Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

2. The biggest of the survey line is called

3. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

15. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

17. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

21. How many types of Benchmark are there?

22. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

24. 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?

25. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

28. Chain surveying uses the principle of

29. 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?

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

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

32. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

34. EDM stands for

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

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

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

38. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

46. Refraction error is the least in case of

47. How many types of cross staff are available?

48. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

50. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by