Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

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

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

6. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

8. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

12. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

16. In Surveying, offsets are

17. Chain surveying is well adopted for

18. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

20. EDM stands for

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

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

23. How many types of Benchmark are there?

24. 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?

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

26. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

28. 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?

29. A stone that marks boundary is called

30. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

33. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

34. Refraction error is the least in case of

35. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

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

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

40. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

42. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

44. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

49. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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