Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

3. Chain surveying uses the principle of

4. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

5. How many types of cross staff are available?

6. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

9. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

10. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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?

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

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

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

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

22. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

25. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

26. 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?

27. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

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

33. A stone that marks boundary is called

34. Refraction error is the least in case of

35. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

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

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

40. EDM stands for

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

42. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

44. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

46. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

49. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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