Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. EDM stands for

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

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

4. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

7. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

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

10. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

12. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

13. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

16. 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?

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

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

19. The biggest of the survey line is called

20. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

23. 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?

24. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

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

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

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

30. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

32. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

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

35. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

38. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

39. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

42. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

44. Refraction error is the least in case of

45. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

48. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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