Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. How many types of Benchmark are there?

8. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

11. The biggest of the survey line is called

12. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

13. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

17. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

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

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

23. A stone that marks boundary is called

24. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

25. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

28. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

31. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

32. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

35. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

37. EDM stands for

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

39. 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?

40. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

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

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

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

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

46. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

47. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

50. How many types of cross staff are available?