Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

3. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

4. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

7. The error due to bad ranging is

8. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

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

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

12. 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?

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

14. The magnetic declination is the difference between

15. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

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

19. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

21. EDM stands for

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

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

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

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

26. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

30. How many types of Benchmark are there?

31. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

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

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

36. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

38. 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?

39. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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

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

44. How many types of cross staff are available?

45. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

49. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

50. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.