Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

17. EDM stands for

18. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

20. How many types of Benchmark are there?

21. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

24. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

25. How many types of cross staff are available?

26. 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?

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

28. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

30. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

31. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

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

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

36. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

38. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

42. The biggest of the survey line is called

43. An error under the same conditions always of the same size and sign 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. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

46. A stone that marks boundary is called

47. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

49. The error due to bad ranging is

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