Home» Online Test » Civil Engineering » Surveying Online Test » Paper 1 » Paper 2 » Paper 3 0% Sorry, time's up. To complete the online test, please restart it. Created by Vikash chaudhary This is a FREE online test. Beware of scammers who ask for money to attend this test. Get fresh, new questions in each attempt. Total Questions: 50 Time Allotted: 50 minutes Passing Score: 70% Randomization: Yes Certificate: Yes Do not refresh the page! 👍 All the best! 1 / 50 1. A poor fix of the table is: a) when the station is within the great triangle b) when the station is near the great circle c) when the angle subtended is small d) all of the above 2 / 50 2. The contour interval depends upon a) nature of the ground b) scale of the map c) purpose and extent of the survey d) all of the above 3 / 50 3. The number of links in a 30 m metric chain is a) 100 b) 150 c) 180 d) 200 4 / 50 4. Contour interval is proportional a) directly to the scale of the map b) inversely to the scale of the map c) directly to the flatness of the ground d) none of the above 5 / 50 5. 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 6 / 50 6. Isogonic lines are a) line passing through the points having the same declination at a given point b) line passing through the point of zero declination c) line passing through the point having the same dip d) line passing through the point having zero dip 7 / 50 7. Area of triangle joining three corner points in comparison to the circle same three points: a) always greater b) always less c) always equal d) none of the above 8 / 50 8. *For the construction of highway/railway a) longitudinal sections are required b) cross sections are required c) both longitudinal and cross sections are required d) none of these 9 / 50 9. Height of the instrument is equal to: a) reduced level of the benchmark + foresight b) reduced level of the benchmark + backsight c) reduced level of the benchmark + intermediate sight d) backsight + foresight 10 / 50 10. Handles are connected to the link by a) flexible joint b) rigid joint c) swivel joint d) ball and socket joint 11 / 50 11. Instrumental error in leveling is an error due to a) imperfect adjustment b) sluggish bubble c) movement of the objective slide d) all of the above 12 / 50 12. Fifteen readings were recorded in a level field book. If the instrument was shifted after the 5th, 10th, and 15th readings, then the foresight readings are a) 1st, 3rd, and 7th readings b) 5th, 10th, and 15th readings c) 2nd and 6th reading d) 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th reading 13 / 50 13. Local attraction at a place may be due to a) key bunches b) steel buttons c) current-carrying base wire d) electric storm 14 / 50 14. Find the RL of the collimation line. If the RL of BM is 100 m & BS staff reading is 5.35 m a) 105.35m b) 94.65m c) 100m d) 5.35m 15 / 50 15. Methods adopted for traversing are a) chain traversing and loose needle method b) chain angle method and fast needle method c) all of the above d) none of the above 16 / 50 16. Direct distance measurement method is more suitable to measure in a) hilly area b) plain area c) line of sight d) none of the above 17 / 50 17. Prolongation of a chain line across an obstruction in chain surveying is done by a) drawing perpendiculars with a chain b) making angular observations c) solution of triangles d) all the above methods 18 / 50 18. The error eliminated by taking the mean of both face observations is a) error due to eccentricity of verniers b) error due to imperfect adjustment of levels c) error due to the line of collimation not being perpendicular to the horizontal axis d) all of the above 19 / 50 19. You are requested to carry out a survey for the construction of a small airport in a mountainous region of Nepal. Which of the following surveying method will you choose? a) plane tabling b) chain surveying c) leveling d) tacheometric surveying 20 / 50 20. For a tacheometer, the additive and multiplying constants are respectively a) zero and zero b) zero and 100 c) 100 and zero d) 100 and 100 21 / 50 21. If the quadrantal bearing of a line is N 35° W, then the whole circle bearing is a) 325°. b) 205°. c) 215°. d) 315° 22 / 50 22. In profile leveling, staff readings on two neighboring pegs 20m apart are 1.200 and 1.00, respectively. Therefore, the proposed road has a a) rising gradient of 1 in 100 b) falling gradient of 1 in 100 c) rising gradient of 1 in 20 d) falling gradient of 1 in 20 23 / 50 23. The boundary of water of a still lake is a) level surface b) contour c) horizontal surface d) concave surface 24 / 50 24. The rise and fall method a) provides a check on the intermediate readings b) is preferable for differential and check leveling c) suitable for important works d) all of the above 25 / 50 25. A traverse deflection angle is a) less than 90° b) between 90° and 180° c) the difference between the included angle and 180° d) none of the above 26 / 50 26. *The instrument used to measure horizontal and vertical angle is a) planimeter b) clinometer c) ghat tracer d) sextant 27 / 50 27. The absence of chromatic aberration in a telescope is known as a) achromation b) crimination c) aplanation d) definition 28 / 50 28. 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 29 / 50 29. 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 30 / 50 30. *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 31 / 50 31. If the included angle is greater than 180°, the deflection angle is a) right-handed or positive b) left-handed or negative c) 90° d) none of the above 32 / 50 32. 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 33 / 50 33. The designation of scale recommended by IS: 1491-1959 is a) A to C b) A to D c) A to E d) A to F 34 / 50 34. A relatively fixed point of known elevation above the datum is called a) datum point b) benchmark c) reduced level d) reference point 35 / 50 35. Find the length of curve if R=500 m, Intersection angle= 120° a) 500m b) 525m c) 550m d) 575m 36 / 50 36. In normal condition, the difference of fore and back bearing should be? a) 0° b) 90° c) 135° d) 180° 37 / 50 37. The process of turning the telescope about the vertical axis in a horizontal plane is known as a) reversing b) transiting c) plunging d) swinging 38 / 50 38. If the needle is truly magnetic and is not sluggish a) it will always be oscillating and never stop b) when it stops, it will be exactly on the magnetic meridian c) it will always be free from local attraction d) all of the above 39 / 50 39. 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 40 / 50 40. Offsets are a) chain lines out of alignment b) small measurements from the chain line c) measurements taken in chain surveying d) none of the above 41 / 50 41. Angle of 45° with the chain line may be set out with a) optical square b) prismatic square c) open cross-staff d) French cross-staff 42 / 50 42. A traverse survey can be plotted a) by rectangular coordinates or plotting by tangents b) by paper protractor or by included angles c) by parallel meridian method or plotting by chords d) all of the above 43 / 50 43. The observed reading on a leveling staff was 3.525 m. If the staff was 0.125m off from the original ground level, what should be the correct reading? a) 3.65m b) 3.525m c) 3.4m d) all of the above 44 / 50 44. The imaginary line passing through the intersection of crosshairs and the optical center of the object is known as: a) line of sight b) line of collimation c) line of axis d) axis of the telescope 45 / 50 45. Ten readings were recorded in a level field book. If the instrument was shifted after the 2nd and 6th readings, then the foresight readings are a) 1st, 2nd, and 7th readings b) 2nd, 6th, and 10th readings c) 2nd and 6th readings. d) 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 10th readings 46 / 50 46. For Y level, Cooke's, and Cushing levels, the line of collimation should coincide with a) bubble tube axis b) vertical axis c) axis of the telescope d) none of the above 47 / 50 47. The types of survey used to fix property lines are a) topographical b) cadastral c) city d) astronomical 48 / 50 48. The limiting length of an offset does not depend upon a) accuracy of the work b) method of setting out perpendiculars c) scale of plotting d) indefinite features to be surveyed 49 / 50 49. In a closed traverse, the algebraic sum of deflection angles is a) 0° b) 360° c) (2n-4) 90° d) (2n+4) 90° 50 / 50 50. 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