List of practice Questions

For a given road, the safe stopping sight distance (SSD) is 80 m and the passing sight distance is 300 m. What will be the intermediate sight distance?
A summit curve is formed at the intersection of a 3% upgrade and 5% downgrade. What is the length of the summit curve in order to provide a stopping distance of 128 m? (Assume: length of summit curve is greater than SSD, driver's eye height = 1.2 m, height of obstruction = 0.15 m).
For a circular curve of radius 200 m, the coefficient of lateral friction is 0.15 and the design speed is 40 kmph. The equilibrium super elevation (for equal pressure on the inner and outer wheels) would be:
What will be the theoretical maximum capacity for a single lane of highway, if the given speed of the traffic stream is 60 kmph and the average center-to-center spacing of the vehicle is 13.98 m?

Match LIST-I with LIST-II (adopting standard notations):\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{LIST-I (Parameter)} & \textbf{LIST-II (Formula)} \\ \hline \\ \text{A. Cubic parabola equation} & \text{IV. $\dfrac{X^3}{6RL}$} \\ \\ \hline \\ \text{B. Shift in transition curve} & \text{II. $\dfrac{L^2}{24R}$} \\ \\ \hline \\ \text{C. Length of valley curve} & \text{III. $\dfrac{N S^2}{(1.50 + 0.035S)}$} \\ \\ \hline \\ \text{D. Length of summit curve} & \text{I. $\dfrac{N S^2}{4.4}$} \\ \\ \hline \end{array}\] Choose the most appropriate match from the options given below:

Which of the following parameters are required for the design of a transition curve for a highway system? 

(A) Rate of change of grade 
(B) Rate of change of radial acceleration 
(C) Rate of change of super elevation 
(D) Rate of change of curvature 
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Traffic capacity is defined as:

Sequentially arrange the steps involved in laying a sewer line: 

A. Transferring the center line of the sewer to the bottom of the trench. 
B. Setting sight rails over the trench. 
C. Driving pegs to the level of the invert line of the sewer. 
D. Placing the sewer in the trench. 
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Match LIST-I with LIST-II:\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{LIST-I (Method)} & \textbf{LIST-II (Used relations)} \\ \hline \text{A. Group Index Method} & \text{III. Empirical method using soil classification test} \\ \hline \text{B. CBR Method} & \text{IV. Empirical method using soil strength test} \\ \hline \text{C. US Navy Method} & \text{II. Quasi-rational} \\ \hline \text{D. Asphalt Institute Method} & \text{I. Semi-theoretical} \\ \hline \end{array}\] Choose the most appropriate match from the options given below:
Bitumen grade 80/100 indicates that under the standard test conditions, the penetration value of bitumen would vary from:
A sample of waste-water has 4 day 20$^\circ$C B.O.D. value of 75% of the final B.O.D. The rate constant K (to the base 10) per day will be:
Match LIST-I with LIST-II:\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{LIST-I (Treatment method)} & \textbf{LIST-II (Principle / process involved)} \\ \hline \text{A. Trickling filter} & \text{IV. Attached growth} \\ \hline \text{B. Activated sludge process} & \text{III. Suspended growth} \\ \hline \text{C. Aerated lagoon} & \text{II. Mechanical aeration} \\ \hline \text{D. Oxidation pond} & \text{I. Symbiotic} \\ \hline \end{array}\] Choose the most appropriate match from the options given below:

Sequentially arrange the stepwise process of wastewater treatment: 

A. Primary sedimentation 
B. Screening and Grit removal 
C. Disinfection 
D. Secondary treatment unit and Secondary Sedimentation 
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Match LIST-I with LIST-II:\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{LIST-I (Air pollutants)} & \textbf{LIST-II (Impact on human health)} \\ \hline \text{A. Particulates} & \text{III. Cause of coughing, shortness of breath, headache etc.} \\ \hline \text{B. Carbon mono-oxides} & \text{I. Impairs transport of O$_2$ in the bloodstream} \\ \hline \text{C. Sulfur oxides} & \text{IV. Cause respiratory illness} \\ \hline \text{D. Photochemical oxidants} & \text{II. Irritation of mucous membranes of the respiratory tract} \\ \hline \end{array}\] Choose the most appropriate match from the options given below:
A rapid sand filter for a town with a water requirement of 2 MLD is to be provided with a rate of filtration at 4000 liter/hr/m$^2$ with a backwash system. The size of the filter will be:
The plan of an area has shrunk such that a line originally 10 cm, now measures 9.5 cm. If the original scale of the plan was 1 cm = 10 m (R.F. = 1:1000), the shrinkage factor is given as:
If the declination is $5^\circ 40'W$, which of the following magnetic bearings would represent the true bearing of $S25^\circ 20'E$?
The quadrantal bearing of a line is directly observed by:

Which of the following statements (with respect to compass traversing) are correct? 

A. True meridian at a station is constant. 
B. True meridian passing through different points on the earth surface converges towards the pole. 
C. The angle between the true meridian and the line is known as declination. 
D. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the line is known as azimuth. 
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

The relationship between air-base (B), photographic base (b), flying height (H), and focal length of lens (f) for an aerial photograph is given by:
A tape (30 m long) when suspended, has a sag (dip) 'd' of 30.15 cm at the mid-span under a tension of 100 N. The total weight of the tape is given by:
Match LIST-I with LIST-II (Seismic Waves):\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{LIST-I (Type of seismic wave)} & \textbf{LIST-II (Characteristic of particle motion)} \\ \hline \text{A. Primary Wave} & \text{III. in longitudinal direction} \\ \hline \text{B. Shear Wave} & \text{IV. is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation} \\ \hline \text{C. Love Wave} & \text{I. in horizontal plane and transverse to the direction of wave propagation} \\ \hline \text{D. Rayleigh Wave} & \text{II. in vertical plane and retrograde} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
If the velocity of the shear wave through a soil deposit is determined as $V_s$, the shear modulus 'G' is given as: (where, $\rho =$ mass density of soil)
Which of the following computer programs is based on the one-dimensional wave propagation method and used to compute the responses for a design motion?
Which of the following factors does not affect strong ground motion?