Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

4. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

6. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

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

10. EDM stands for

11. The error due to bad ranging is

12. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

14. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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. Chain surveying uses the principle of

20. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

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

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

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

26. 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?

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

28. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

31. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

33. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

34. 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?

35. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

40. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

44. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

46. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

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

50. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.