Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

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

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

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

6. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

8. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

10. Refraction error is the least in case of

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

12. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

14. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

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. Plane and Geodetic surveying are classifications of surveying based on

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

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

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

22. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

25. The biggest of the survey line is called

26. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

27. 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?

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

29. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

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

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

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

35. A stone that marks boundary is called

36. How many types of Benchmark are there?

37. The error due to bad ranging is

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

39. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

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

41. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

42. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

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

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

46. The magnetic declination is the difference between

47. EDM stands for

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

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

50. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.