Surveying Online Test - Paper 3 » Winning Questions

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1. 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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2. Obstacle to ranging but not chaining is

a) river

b) building

c) hill

d) pond

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3. The line normal to the plumb line is known as

a) horizontal line

b) level line

c) datum line

d) vertical line

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4. If the bearing of AB is N 30° W and the bearing of BC is N 40° E, then find the angle < ABC

a) 10°

b) 70°

c) 110°

d) 170°

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5. The magnetic bearing of a line is 60°, and the true bearing of the same line is 70°. Find the declination

a) 10°E

b) 10°W

c) 0°

d) none of the above

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6. *Which instrument is not used in plane table

a) plane table

b) alidade

c) altimeter

d) anchor

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7. 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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8. 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

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9. Tellurometer uses

a) light waves

b) radio waves

c) infra waves

d) all of the above

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10. 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

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11. An anallatic lens is a.... used to remove an additive constant in a tacheometer.

a) convex lens

b) concave lens

c) compound concave and convex lens

d) plain lens

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12. A 20 cm theodolite means

a) the length of the theodolite is 20 cm

b) the diameter of the lower plate is 20 cm

c) the diameter of the upper plate is 20 cm

d) the total height of the theodolite plate is 20 cm

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13. An operation for determining the relative elevations of different points on the surface of the earth is known as

a) leveling

b) simple leveling

c) differential leveling

d) longitudinal leveling

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14. A building is an obstacle to

a) chaining but not ranging

b) ranging but not chaining

c) both chaining and ranging

d) none of the above

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15. The types of errors that are of a cumulative nature and can be corrected are known as

a) permissible error

b) residual error

c) expected error

d) systematic error

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16. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying does not depend upon

a) leader

b) follower

c) length of chain

d) length of offset

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17. If the plane table is not horizontal in a direction at right angles to the alidade, the line of sight is parallel to the fiducial edge only for:

a) horizontal sights

b) inclined sight upwards

c) inclined sight downwards

d) none of the above

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18. The orientation of the table is done by

a) magnetic needle

b) back sighting

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

d) none of the above

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19. When the whole circle bearing of two lines AB and AC are 115° and 41° respectively, then the included angle BAC will be:

a) 74°

b) 45°

c) 115°

d) 156°

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20. The length of the perpendicular offset from a tangent to the junction of a transition curve and circular curve is equal to

a) shift

b) 2 x shift

c) 3 x shift

d) 4 x shift

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21. For a line AB

a) the forebearing and back bearing of line AB differ by 180°

b) the forebearing of AB and the back bearing of line BA differ by 180°

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

d) none of the above

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22. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying does not depend upon

a) the length of the offset

b) the scale of the plotting

c) the importance of the features

d) the general layout of the chain lines

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23. Crosshairs in a surveying telescope are fitted

a) in the objective glass

b) in the ground

c) in the optical center of the eyepiece

d) all of the above

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24. 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

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25. The representation of general topography of a very flat terrain is possible only

a) by drawing possible only

b) by drawing contours at a large interval

c) by giving spot levels at a large interval

d) by giving spot levels to salient features of close interval

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26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. *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

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30. "Cross-sectioning" and "Longitudinal sectioning" is

a) when less number of intermediate sights exist

b) in profile leveling

c) in reciprocal leveling

d) in differential leveling

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31. Plane table survey is considered good as compared to other surveys since:

a) it is easy to shift & carry

b) the number of equipment is less

c) plotting is done outdoor

d) chances of missing details are less

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32. The two-point problem and three-point problems are methods of:

a) orientation

b) resection

c) orientation and resection

d) none of the above

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33. The reduced level of the line of collimation is 50m, and the staff reading at the base of the pillar is 1.15 m. Find the reduced level of the base of the pillar

a) 48.85m

b) 51.15m

c) 50m

d) 52.30m

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34. A level line is a

a) line parallel to the mean spherical surface of the earth

b) line normal to the plumb line at all points

c) horizontal line

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

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35. 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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36. 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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37. The elevation (BM) of point A is 100 m. Backsight reading at A is 20, and foresight reading at B is 30 m. Find the RL of point B

a) 100m

b) 90m

c) 120m

d) 9130m

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38. Azimuth (direct angles) is an angle measured in

a) c.w. direction

b) a.c.w. direction

c) both

d) none of the above

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39. The most probable value of an observed quantity available from a given set of observations is the one for which the sum of the square of errors is a minimum. This statement is called

a) the principle of least square

b) the law of errors

c) the principle of square errors

d) none of the above

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40. The Q.B of the lines are given by...., ...., & ..... If W.C.B. of the lines are 0°, 135°, 270° respectively

a) S, S45°E, E90°

b) N, N45°W, E90°

c) N, S45°E, E90°

d) N, S45°E, W90°

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41. The method most suitable for plotting in hilly areas is:

a) radiation

b) resection

c) intersection

d) traversing

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42. 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

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43. 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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44. The projection of a line on a plane parallel to the meridian is known as

a) parallax

b) aberration

c) latitude

d) departure

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45. 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

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46. 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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47. The chord of curve less than peg interval is known as

a) small chord

b) short chord

c) long chord

d) sub chord

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48. The important points selected at the ends of the chain lines to command the boundaries of the survey are known as

a) main stations

b) subsidiary stations

c) tie stations

d) none of the above

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49. 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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50. The instrument used to reproduce plans to a different scale is called

a) planimeter

b) clinometer

c) ghat tracer

d) pentagraph

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