Surveying Online Test – Paper 3

1. If a chain is found too short on testing, it can be adjusted by

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

3. The shape of the vertical curve generally used is

4. Height of instrument method of leveling, as compared to the rise and fall method, is

5. Parallax may be eliminated by

6. 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

7. The three-point problem can be solved by:

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

9. The bearing of the traverse line is calculated by

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

11. Which one of the following may not be classified as a natural error?

12. The size of the plane table is:

13. Chain surveying is used for

14. The contour lines are perpendicular to the

15. The range of accuracy in measuring distance by EDM with respect to ODM is

16. 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

17. Revolving of the telescope of a theodolite in a horizontal plane is

18. The process of turning the telescope about the vertical axis in a horizontal plane is known as

19. For the route survey of a contour map, the method used is

20. Crosshairs in a surveying telescope are fitted

21. If the needle is truly magnetic and is not sluggish

22. Direct distance measurement method is more suitable to measure in

23. A series of straight, parallel, and widely spaced contours on a map represent a

24. "A curve of varying radius introduced between two branches of a compound curve is called

25. For any point on the surface with a given inclination, the contour gradient possible is

26. A poor fix of the table is:

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

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

29. *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?

30. For Y level, Cooke's, and Cushing levels, the line of collimation should coincide with

31. Choose the correct statement:

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

33. Handles are connected to the link by

34. The permissible limits of error in chaining for measurement on rough or hilly ground are

35. The quadrantal bearing of a line is determined by:

36. Under Survey, "working from whole to part" is done

37. The position of a point can be fixed more accurately by

38. The needle is adjusted for

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

40. Staff intercept means

41. Right face and left face readings are taken to

42. The image of the objectives formed should lie

43. The W.C.B of a line is preferred to a quadrantal bearing merely because

44. In leveling, the station where the back sight and foresight readings are taken is known as

45. The length of an Engineer's chain is

46. Butt rods are used for measuring

47. Boning rod is used

48. In the direct method of contouring, the process of locating points lying on a contour is known as

49. Azimuth and altitude of a star

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