Surveying MCQs Set-2

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1.

Which of the below is not a temporary adjustment of the prismatic compass?

Adjusting sight vane

Centring

Levelling

Focussing prism

2.

Which of the following instruments is used for measurement of angles?

Sextant

Geodimeter

Telescope

Tellurometer

3.

A digital level reads a

Telescopic staff

Digital staff

Target staff

Barcoded staff

4.

How many types of variations in declination are there?

4

2

5

3

5.

Which of the below is not an advantage of Plane table survey?

Used for accurate works

Less costly

Field book is not required

Rapid method

6.

How many methods of plane table surveying are there?

4

2

3

1

7.

Which of the following errors can be eliminated by reciprocal measurements in differential levelling?

I. Error due to earth curvature

II. Error due to atmospheric correction

Neither I nor II

Only I

Only II

Both I and II

8.

For accurate levelling ___________________ is attached inside telescope in an automatic level.

Alinometer

Compensator

Cross hairs

Double lens

9.

Which of the following instruments can be used for the direct measurement of directions?

a) Surveyor's compass

None of these

b) Prismatic compass

Either a) or b)

10.

A levelling staff is used to establish

Location of Points

Distance of points

Horizontal line of sight

Vertical line of sight

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11.

Plane table surveying uses the methodology of

Triangulation

Ranging

Contouring

Traversing

12.

A circle of radius 7m has a standard error of 0.02m on the radius. The standard error of its area is

0.14 m

0.04 m

0.28 m²

0.88 m²

13.

How many meridians are used in surveying?

8

6

5

3

14.

The line joining the intersection of the cross hairs to the optical centre of the object glass and its continuation is called as

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

Telescopic axis

Line of collimation

15.

___________________bearing is measured in the direction of survey.

Primary

Front

First

Fore

16.

Plane table surveying is a ___________method.

Graphical

Angular

Circular

Linear

17.

How many chief types of levels are used in levelling?

3

4

2

6

18.

Curvature correction to a staff reading in a differential levelling survey is

always subtractive

dependent on latitude

always zero

always additive

19.

The plan of a survey plotted to a scale of 10m to 1cm is reduced in such a way that a line originally 10cm long now measures 9cm. The area of the reduced plan is measured as 81 cm^2. The actual area (m^2) of the survey is

6561

656

1000

10000

20.

Which one of the following methods of levelling eliminates the error due to curvature and refraction?

Check levelling

Precise levelling

Fly levelling

Levelling by equalizing the distances of back sight and fore sight

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21.

A plumbing fork is used to______________the plane table.

Focus

Level

Centre

Orient

22.

Which of the below is used to make a line of sight horizontally in a level?

Tangent screws

Levelling Head

Foot screws

Telescope

23.

Plane table is made of

Metal

Rubber

Wood

Plastic

24.

Which of the below is used for levelling a plane table?

Plumb bob

U-frame

Spirit level

Compass

25.

How many types of self reading staff are available?

5

4

2

3

26.

The whole circle bearings of lines OP and OQ are 18°15' and 335°45' respectively. What is the value of the included angle QOP?

307°

42°30'

177°

354°

27.

What is the angle between two plane mirrors of an optical square?

30°

90°

45°

60°

28.

Which of the below is not common in all levelling equipment?

Tilting screws

Level vials

Level rods

Telescope

29.

Which of the below cannot be used to measure vertical heights?

self level

aneroid barometer

transit

hypsometer

30.

________________instrument is used to sight to an object.

U-frame

Plumbing fork

Compass

Alidade

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31.

Which one of the following errors is more severe in plane-table surveying?

Defective orientation

movement of board between sights

non-horizontality board when points sighted are at large differences of their elevation

Defective sighting

32.

___________________line is the line drawn through points of the same declination.

Agonic

Isogonic

Polygonic

Syngonic

33.

How many categories of levelling staff are there?

5

3

2

4

34.

Which of the below is not a method of doing resection?

Solving four-point problem

Solving two-point problem

Back sighting

Solving three-point problem

35.

In a reduced bearing system, bearing is measured from

South

West

North

Nearest one (north or south)

36.

Level vials can be of __________________types.

3

5

4

2

37.

How many ways are there to orient a plane table?

4

3

2

1

38.

Dumpy level was originally designed by

Stanley

Fennel

Heerbrugg

Gravatt

39.

__________is a term used that prevents the needle from pointing to the magnetic North in a given locality.

Local distraction

Local attraction

Deviation

Declination

40.

The point at which both foresight and back sight are taken during the course of levelling is called as

station

benchmark

intermediate sight

change point

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