Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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

5. How many types of cross staff are available?

6. The biggest of the survey line is called

7. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

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

10. Refraction error is the least in case of

11. The error due to bad ranging is

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

13. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

14. Chain surveying uses the principle of

15. 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?

16. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

17. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

21. EDM stands for

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

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

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

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

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

27. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

28. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

31. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

34. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

35. The magnetic declination is the difference between

36. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. 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?

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

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

48. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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