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. 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 2 / 50 2. *The leveling of the instrument is done such that a) line of sight is truly horizontal b) optical axis is truly horizontal c) vertical axis truly vertical d) line of collimation is truly horizontal 3 / 50 3. If the intercept on the vertical staff is observed as 1.5mm from a tacheometer, the horizontal distance between the tacheometer and staff station is a) 100m b) 150m c) 300m d) 75m 4 / 50 4. 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 5 / 50 5. The rise and fall method of leveling provides a complete check on a) back sight b) fore sight c) intermediate sight d) all of the above 6 / 50 6. 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 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. A field is measured with a 1.0 percent too-long chain is found to be 10,000 acres. The corrected area of the field will be a) 90891 acres b) 10201 acres c) 10401 acres d) none of the above 9 / 50 9. Leveling across a river is done by a) fly leveling b) reciprocal leveling c) trigonometrical leveling d) cross leveling 10 / 50 10. The reciprocal leveling eliminates a) the error due to curvature b) collimation error c) both (a) and (b) of the above d) none of the above 11 / 50 11. Tacheometry is adopted where a) too many curves at the borders exist b) obstacles and undulations exist c) limitations of space exist d) none of the above 12 / 50 12. If the temperature increases, the sensitivity of a bubble tube a) increases b) decreases c) remains constant d) none of the above 13 / 50 13. The chord of curve less than peg interval is known as a) small chord b) short chord c) long chord d) sub chord 14 / 50 14. 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 15 / 50 15. Permanent adjustment is carried out to a) set up of the level b) establish a fixed relationship between its fundamental axes c) focus the eyepiece d) focus the object glass 16 / 50 16. 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 17 / 50 17. If the formation level is less than the ground level, the difference between them at any point will give the a) height of embankment b) depth of cutting c) proposed gradient d) none of the above 18 / 50 18. The maximum allowable limit up to which a measurement may vary from the true value is known as a) permissible error b) residual error c) expected error d) systematic error 19 / 50 19. A 30 m long tape was standardized at a temperature of 30°C; at the time of measurement, the temperature recorded was 35°C. Then the correction for temperature per tape length is (coefficient of thermal expansion = 0.0001116/°C) a) + 0.01674m b) - 0.001674m c) + 0.002500m d) - 0.002500m 20 / 50 20. In a tacheometer provided with an anallatic lens, the distance between the object glass and the vertical axis is 15 cm. The focal length of the objective is 15 cm, and that of the anallatic lens is 10 cm. Hence, the distance between the two lenses is a) 17.5 cm b) 25 cm c) 30 cm d) 40 cm 21 / 50 21. Handles of chains are made of a) nickel b) steel c) copper d) brass 22 / 50 22. The Normal chord of a curve should be a) less than sub chord b) equal to sub chord c) greater than sub chord d) all of the above 23 / 50 23. *The observed reading on a leveling staff was 3.545 m. If the staff was 0.150m off from the original ground level, what should be the correct reading? a) 3.695m b) 3.548m c) 3.395m d) all of the above 24 / 50 24. In the stadia method, if k is the multiplying factor, s is the staff intercept, c is the additive constant of the instrument, then the distance equation is given by the expression a) D = k+cs b) D=ks+c c) D=k/s +c d) none of the above 25 / 50 25. The three-point problem is concerned with: a) chain survey b) plane table survey c) compass survey d) leveling 26 / 50 26. If the staff is held vertical and the angle of elevation and depression are kept the same, then the horizontal distance between the instrument and staff station computed by observation will be a) greater at an angle of elevation b) greater at an angle of depression c) same in both cases d) none of the above 27 / 50 27. 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 28 / 50 28. *The radius of curvature of the arc of the bubble tube is generally kept a) 10 m b) 25 m c) 50 m d) 100 m 29 / 50 29. A series of straight, parallel, and widely spaced contours on a map represent a a) valley b) ridge c) curved surface d) inclined plane surface 30 / 50 30. Pick up the odd statement a) temporary adjustment of Dumpy level are to be performed at every setup b) the eyepiece need not be adjusted after the first setup when the same surveyor is taking readings c) parallax error is completely eliminated when there is no change in the staff reading when the eye is moved up and down d) focus the objective towards a white or bright background for the clear visibility of crosshairs 31 / 50 31. A straight line tangential to the longitudinal curve of the level tube at its center is known as a) horizontal axis b) line of collimation c) bubble line d) line of right 32 / 50 32. The effect of local attraction is observed in a) chain survey b) compass survey c) PT survey d) leveling 33 / 50 33. 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 34 / 50 34. Axis method of traverse correction is used when a) the angles are measured very accurately b) the lengths are measured very accurately c) both (a) and (b) are not measured very accurately d) any of the above 35 / 50 35. Indirect ranging method is adopted when two points of the chain line are: a) mutually invisible b) too distant c) on a slopy ground d) mutually visible 36 / 50 36. If W is the weight of the chain, L is the span, and P is the tension or pull, the sag correction for the chain will be a) W^2L^2/24P^2 b) W^2L/24P c) LW^2/24P^2 d) W^2L^2/24P 37 / 50 37. The fundamental lines of transit of the theodolite are a) horizontal axis and line of collimation b) vertical axis c) axes of plate levels and bubble line of the telescope level d) all of the above 38 / 50 38. An offset more than 15m in length is known as a) long offset b) short offset c) oblique offset d) right-angled offset 39 / 50 39. The dip of the needle a) is constant b) varies from place to place & is zero at the equator and maximum at the poles c) is zero at the equators and poles d) none of the above 40 / 50 40. Setting up the plane table consists of operations: a) leveling b) centering c) leveling and centering d) orienting 41 / 50 41. An example of a level surface is a) surface of earth b) surface of sea c) surface of reservoir d) surface of a still lake 42 / 50 42. Find the length of curve if radius of curve a) 60 m b) 63 m c) 10 m d) 47 m 43 / 50 43. The number of horizontal cross wires in a stadia diaphragm is a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 44 / 50 44. The true bearing of a line can be calculated as (Where the declination is to the east.) a) true bearing = magnetic bearing ± magnetic declination b) true bearing = magnetic bearing + magnetic declination c) true bearing = magnetic bearing - magnetic declination d) none of the above 45 / 50 45. 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 46 / 50 46. 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 47 / 50 47. 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 48 / 50 48. 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 49 / 50 49. 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 50 / 50 50. Which one is wrong? a) anallatic lens is not a concave lens b) anallatic lens is a convex lens c) anallatic lens is used to eliminate the additive constant d) none of the above Please provide accurate information so we can send your Achievement Certificate by mail. NameEmailPhone Number Your score isShare your achievement! LinkedIn Facebook 0% Restart Test Please provide your feedback. Thank you for your valuable feedback. Send feedback Buy Surveying MCQ PDF for Offline Study