Surveying Online Test - Paper 3 » Winning Questions

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1. Working edge of alidade is called

a) fiducial edge

b) knife edge

c) broad edge

d) plane table edge

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

a) foresight

b) bench mark

c) bearing

d) change point

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3. The triangle formed by joining the position of the known points on plane table survey is known as:

a) small triangle

b) medium triangle

c) great triangle

d) equilateral triangle

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4. Sensitivity of a level tube is expressed by

a) the length of the level tube

b) the radius of the level tube

c) the length of the bubble of the level tube

d) all of the above

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5. In the intersection method of plane tabling, the number of stations needed to be set up is:

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) none of the above

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6. The length of an Engineer's chain is

a) 70 ft

b) 80 ft

c) 90 ft

d) 100 ft

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7. The tie line is run through the survey to

a) take off sets for detailed surveying

b) take details of nearby objects

c) check accuracy of work

d) all of the above

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8. A chain is made up of mild steel or galvanized iron wire of diameter

a) 1 mm

b) 3 mm

c) 5 mm

d) 7 mm

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9. Right face and left face readings are taken to

a) get the correct reading

b) eliminate error of trunnion axis not being exactly horizontal

c) eliminate error in the vertical axis

d) eliminate error in the line of collimation

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10. Automatic level has advantages of

a) high precision and external influence

b) freedom from errors and external influence

c) comfortable and has a large range of application

d) all of the above

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11. The magnetic declination at a place is 7°20' W, the bearing given by the compass is S45°40'E, the true bearing of the place is

a) N53°0'E

b) S53°0'E

c) N53°0'W

d) S53°0'W

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12. The levels to which the earthwork will have to be carried out is known as

a) finish surface level

b) original G.L

c) formation level

d) depth of cutting

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13. The maximum number of omitted measurements that can be calculated from latitudes and departures of a closed traverse is

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four

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14. A series of closed contour lines on the map with higher to lower values inside them represent a

a) hill

b) ridge

c) depression

d) steep slope

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15. The number of horizontal cross wires in a stadia diaphragm is

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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16. In compass surveying

a) the direction and lengths of the survey line are measured by compass

b) the direction is measured by the compass

c) length is measured by the chain or tape

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

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17. Find the contour interval for the map, 1: 25000 in IS & FPS

a) 4m & 20.70ft

b) 6m & 19.70ft

c) 3m & 20.70ft

d) 5m & 19.70ft

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18. The best method of interpolation of contours in the direct method of contouring is by

a) computations

b) interpolation

c) estimation

d) none of the above

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19. Direction of the closing error is given by

a) sin^-1 ΣD/ΣL

b) tan^-1 ΣD/ΣL

c) sin^-1 ΣL/ΣD

d) tan^-1 ΣL/ΣD

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20. *Total station is

a) total no. of stations in traverse

b) even/odd no. of stations in traverse

c) optical distance measurement instrument

d) electromagnetic distance measurement instrument

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21. Least count is given by

a) the smallest division of the primary scale

b) the smallest division of the secondary scale

c) both a) and b) above

d) none of the above

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22. 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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23. If the sum of northing of a traverse exceeds the sum of southing by 2m and the sum of easting exceeds the sum of westing by 2m, the resulting closing error will be

a) √2 m

b) 2√2 m

c) 2m

d) 4m

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24. The angular error of closure or summation error should not exceed (Where N is the number of stations or sides.)

a) 15√N

b) 153√N

c) √N

d) 3√N

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25. The upper plate

a) is attached to the inner spindle and is called the vernier plate

b) has two verniers 180° apart for reading the horizontal angles

c) is also called the alidade of the theodolite

d) all of the above

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26. A leveling station is a point where:

a) the leveling machine is set up

b) both back sight and foresight are taken

c) the level staff is held

d) both A and B

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27. The method of tacheometry in which the observation is made with stadia wires with a variable interval is known as

a) movable hair method

b) fixed hair method

c) tangential hair method

d) substense hair method

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28. The direct method of contouring is

a) very slow method

b) most accurate method

c) suitable for contouring a small area

d) all of the above

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29. The amount of correction due to local attraction at a place

a) is constant for all bearings

b) varies with the bearing

c) changes from time to time

d) sometimes additive and sometimes subtractive

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30. 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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31. The difference between a level line and a horizontal line is that

a) the level line is normal to the plumb line, while the horizontal line is not necessarily

b) the level line is curved, but the horizontal line is a straight line

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

d) none of the above

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32. Choose the correct statement:

a) discrepancy in the difference between two measured values of the same quantity

b) residual error is the difference between a measured quantity and the most probable value

c) variance is the square of the standard deviation

d) all of the above

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33. With the help of leveling, we measure

a) horizontal angle

b) vertical angle

c) deflection angle

d) none of the above

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34. The process of turning the telescope about the horizontal axis in a vertical plane by a complete revolution is known as

a) reversing

b) transiting

c) plunging

d) all of the above

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35. During chaining along a straight line, the leader of the survey party has three arrows, and while the follower has five arrows. The distance of the follower from the starting point will be

a) three chains

b) four chains

c) five chains

d) none of the above

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36. The central angle subtended by an arc of 30m of the curve

a) 573/R

b) 1146/R

c) 1718.9/R

d) 3435/R

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37. In the whole circle system, the bearings are measured

a) clockwise from the north point of the reference meridian towards the line of sight round the circle

b) anticlockwise from the north point

c) with the notations of cardinal points N, E, S & W

d) none of the above

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38. The Philadelphia rod is a type of

a) solid staff

b) folding staff

c) telescopic staff

d) none of the above

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39. The location of the contour gradient for a highway is best set out from

a) ridge down the hill

b) saddle down the hill

c) bottom to the ridge

d) bottom to the saddle

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40. The shape of the vertical curve generally used is

a) circular

b) parabolic

c) spiral

d) elliptical

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

a) topographical

b) cadastral

c) city

d) astronomical

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42. Compensator is used to make the line of sight perpendicular to the vertical axis in the case of

a) dumpy level

b) theodolite

c) all of the above

d) automatic level

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43. The magnetic north is indicated by

a) magnetic compass

b) prismatic compass

c) theodolite

d) leveling

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44. Contours are used to determine

a) intervisibility of points on a contour map

b) area of the drainage basin and capacity of the reservoir

c) quantities of earth work

d) all of the above

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45. The vertical distance between any two consecutive contours is known as

a) contour line

b) contour interval

c) horizontal equivalent

d) contour gradient

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46. Contour lines

a) cross each other

b) end abruptly

c) are uniformly spaced

d) close somewhere

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47. In leveling across a hill, the level should be set up on

a) the side of the hill

b) its top

c) both (a) and (b) above

d) none of the above

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48. The strength of the fix of a plane table is:

a) accuracy in centering

b) accuracy in locating the position of the instrument station by taking observations to three stations

c) fixity of the table while solving the two-point problem

d) none of the above

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49. Staff intercept means

a) top reading

b) bottom reading

c) middle reading

d) the difference between top and bottom reading

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50. If the level tube is out of adjustment by an angle e, when the telescope is rotated through 180°, it becomes

a) 4e

b) 3e

c) 2e

d) -e

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