Session 3: Road Signs
Unit 4: Road Safety
Textual Question-Answers
Check Your Progress
A. Fill in the blanks
1. A traffic sign helps in ……………. movement of traffic.
Ans: A traffic sign helps in smooth movement of traffic.
2. The hand can also be used as ……………….. in emergency.
Ans: The hand can also be used as signal in emergency.
3. Signal traffic lights have …………………, ……………….. and……………….. colour.
Ans: Signal traffic lights have red, yellow and green colour.
B. Multiple choice questions
1. Sign of children near road shows possibility of ……………….. nearby.
(a) school
(b) park
(c) home
(d) hospital
Ans: (a) school
2. Sign of informs that ……………………..
(a) vehicle is prohibited in both directions
(b) vehicle prohibited in one direction
(c) vehicle prohibited in all directions
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b) vehicle prohibited in one direction
3. Signal of 50 shows ……………
(a) speed limit
(b) crossing
(c) distance
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a) speed limit
4. Sign shows ……………….
(a) guarded railway crossing
(b) unguarded railway crossing
(c) road crossing
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b) unguarded railway crossing
5. Sign of informs about ……………….
(a) danger due to animals
(b) danger due to light
(c) danger due to forest
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a) danger due to animals
C. Short answer questions
1. Discuss the role of signal in road safety.
Ans: Signals play an important role in road safety by regulating trafficflow, preventing accidents, guiding drivers and pedestrians, and maintainingdiscipline on the road through proper use of signs, signals, and road markings.
2. List some safety signs.
Ans: Some safety signs are stop sign, no entry sign, speed limit sign, school ahead sign, pedestrian crossing sign, railway crossing sign, and animal crossingsign.
