Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. Chain surveying uses the principle of

3. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

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

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

9. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

11. 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?

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

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

14. 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?

15. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

17. The biggest of the survey line is called

18. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

21. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

30. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

32. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

34. EDM stands for

35. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

36. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

37. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

41. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

43. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

46. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

47. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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