Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

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

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

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

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. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

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

18. Chain surveying is well adopted for

19. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

20. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

21. The biggest of the survey line is called

22. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

24. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

33. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

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

38. EDM stands for

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

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

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

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

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

44. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

45. A stone that marks boundary is called

46. In Surveying, offsets are

47. How many types of Benchmark are there?

48. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

50. The magnetic declination is the difference between