Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Surveying, offsets are

8. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

10. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

12. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

13. EDM stands for

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

15. 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?

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

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

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

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

20. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

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

24. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

28. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

30. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

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

34. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

35. The magnetic declination is the difference between

36. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

37. Chain surveying is well adopted for

38. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

39. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

44. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

46. Refraction error is the least in case of

47. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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