Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

4. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

8. 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?

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

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

11. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

13. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

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

16. EDM stands for

17. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

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

21. In Surveying, offsets are

22. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

23. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

25. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

29. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

31. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

34. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

36. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

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

40. The error due to bad ranging is

41. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

44. 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?

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

46. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

50. The magnetic declination is the difference between