Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

2. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

3. The biggest of the survey line is called

4. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

8. How many types of Benchmark are there?

9. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

26. 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?

27. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

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

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

32. How many types of cross staff are available?

33. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

35. The error due to bad ranging is

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

37. 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?

38. A stone that marks boundary is called

39. In Surveying, offsets are

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

41. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

43. The magnetic declination is the difference between

44. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

45. EDM stands for

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

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

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

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

50. Chain surveying is well adopted for