Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. 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?

3. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

5. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

8. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

9. The magnetic declination is the difference between

10. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

12. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

14. The error due to bad ranging is

15. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

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

19. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

29. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

32. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. How many types of cross staff are available?

40. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

44. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

46. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

48. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

49. 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?

50. EDM stands for