Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

2. 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?

3. EDM stands for

4. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

7. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

22. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

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

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

26. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

29. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

31. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

41. Chain surveying uses the principle of

42. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

43. The error due to bad ranging is

44. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

46. How many types of Benchmark are there?

47. In Surveying, offsets are

48. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

50. Chain surveying is well adopted for