Pavement Design and Hill Roads

JKSSB Junior Engineer (Civil) · Highway Engineering · 13 practice questions with answers and explanations: 12 Easy, 1 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Dowel bars in a concrete pavement are:

  1. Placed parallel to the traffic direction, with one end greased to allow movement
  2. Placed across the traffic direction
  3. Bent into the sub-grade
  4. Fixed at both ends
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Answer: A. Tie bars are placed across longitudinal joints.

Sample Easy question 2

Traffic signs that give a warning are generally:

  1. Triangular in shape
  2. Circular
  3. Rectangular only
  4. Octagonal only
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Answer: A. Regulatory signs are circular, and informatory signs are rectangular.

Sample Easy question 3

A French drain is a form of:

  1. Bridge drainage
  2. Subsurface drainage
  3. Surface drainage
  4. Kerb drainage
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Answer: B. It is a trench filled with coarse aggregate that carries the water away.

Sample Medium question 4

The CBR value of a soil is the ratio of the test load at 2.5 mm or 5 mm penetration to the:

  1. Unit weight of the soil
  2. Optimum moisture content
  3. Standard load for the same penetration
  4. Maximum dry density
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Answer: C. The standard load for 2.5 mm penetration is 1,370 kg.

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