3 2 What are the requirements of an ideal pavement? 3 18 What is ESWL?
3 3 Define Equivalent Radius of Resisting Section? 3 19 Define VDF
3 4 What is Standard and Legal Axle Load as per IRC? 3 20 State the significance of sub-grade
3 5 How to calculate the ESWL at a given depth below the pavement for a dual wheel assembly ? 3 21 What is Radius of Relative Stiffness?
3 6 Define and Differentiate between Flexible and Rigid Pavements 3 22 Define OMC
3 7 What is the main difference in the structural behaviour of flexible and rigid pavements? 3 23 Explain Flexible Pavement
3 8 Differentiate between Prime Coat, Tack Coat and Seal Coat in a Flexible Pavement 3 24 Draw the flexible pavement cross section;
3 9 What is Grain to Grain transfer of stresses? On which pavement, it will happen? 3 25 How CBR affects the flexible pavement design
3 10 Why are Dowel Bars needed in concrete pavements? 3 26 What are the types of Rigid Pavements?
3 11 What are the effects of temperature on Rigid Pavements? 3 27 List the applications of Rigid Pavements
3 12 How temperature changes produce frictional stresses in rigid pavements? 3 28 Why are joints provided in concrete roads?
3 13 Draw various wheel load positions in rigid pavement and state the most critical load combination. 3 29 Mention the types of joints in rigid pavements
3 14 State the modified Westergaard equation for the determination if load stress 3 30 What is Fatigue Life of Rigid Pavements?
3 15 How to calculate the fatigue life of concrete pavements? 3 31 Differentiate between ESAL and ESWL.
3 16 List four factors controlling the design of rigid pavements 3 32 What is Rigidity Factor in Pavements design?

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4 1 What is the purpose of conducting Abrasion Test? 4 20 Define Flakiness Index.
4 2 List the various tests as per BIS for testing highway materials 4 21 What is the significance of CBR Test?
4 3 How geotextiles improve the safety and stability of highway embankments? 4 22 Define Elongation Index.
4 4 How adding up the waste plastics help in the improvement of bituminous pavements? 4 23 What is static immersion test?
4 5 Mention the desirable properties of soil as a highway material 4 24 Define Flakiness Index
4 6 List the types of Bituminous materials used in road construction 4 25 Define Elongation and Flakiness Indices
4 7 State the applications of Direct Shear and Unconfined Compression Tests 4 26 Explain WBM road
4 8 Enumerate the steps to prepare the subgrade during highway construction 4 27 Define and Differentiate between FA and CA
4 9 What is meant by 80 / 100 grade bitumen? 4 28 Define Softening Point
4 10 Why are joints provided in cement concrete roads? 4 29 What is CBR?
4 11 Define and Differentiate between Tar, Bitumen and Asphalt 4 30 Differentiate Prime Coat, Seal Coat Tack Coat
4 12 How is the grading bitumen done? 4 31 What is Elongation Index?
4 13 List the different types of bituminous materials used in road construction
4 14 Define Flaky Aggregate
4 15 What is the purpose of applying tack coat in bituminous road construction?
4 16 What are the requirements of good aggregates?
4 17 What is the function of tack coat in bituminous construction?
4 18 Define and Differentiate between Tar and Bitumen and Asphalt
4 19 State any two techniques to protect sub-grade from moisture due to capillary rise
5 1 What are the parameters that should be observed for evaluating a rigid pavement?
5 2 What are the causes of cracks?
5 3 Define Bleeding
5 4 Define and Differentiate between Pumping and Raveling
5 5 Define and Differentiate between Delamination and Depression
5 6 List the types of defects in flexible pavements
5 7 Name the four methods of pavement evaluation
5 8 What is Alligator Crack?
5 9 Define FWD and state its use.
5 10 List the types of pavements
5 11 Brief about Pavement Evaluation
5 12 What are the general causes of pavement failures?
5 13 Mention the types of skidding
5 14 List the defects in Flexible Pavements
5 15 Name the four methods of pavement evaluation
5 16 List the various types of failures in Flexible Pavements
5 17 What is Flexible Overlay over Rigid Pavement?
5 18 What is the concept of pavement serviceability?
5 19 What is Mud Pumping in Rigid Pavements? List the causes and remedies
5 20 What are the causes of Raveling?
5 21 What is Shoving?
5 22 When is Overlay needed in pavements?
5 23 What is Unevenness Index?
5 24 What are the reasons for disintegration of flexible pavement surface?
5 25 State the remedial measures for the edge cracks in rigid pavements
5 26 What is Spalling of Joint?
5 27 What are the causes of Scaling?
5 28 Define Pavement Roughness Index
5 29 What is Serviceability of Pavements?
5 30 What is mud pumping?
5 31 Draw the figure for failure in subgrade of flexible pavement