Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

2. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

4. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

7. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

12. The magnetic declination is the difference between

13. EDM stands for

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

15. The error due to bad ranging is

16. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

17. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

23. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

25. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

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

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

30. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

31. In Surveying, offsets are

32. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

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

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

38. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Refraction error is the least in case of

47. 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?

48. A stone that marks boundary is called

49. How many types of cross staff are available?

50. How many types of Benchmark are there?