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Highway Pavements - Transportation Engineering - Civil Engineering Previous Year Questions

Practice Highway Pavements - Transportation Engineering - Civil Engineering previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

21Papers
16Years
40Questions
1Topics

Highway Pavements question pattern

Every graph below is calculated only from this selection.

Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Highway Pavements. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Medium 25 62.5%
Easy 15 37.5%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 23 57.5%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 11 27.5%
Fill in the blanks 4 10%
MSQ 2 5%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Civil Engineering
40 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Transportation Engineering
40 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Highway Pavements
40 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2013
4 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2012
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2011
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2009
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
1 Qs

Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Civil Engineering (CE) 202620261View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 202620263View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]20251View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]20253View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]20241View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]20243View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]20221View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]20201View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]20192View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]20182View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]20172View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]20161View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]20161View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]20142View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]20142View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201320134View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201220123View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201120111View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201020102View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 200920093View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 200820081View paper

All Highway Pavements previous year questions

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2014 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
The following statements are related to temperature stresses developed in concrete pavement slabs with free edges (without any restraint):
P. The temperature stresses will be zero during both day and night times if the pavement slab is considered weightless
Q. The temperature stresses will be compressive at the bottom of the slab during night time if the self-weight of the pavement slab is considered
R. The temperature stresses will be compressive at the bottom of the slab during day time if the self-weight of the pavement slab is considered
The TRUE statement(s) is(are)
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
A traffic survey conducted on a road yields an average daily traffic count of 5000 vehicles. The axle load distribution on the same road is given in the following table:
Axle load (tonnes)Frequency of traffic (%)
1810
1420
1035
815
620

The design period of the road is 15 years, the yearly traffic growth rate is 7.5% and the load safety factor (LSF) is 1.3. If the vehicle damage factor (VDF) is calculated from the above data, the design traffic (in million standard axle load, MSA) is ____________
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
A road is being designed for a speed of 110 km/hr on a horizontal curve with a super elevation of 8%. If the coefficient of side friction is 0.10, the minimum radius of the curve (in m) required for safe vehicular movement is
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
In a Marshall sample, the bulk specific gravity of mix and aggregates are 2.324 and 2.546 respectively. The sample includes 5% of bitumen (by total weight of mix) of specific gravity 1.10. The theoretical maximum specific gravity of mix is 2.441. The void filled with bitumen (VFB) in the Marshall sample (in %) is __________
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
A two lane, one-way road with radius of 50 m is predominantly carrying lorries with wheelbase of 5 m. The speed of lorries is restricted to be between 60 kmph and 80 kmph. The mechanical widening and psychological widening required at 60 kmph are designated as \(w_{me,60}\) and \(w_{ps,60}\), respectively. The mechanical widening and psychological widening required at 80 kmph are designated as \(w_{me,80}\) and \(w_{ps,80}\), respectively. The correct values of \(w_{me,60}\), \(w_{ps,60}\), \(w_{me,80}\), \(w_{ps,80}\), respectively are
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
In the context of the IRC 58-2011 guidelines for rigid pavement design, consider the following pair of statements.

I: Radius of relative stiffness is directly related to modulus of elasticity of concrete and inversely related to Poisson's ratio
II: Radius of relative stiffness is directly related to thickness of slab and modulus of subgrade reaction.

Which one of the following combinations is correct?
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2017 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]

While aligning a hill road with a ruling gradient of 6%, a horizontal curve of radius 50 m is encountered. The grade compensation (in percentage, up to two decimal places) to be provided for this case would be __________

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2017 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
The radii of relative stiffness of the rigid pavements P and Q are denoted by lP and lQ, respectively. The geometric and material properties of the concrete slab and underlying soil are given below:
PavementConcreteSoil
Length of SlabBreadth of SlabThickness of SlabModulus of ElasticityPoisson's RatioSubgrade Reaction Modulus
PLBhEμK
QLB0.5hEμ2K
The ratio (up to one decimal place) of lP/lQ is __________
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2018 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]

As per IRC:37-2012, in order to control subgrade rutting in flexible pavements, the parameter to be considered is

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2018 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]

A 7.5 m wide two-lane road on a plain terrain is to be laid along a horizontal curve of radius 510 m. For a design speed of 100 kmph, super-elevation is provided as per IRC: 73-1980. Consider acceleration due to gravity as 9.81 m/s2. The level difference between the inner and outer edges of the road (in m, up to three decimal places) is ______

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2019 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]

Structural failures considered in the mechanistic method of bituminous pavement design are

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2019 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
A flexible pavement has the following class of loads during a particular hour of the day. i. 80 buses with 2-axles (each axle load of 40 kN). ii. 160 trucks with 2-axles (front and rear axle loads of 40 kN and 80 kN, respectively) The equivalent standard axle load repetitions for this vehicle combination as per IRC:37-2012 would be
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2020 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
For an axle load of 15 tonne on a road, the Vehicle Damage Factor (round off to two decimal places), in terms of the standard axle load of 8 tonne, is __________.
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2022 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
A parabolic vertical crest curve connects two road segments with grades +1.0% and -2.0%. If a 200 m stopping sight distance is needed for a driver at a height of 1.2 m to avoid an obstacle of height 0.15 m, then the minimum curve length should be __________ m. (round off to the nearest integer)
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2024 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
The following data is obtained from an axle load survey at a site:
Average rear axle load = 12000 kg
Number of commercial vehicles = 800 per day
The pavement at this site would be reconstructed over a period of 5 years from the date of survey. The design life of the reconstructed pavement is 15 years. Use the standard axle load as 8160 kg and the annual average vehicle growth rate as 4.0%. Assume that Equivalent Wheel Load Factor (EWLF) and Vehicle Damage Factor (VDF) are equal.
The cumulative standard axle (in msa) for the pavement design is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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2024 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
Various stresses in jointed plain concrete pavement with slab size of 3.5 m × 4.5 m are denoted as follows:
Wheel load stress at interior = \(S_{wl}^i\)
Wheel load stress at edge = \(S_{wl}^e\)
Wheel load stress at corner = \(S_{wl}^c\)
Warping stress at interior = \(S_t^i\)
Warping stress at edge = \(S_t^e\)
Warping stress at corner = \(S_t^c\)
Frictional stress between slab and supporting layer = \(S_f\)
The critical stress combination in the concrete slab during a summer midnight is
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2024 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]

In the context of pavement material characterization, the CORRECT statement(s) is/are

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2024 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
A vertical summit curve on a freight corridor is formed at the intersection of two gradients, +3.0% and -5.0%. Assume the following:
Only large-sized trucks are allowed on this corridor
Design speed = 80 kmph
Eye height of truck drivers above the road surface = 2.30 m
Height of object above the road surface for which trucks need to stop = 0.35 m
Total reaction time of the truck drivers = 2.0 s
Coefficient of longitudinal friction of the road = 0.36
Stopping sight distance gets compensated on the gradient
The design length of the summit curve (in meters) to accommodate the stopping sight distance is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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2025 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
During determination of the bulk specific gravity of compacted bituminous specimen, the mass in air of the specimen is 1260 g and volume is 525 cm³. The density of water is 1.0 g/cm³. The theoretical maximum specific gravity of mix is 2.510.

The percentage air voids in the compacted specimen is ______ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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2025 · Civil Engineering · Transportation Engineering · Highway Pavements
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]

The recommended minimum traffic growth rate and design period considered for structural design of flexible pavements for national highways in India as per IRC 37:2018 is ______ percentage and ______ years, respectively.

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