Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

2. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

5. Refraction error is the least in case of

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

11. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

14. In Surveying, offsets are

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

16. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

17. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

20. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

21. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

23. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

26. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

28. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

31. A stone that marks boundary is called

32. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

42. EDM stands for

43. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

45. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

47. 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?

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

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

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