Pavement Design Mock Test 1

10%

Question 1 of 10

1. The numerical difference between plastic limit and liquid limit is termed as ______

Liquidity index

Consistency index

Plasticity index

Flow index

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following is not a desirable property of subgrade soil?

Compressibility

Stability

Compaction

Strength

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the below IRC codes gives the guidelines for wet mix macadam?

IRC SP 100

IRC 102

IRC SP 102

IRC 109

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Question 4 of 10

4. The diameter of the standard plate used to find the value of modulus of subgrade is ______

7.5 cm

750 cm

75 mm

75 cm

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Question 5 of 10

5. Subgrade layer is not present in an airport pavement.

False

True

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Question 6 of 10

6. The presence of air voids will result in ______ specific gravity and indicate ______ strength characteristics.

Lower, higher

Higher, higher

Lower, lower

Higher, lower

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the below is not used as an unbound sub-base material?

Kankar

Lime-fly ash

Gravel

Crushed slag

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Question 8 of 10

8. Determine the CBR value of the specimen at 2.5 mm penetration if the dial reading obtained from the graph is 35 divisions and 100 division of load dial represents 190 kg load in the calibration chart of proving ring.

4.8%

4.8

4.9

4.9%

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Question 9 of 10

9. The sub-base course is also called as ______ sub-base.

Layered

Graded

Granular

Bituminous

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Question 10 of 10

10. As per the Mohr-Coulomb theory, the point inside the Mohr’s circle is considered to be ______

Failure

Stable

Unstable

Not possible

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