Surveying MCQs Set-1

1. In Surveying, offsets are

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

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

4. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

7. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

10. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

12. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

13. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

14. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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

16. Refraction error is the least in case of

17. 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?

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

19. 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?

20. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

22. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

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

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

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

26. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

36. EDM stands for

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

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

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

40. Chain surveying uses the principle of

41. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

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

44. A stone that marks boundary is called

45. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

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

49. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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