Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. The biggest of the survey line is called

2. 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?

3. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

4. In Surveying, offsets are

5. The magnetic declination is the difference between

6. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

9. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

12. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

24. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

25. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

28. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

31. How many types of cross staff are available?

32. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

34. How many types of Benchmark are there?

35. The error due to bad ranging is

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

37. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

40. EDM stands for

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

42. 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?

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

44. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

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

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

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

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