Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

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

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

6. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

8. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

10. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

12. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

13. The magnetic declination is the difference between

14. 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?

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

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

17. EDM stands for

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

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

20. In Surveying, offsets are

21. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

23. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

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

28. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

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

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

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

34. Chain surveying uses the principle of

35. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

36. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

38. How many types of Benchmark are there?

39. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

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

43. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

45. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

48. 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?

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

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