Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

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

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

7. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

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

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

12. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

13. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

15. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

16. The error due to bad ranging is

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

18. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

20. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

23. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

24. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

27. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. 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?

35. 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?

36. EDM stands for

37. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

38. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

48. How many types of cross staff are available?

49. The magnetic declination is the difference between

50. How many types of Benchmark are there?