Surveying MCQs Set-1

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

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

3. __________errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

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

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

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

7. How many types of cross staff are available?

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

9. A stone that marks boundary is called

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

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

12. How many types of Benchmark are there?

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

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

15. The biggest of the survey line is called

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

17. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is

18. Hydrographic survey deal with the mapping of

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

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

21. The error due to bad ranging is

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

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

24. EDM stands for

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

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

27. Gunter's chain consists of ________________ links.

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

29. 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?

30. 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?

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

32. Refraction error is the least in case of

33. In Surveying, offsets are

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

35. Altimetry may be depicted most accurately by

36. Chain surveying uses the principle of

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

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

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

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

41. Radiation, Intersection and Resection are

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

43. Due to curvature of earth, an object looks

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

45. The magnetic declination is the difference between

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

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

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

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

50. Chain surveying is well adopted for