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Airport and Bridge Engineering (ABE) important questionsMost repeated in SPPU papers

These 41 questions appeared in more than one SPPU Airport and Bridge Engineering paper we have: 9 papers, from Oct 2022 to May 2025. The most-asked come first. Each one links to the papers it was asked in.

Repeated questions

Endsem questions (32)

  1. 3×asked

    Define following terms related to bridge (i) Effective span (ii) Freeboard (iii) Afflux.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  2. 3×asked

    Describe with neat sketch (i) Bascule bridge (ii) Suspension bridge.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  3. 3×asked

    Differentiate between temporary and permanent bridges with example.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  4. 3×asked

    Discuss any three types of movable bridges.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  5. 3×asked

    State the purpose of providing bearing in bridges. Enlist different types of bearing.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  6. 3×asked

    What is airport drainage? What are the functions and basic requirements of airport drainage?

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  7. 3×asked

    What is heliport? State the various helicopter characteristics. 2

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  8. 3×asked

    Why lighting and marking of airport is required? Enlist parameters considered for heliport planning.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  9. 3×asked

    Write note on (i) Augmented reality (ii) Virtual Reality.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  10. 3×asked

    Define bridge? What are the characteristics of an ideal site for a bridge?

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  11. 3×asked

    Discuss in brief the necessity of airport drainage.

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  12. 3×asked

    Explain planning and design of airport pavement.

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  13. 3×asked

    Explain vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), short take-off and Landing (STOL).

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  14. 3×asked

    State and explain the factors affecting the design of Airport capacity.

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  15. 3×asked

    What is BIM (Building Information Modelling) for airport engineering? Explain in detail.

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  16. 2×asked

    Calculate flood discharge from a catchment of 65 square kilometer when the rainfall during a storm was 15 cm in two hours. The time of concentration is 20 hours and the runoff coefficient is 0.35.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  17. 2×asked

    Define Airport Capacity. State the various factors affecting airport operating capacity.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  18. 2×asked

    Describe in brief IRC class A and Class B Loading used for the design of bridges.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  19. 2×asked

    Describe the following terms :- (i) Apron marking (ii) Landing Direction Indicator (iii) Threshold marking

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  20. 2×asked

    Discuss in brief the ICAO system of approach lighting.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  21. 2×asked

    Explain CBR method of flexible pavement design.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  22. 2×asked

    Name the various methods used for designing flexible airport pavement and discuss in brief any one method.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  23. 2×asked

    Sketch any two types of abutments and piers used in the construction of bridges.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  24. 2×asked

    What are the various methods commonly used in estimation of the flood discharge at a bridge site?

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  25. 2×asked

    What do you mean by economical span? Derive the equation for economical span, stating clearly the assumptions made in the derivation.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  26. 2×asked

    What is BIM (Building Information Modeling)? Explain in detail.

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  27. 2×asked

    What is VTOL and STOL? What are the advantages of STOL?

    May 2025 ·May 2023

  28. 2×asked

    Explain with sketch various markings on runways.

    Nov 2024 ·Nov 2022

  29. 2×asked

    The catchment area of a stream is of sandy soil with thick vegetation Cover and the area of the catchment is 12000 hectares. The length of the Catchment is 25 km and the fall in level from the critical point to the Bridge site is 180 meters. Calculate the peak run off for designing the Bridge, if the severest storm as recorded yielded 18 cm for rainfall of 4 hours. Area factor = 0.70 and Coefficient to account for Losses due to absorption = 0.20

    Nov 2024 ·Nov 2022

  30. 2×asked

    Compare the salient features of Simply supported, continuous and cantilever bridges.

    May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  31. 2×asked

    Give comparison between the Highway and Airfield pavement.

    May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  32. 2×asked

    Write short note on economic span of bridge.

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023

Insem questions (9)

  1. 3×asked

    Determine the length of the runway to be provided after i) Correction for elevation and ii) Correction for temperature if runway length required for landing at sea level in standard atmospheric condition is 2500. Aerodrome elevation is 200m and reference temperature is 24 degree Celsius, temperature in the standard atmosphere for 200m is 15 degree Celsius and runway slope is 0.5 %.

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023 ·Oct 2022

  2. 3×asked

    Discuss in brief how Instrument Landing System approach is useful in bad weather condition.

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023 ·Oct 2022

  3. 3×asked

    Discuss the characteristics of layout of Airport.

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023 ·Oct 2022

  4. 3×asked

    Explain Air Traffic Control (ATC).

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023 ·Oct 2022

  5. 2×asked

    Describe any five major elements influencing the planning of airports.

    Sep 2024 ·Oct 2022

  6. 2×asked

    Examine suitability of navigation and landing aids- ILS for Airports.

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023

  7. 2×asked

    Explain the types of imaginary surfaces of airport obstruction with neat sketch.

    Sep 2024 ·Oct 2022

  8. 2×asked

    Length of runway under standard condition is 1620m with an elevation of 270m having airport reference temperature (ART) is 33° C and having effective gradient is 20 %. Calculate the corrected length of runway. Use and apply necessary checks.

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023

  9. 2×asked

    What is function of taxiway in airports? Draw cross sections of taxiway showing all components.

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023

Questions count as repeated when their wording matches closely across papers. Numericals that depend on a figure are left out, since the figure changes from paper to paper.