Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Plan is a small-scale representation of a large area.

2. How many types of chains are used in chain surveying?

3. The imaginary surface connecting points to which water would rise in tightly cased wells from a given point in an aquifer is called as

4. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

5. The polar axis of Earth is shorten than equatorial axis by

6. The biggest of the survey line is called

7. Negative errors are caused in chain, when its length is

8. When a chain is used at a temperature more than the temperature it was calibrated the error in measured length will be

9. Theory of errors and adjustments deals with minimizing the effect of

10. The error in measured length due to sag of chain or tape is known as

11. Chain surveying uses the principle of

12. Refraction error is the least in case of

13. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

14. An error under the same conditions always of the same size and sign is called as

15. How many types of a compass are used in surveying?

16. Which of the below is not a classification of surveying?

17. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

18. In the triangulation method, the whole area is divided into:

19. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

20. Plane and Geodetic surveying are classifications of surveying based on

21. The process of a location of intermediate points on a survey line is

22. In surveying, the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north and true north is called as

23. In Surveying, offsets are

24. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

25. EDM stands for

26. The error due to bad ranging is

27. The type of surveying in which the curvature of earth is taken into account is called

28. In surveying, the triangles having angles smaller than 30 degree are called as

29. Which of the below is not an instrument used to set right angles?

30. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

31. A 20 m chain was found to be 10 cm too long after chaining a distance of 2000m. It was found to be 18 cm too long at the end of day's work after chaining a total distance of 4000 m. What is the true distance, if the chain was correct before the commencement of the day's work?

32. Which of the following sight will be applicable for a change point?

33. A stone that marks boundary is called

34. In how many ways can ranging be carried out?

35. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

36. How many types of cross staff are available?

37. The permissible limits of errors in chaining for measurement on rough or hilly ground is

38. A 30 m metric chain is found to be 10cm too short throughout a measurement. If the distance measured is recorded as 300 m, what is the actual distance?

39. How many types of Benchmark are there?

40. Which of the below is not a means of linear surveying methods?

41. Survey stations may be marked on the ground using a

42. The magnetic declination is the difference between

43. The fundamental principle of surveying is to work from the

44. The direction of a line relative to a given meridian is called

45. For setting out the right angles, the instrument used is

46. The book in which chain measurements are entered is called

47. An offset is a _______________distance of an object measured from the survey line.

48. The angle between true meridian and the magnetic meridian at the time of observations is known as

49. Chain surveying is well adopted for

50. The "point of curvature" of a simple circular curve is