Surveying Online Test - Paper 2

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1. The instrument used for measuring area on a contour map is

a) graph meter

b) planimeter

c) area meter

d) clinometers

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2. Geodetic survey is different from plane surveying because of

a) very large area is covered

b) the curvature of the earth is considered

c) undulations of the topography

d) the large difference of elevations

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3. The distance between terminal points computed from a subsidiary traverse run between them is known as

a) traverse base

b) transverse base

c) corrected base

d) traverse length

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4. Overturning of vehicles on a curve can be avoided by using

a) transition curve

b) vertical curve

c) compound curve

d) reverse curve

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5. Theodolite traverse is plotted more accurately by

a) consecutive ordinate of each section

b) independent coordinates of each section

c) inclined angle & scaling off each traverse leg

d) the tangent method of plotting

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6. In the case of leveling staff readings are taken by (In the case of target staff)

a) staff man

b) instrument man

c) both (a) and (b) of above

d) none of the above

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7. For a dumpy level in perfect adjustment, the horizontal cross hair should be in a plane

a) perpendicular to the vertical axis

b) parallel to the vertical axis

c) parallel to the axis of the bubble tube

d) none of the above

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8. The advantage of anallatic lens is

a) helps in external focusing

b) protection against moisture

c) computation becomes easy as the additive constant in the distance formula vanishes

d) all of the above

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9. The method of plane tabling generally adopted to obtain details and plotting inaccessible points is:

a) radiation

b) intersection

c) resection

d) all of the above

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10. A Cadastral Map is a map having

a) small-scale map

b) medium-scale map

c) large-scale map

d) all of the above

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11. The method of leveling in which the plane table is set at only one station to take detail is known as:

a) intersection

b) radiation

c) resection

d) traversing

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12. In a theodolite, the line passing through the intersection of the horizontal and vertical crosshairs and the optical center of the object glass and its continuation is known as

a) horizontal glass

b) line of collimation

c) line of sight

d) none of the above

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13. The outer spindle attached to the lower plate in a transit theodolite is known as

a) vernier plate

b) scale plate

c) alidade

d) none of the above

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14. The resection by a two-point problem as compared to the three-point problem:

a) requires more labor

b) takes less time

c) gives more accurate results

d) none of the above

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15. A bearing noted N45° E represents

a) quadrantal system

b) whole circle system

c) none of the above

d) reduce bearing system

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16. Handles of chains are made of

a) nickel

b) steel

c) copper

d) brass

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17. Personal error in leveling occurs due to

a) careless leveling of the instrument

b) bubble not centered

c) staff not held vertical

d) all of the above

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18. The intercept of a staff is

a) minimum if the staff is held truly normal to the line of sight

b) maximum if the staff is held truly normal to the line of sight

c) decreases if the staff is tilted away from normal

d) increases if the staff is tilted away from normal

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19. The tacheometric method is a more suitable method for preparing the contour map of

a) valley

b) hill

c) ridge

d) plain surface

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20. The sag correction is always

a) positive

b) negative

c) zero

d) none of the above

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21. In a closed traverse, the algebraic sum of deflection angles is

a) 0°

b) 360°

c) (2n-4) 90°

d) (2n+4) 90°

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22. The maximum angular error in laying the direction is 3°; if this maximum displacement of the point on paper is the same for both sources of error, the accuracy in the offset measurement will be

a) 1 in 18

b) 1 in 19

c) 1 in 25

d) 1 in 30

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23. The absence of chromatic aberration in a telescope is known as

a) achromation

b) crimination

c) aplanation

d) definition

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24. The types of survey used to fix property lines are

a) topographical

b) cadastral

c) city

d) astronomical

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25. Hydrographic survey deals with the mapping of

a) large water bodies

b) canal system

c) cloud movement

d) none of the above

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26. The stadia hairs are not used in

a) movable hair method

b) fixed hair method

c) tangential hair method

d) substense hair method

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27. The sensitivity of the bubble tube expressed in terms of the angular value of one division of the bubble is given by

a) S/D radians

b) D/S radians

c) S/D seconds

d) none of the above

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28. An anallatic lens is provided in a tacheometer to measure the horizontal distance.

a) nullify both constant

b) render the additive constant zero

c) multiplying constant 100 and additive constant zero

d) improve visibility

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29. Which of the following terms is not associated with leveling:

a) foresight

b) bench mark

c) bearing

d) change point

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30. The principle of surveying to prevent the accumulation of errors is

a) to work from whole to the part

b) to work from part to whole

c) both (a) and (b) above

d) none of the above

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