Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

4. Refraction error is the least in case of

5. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

9. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

10. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

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

14. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

17. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

24. The error due to bad ranging is

25. 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?

26. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

28. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

30. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

34. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

42. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

44. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

45. EDM stands for

46. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

48. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

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