Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

3. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

5. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

8. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

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

12. EDM stands for

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

14. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

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

29. The magnetic declination is the difference between

30. Refraction error is the least in case of

31. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

33. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

34. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

36. 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?

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

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

39. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

41. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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

44. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

45. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

47. How many types of cross staff are available?

48. Chain surveying uses the principle of

49. The error due to bad ranging is

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