Surveying MCQs Set-2

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1.

How many types of self reading staff are available?

3

4

5

2

2.

A plumbing fork is used to______________the plane table.

Centre

Focus

Level

Orient

3.

Which one of the following errors is more severe in plane-table surveying?

non-horizontality board when points sighted are at large differences of their elevation

movement of board between sights

Defective orientation

Defective sighting

4.

Curvature correction to a staff reading in a differential levelling survey is

always additive

dependent on latitude

always zero

always subtractive

5.

Which of the below is not common in all levelling equipment?

Level rods

Tilting screws

Level vials

Telescope

6.

Which of the following errors can be eliminated by reciprocal measurements in differential levelling?

I. Error due to earth curvature

II. Error due to atmospheric correction

Neither I nor II

Only II

Only I

Both I and II

7.

Which of the below is not a method of doing resection?

Solving two-point problem

Solving four-point problem

Solving three-point problem

Back sighting

8.

How many ways are there to orient a plane table?

2

1

4

3

9.

The point at which both foresight and back sight are taken during the course of levelling is called as

benchmark

change point

intermediate sight

station

10.

Dumpy level was originally designed by

Fennel

Stanley

Heerbrugg

Gravatt

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11.

How many meridians are used in surveying?

5

6

8

3

12.

A levelling staff is used to establish

Distance of points

Vertical line of sight

Horizontal line of sight

Location of Points

13.

Which of the following instruments can be used for the direct measurement of directions?

Either a) or b)

None of these

b) Prismatic compass

a) Surveyor's compass

14.

The line joining the intersection of the cross hairs to the optical centre of the object glass and its continuation is called as

Horizontal axis

Line of collimation

Vertical axis

Telescopic axis

15.

For accurate levelling ___________________ is attached inside telescope in an automatic level.

Alinometer

Cross hairs

Compensator

Double lens

16.

Which of the below is not a temporary adjustment of the prismatic compass?

Levelling

Adjusting sight vane

Centring

Focussing prism

17.

A digital level reads a

Digital staff

Telescopic staff

Barcoded staff

Target staff

18.

How many methods of plane table surveying are there?

2

4

1

3

19.

Level vials can be of __________________types.

4

5

2

3

20.

Which one of the following methods of levelling eliminates the error due to curvature and refraction?

Fly levelling

Levelling by equalizing the distances of back sight and fore sight

Precise levelling

Check levelling

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21.

How many categories of levelling staff are there?

4

5

2

3

22.

Which of the below is used for levelling a plane table?

Plumb bob

Compass

U-frame

Spirit level

23.

___________________line is the line drawn through points of the same declination.

Syngonic

Isogonic

Polygonic

Agonic

24.

A circle of radius 7m has a standard error of 0.02m on the radius. The standard error of its area is

0.04 m

0.14 m

0.88 m²

0.28 m²

25.

__________is a term used that prevents the needle from pointing to the magnetic North in a given locality.

Local attraction

Local distraction

Declination

Deviation

26.

Plane table surveying is a ___________method.

Graphical

Circular

Linear

Angular

27.

Which of the below cannot be used to measure vertical heights?

aneroid barometer

self level

hypsometer

transit

28.

The plan of a survey plotted to a scale of 10m to 1cm is reduced in such a way that a line originally 10cm long now measures 9cm. The area of the reduced plan is measured as 81 cm^2. The actual area (m^2) of the survey is

656

10000

6561

1000

29.

Plane table is made of

Rubber

Metal

Plastic

Wood

30.

In a reduced bearing system, bearing is measured from

Nearest one (north or south)

South

North

West

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31.

The whole circle bearings of lines OP and OQ are 18°15' and 335°45' respectively. What is the value of the included angle QOP?

307°

42°30'

177°

354°

32.

Which of the following instruments is used for measurement of angles?

Sextant

Geodimeter

Telescope

Tellurometer

33.

___________________bearing is measured in the direction of survey.

Front

First

Fore

Primary

34.

Which of the below is not an advantage of Plane table survey?

Used for accurate works

Less costly

Field book is not required

Rapid method

35.

Which of the below is used to make a line of sight horizontally in a level?

Telescope

Levelling Head

Foot screws

Tangent screws

36.

How many types of variations in declination are there?

4

3

5

2

37.

How many chief types of levels are used in levelling?

4

3

6

2

38.

________________instrument is used to sight to an object.

Alidade

Compass

Plumbing fork

U-frame

39.

Plane table surveying uses the methodology of

Triangulation

Contouring

Ranging

Traversing

40.

What is the angle between two plane mirrors of an optical square?

30°

45°

60°

90°

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