1. What are road margins?
(a) The portion of the road occupied by vehicles
(b) The portion of land on either side of the roadway
(c) The part of the road used for footpaths
(d) The central median of the road
2. Which of the following is NOT an element of road margins?
(a) Parking lanes
(b) Cycle tracks
(c) Carriageway
(d) Guard rails
3. What is the minimum width provided for a cycle track?
(a) 1 meter
(b) 2 meters
(c) 1.5 meters
(d) 3 meters
4. Cycle tracks are typically provided in which type of areas?
(a) Rural areas
(b) Urban areas
(c) Highways
(d) Hilly areas
5. Which element of road margins connects the highway with commercial
establishments like fuel stations?
(a) Frontage roads
(b) Driveways
(c) Footpaths
(d) Shoulders
6. Driveways should be located:
(a) Close to intersections
(b) Away from intersections
(c) Parallel to the main road
(d) On the opposite side of intersections
7. What is the purpose of side slopes in a road?
(a) To provide additional lanes for traffic
(b) To stabilize the earthwork in embankment or cutting
(c) To separate pedestrian traffic from vehicles
(d) To improve drainage
8. Which factor does NOT affect the design of side slopes?
(a) Nature of soil
(b) Climatic condition
(c) Traffic volume
(d) Method of drainage
9. Side slopes are also provided for:
(a) Safety reasons
(b) Aesthetic reasons
(c) Speed control
(d) Reducing accidents
10. Where are footpaths typically provided?
(a) On rural roads
(b) On either side of urban roads
(c) Only on highways
(d) Along cycle tracks
11. The main function of footpaths is to:
(a) Provide additional parking space
(b) Grant safety to pedestrians
(c) Separate vehicles from the road
(d) Increase the road width
12. What is the minimum width of a footpath?
(a) 1 meter
(b) 2 meters
(c) 1.3 meters
(d) 1.5 meters
13. Footpaths should be placed on:
(a) One side of the road
(b) Both sides of the road
(c) Along the central median
(d) Only on highways
14. Frontage roads are mainly provided to:
(a) Increase the speed of traffic
(b) Grant access to properties along highways
(c) Serve as emergency lanes
(d) Separate heavy and light vehicles
15. Frontage roads are usually attached to the highway at:
(a) Random points
(b) Every intersection
(c) Selected points with grade separations
(d) Only at the beginning and end of the road
16. Guard rails are provided on the edge of the shoulder when the embankment
height exceeds:
(a) 1 meter
(b) 2 meters
(c) 3 meters
(d) 4 meters
17. The purpose of guard rails is to:
(a) Provide aesthetic value to the road
(b) Prevent vehicles from running off the embankment
(c) Separate lanes of traffic
(d) Improve drainage
18. Which of the following is a form of guard rail commonly used?
(a) Concrete barriers
(b) Wire ropes
(c) Steel beams
(d) All of the above
19. Parking lanes on urban roads are provided to:
(a) Increase road capacity
(b) Allow for on-street or kerb parking
(c) Reduce the speed of traffic
(d) Separate heavy and light vehicles
20. If parking lanes are not provided, the effective width of the road
will:
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) Remain the same
(d) Be unaffected
21. Parking lanes are preferred to be:
(a) Parallel to the road
(b) Inclined to the road
(c) Perpendicular to the road
(d) At the center of the road
22. Shoulders are primarily provided for:
(a) High-speed traffic
(b) Emergency stops and breakdown vehicles
(c) Pedestrian walkways
(d) Cyclists
23. What is the desirable minimum shoulder width?
(a) 1.85 meters
(b) 2.5 meters
(c) 4.6 meters
(d) 3.5 meters
24. Shoulders also act as:
(a) Service lanes for breakdown vehicles
(b) Footpaths for pedestrians
(c) Cycle tracks
(d) Drainage channels
25. The minimum shoulder width recommended by I.R.C. is:
(a) 1.5 meters
(b) 2 meters
(c) 2.5 meters
(d) 3 meters