Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

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

5. How many types of Benchmark are there?

6. In Surveying, offsets are

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

8. Refraction error is the least in case of

9. The magnetic declination is the difference between

10. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

12. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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

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

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

18. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

19. 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?

20. 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?

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

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

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

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

25. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

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

28. How many types of cross staff are available?

29. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

39. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

41. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

43. The error due to bad ranging is

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

45. EDM stands for

46. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

48. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

50. The biggest of the survey line is called