Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. 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?

3. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

5. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

8. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. How many types of Benchmark are there?

17. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

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

21. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

24. The biggest of the survey line is called

25. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

27. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

30. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

32. How many types of cross staff are available?

33. Chain surveying uses the principle of

34. Chain surveying is well adopted for

35. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

38. EDM stands for

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

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

41. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

44. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

47. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

49. 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?

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