Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

13. 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?

14. 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?

15. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

18. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

21. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

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

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

26. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

29. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

31. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

35. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

36. The magnetic declination is the difference between

37. Chain surveying is well adopted for

38. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

41. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

43. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

45. Refraction error is the least in case of

46. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

48. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

50. EDM stands for