Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. EDM stands for

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

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

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

6. In Surveying, offsets are

7. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

10. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

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

14. The magnetic declination is the difference between

15. 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?

16. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

19. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

22. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

24. Refraction error is the least in case of

25. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

28. 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?

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

30. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

32. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

34. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

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

39. Chain surveying is well adopted for

40. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

42. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

46. The biggest of the survey line is called

47. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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