1. Which line passes through a point, such that plane passing that point and the north and south poles, intersects with the surface of the earth?
Correct : A. True Meridian
2. When magnetic meridian is right side to true meridian, then Magnetic Declination is said to be _________
Correct : A. Eastern
3. Which of the following are not sources of errors?
Correct : D. Artificial
4. Prism square works on the same principle as that of _______
Correct : C. Optical square
5. How many number of arrows are required for chain surveying?
Correct : A. 10
6. What instrument is used for centering the table?
Correct : C. Plumbing fork
7. Which of the following is used for the orientation of the table?
Correct : A. Compass
8. The main lines should form well-conditioned triangles is the condition to be fulfilled by survey lines or survey stations.
Correct : A. True
9. Which of the following is not one among the three major kinds of obstacles of chaining?
Correct : C. obstacles to levelling
10. Which meridian direction can be established with the help of a magnetic compass?
Correct : A. True Meridian
11. Which of the following is not a part of the prismatic compass?
Correct : D. Jewel bearing
12. In which of the following compass graduated card is attached to the box and not to the ring?
Correct : B. Surveyor’s compass
13. In which of the following compass sighting and reading taking cannot be done simultaneously
from one position of the observer?
Correct : B. Surveyor’s compass
14. In which areas does compass surveying is not recommended?
Correct : A. Local attraction suspected areas
15. Which of the following is not under instrumental errors?
Correct : C. Inaccurate centering
16. Which branch of surveying is used to find the elevations of given points with respect to given or
assumed datum?
Correct : A. Levelling
17. Which of the following is not a method of levelling?
Correct : D. Traverse levelling
18. In surveyor’s telescope, the convex lens nearest to the object is called ______________
Correct : B. Objective
19. Which of the following type of levelling is necessary across a river ravine or any obstacle
requiring a long site between two points?
Correct : C. Reciprocal levelling
20. Which of the following is not a chief method of Interpolation?
Correct : D. By cross sections
21. Which of the following does not belong to the instruments of plane table?
Correct : D. Theodolite
22. Alidade is used for___________
Correct : A. Sighting
23. Which of the following acts as an advantage of plane table surveying?
Correct : D. Used in magnetic areas
24. Which are segment of GPS?
Correct : D. All of above
25. Control segment consists:
Correct : D. All of above
26. Full form of RTK is…
Correct : A. Real time kinematic
27. Types of GPS maps is:
Correct : C. Both of above
28. Anroid map used by GPS is:
Correct : D. All of above
29. What type of surveys needs to fix the boundaries of municipalities and of state and federal
jurisdictions?
Correct : C. Cadastral Surveying
30. Determining different strata in the earth’s crust is called as_______
Correct : B. Geological Survey
31. Metric chains are generally available in _________
Correct : C. 20m
32. What triangles are generally preferred to get good results in plotting?
Correct : C. Equilateral
33. Survey lines must be as few as possible is the condition to be fulfilled by survey lines or survey
stations.
Correct : A. True
34. When it is possible to chain round the obstacle, i.e a pond, hedge etc. This case comes under which among the three kinds of obstacles to chaining?
Correct : B. obstacles to chaining but not ranging
35. In surveyor’s compass, graduations are in a Q.B system.
Correct : A. True
36. Two contour lines of different elevations cannot cross each other.
Correct : A. True
37. A series of straight parallel and equally spaced contours represent ________
Correct : C. Plane surface
38. Contour lines cross a watershed or ridge line at _____
Correct : A. 90°
39. In plane table surveying, plotting and recording of values are done simultaneously.
Correct : A. True
40. Orientation of table involves which among the following?
Correct : C. Back sighting
41. Levelling deals with measurements in a ______
Correct : C. Vertical plane
42. Which line is normal to the level line at a point?
Correct : B. Vertical line
43. For removing the parallex,
Correct : D. both (a) and (b)
44. An imaginary line joining the point of intersection of the cross-hairs of the diaphragm and the optical centre of the object glass, is known as
Correct : D. line of collimation
45. At the magnetic poles, the amount of dip is
Correct : D. 90?
46. Collimation method is used in
Correct : A. profile levelling
47. The autogenous curve of an automobile corresponds to a
Correct : D. lemniscate
48. In a lemniscate curve, the angle between the tangent at the end of the polar ray and the tangent at the commencement of the curve (i.e. straight) is
Correct : C. three times
49. The mimiting length of the offset is
Correct : C. 15 m
50. The value of additive constant for the tacheometer varies from
Correct : C. 30 to 45 cm
51. A tie line in a chain surveying
Correct : B. enables the surveyor to locate the interior details which are far away from the main chain lines
52. Generally, the deflection angle is measured twice, once with the telescope normal and once with the telescope reversed.
Correct : A. True
53. Contour lines cross ridge or valley lines at
Correct : D. 90?
54. The instrument used for setting out an offset at a right angle, is called
Correct : A. open cross-staff
55. The fundamental principle of surveying is to work from the
Correct : A. whole to the part
56. In levelling, the effect of refraction may be taken as
Correct : D. one-seventh
57. The latitude of a traverse line is obtained by multiplying its length with the cosine of its reduced bearing.
Correct : A. Correct
58. In a whole circle system, the bearing of a line is measured
Correct : D. none of the above
59. The horizontal angle between the true meridian and magnetic meridian is known as
Correct : D. magnetic declination
60. If the fore bearing of a line is
Correct : D. 216? 15'
61. When the magnetic bearing of the sun at noon is 185? 20', the magnetic declination will be
Correct : B. 5? 20' west
62. The optical square is used to measure angles by
Correct : B. reflection
63. The multiplying constant for the tacheometer is, generally, kept as
Correct : D. 100
64. The projection of a traverse line on a line parallel to the meridian is known as
Correct : A. latitude
65. Direct ranging is possible only when the end stations are
Correct : C. mutually intervisible
66. The index glass in an optical square is
Correct : A. wholly silvered
67. The method of intersection in plane tabling is commonly used for
Correct : D. all of the above
68. A scale which has a common representative fraction, but read in different measures, is called a
Correct : D. comparative scale
69. When the position of a point is to be fixed most accurately, it should be located by oblique offsets.
Correct : B. False
70. In levelling, the correction for combined curvature and refraction (in metres) is equal to
Correct : D. 0.0673 D2
71. In locating the details of inaccessible objects visible atleast from transit stations, the method used is
Correct : D. none of the above
72. In geodetic surveying, the curvature of the earth is taken into consideration.
Correct : A. Agree
73. The height of instrument is the height of the centre of the telescope above the ground where the level is set up.
Correct : B. False
74. When the image formed by the objective is not situated in the plane of cross-hairs,
Correct : C. the objective should be focussed
75. The magnitude of super-elevation depends upon the speed of the vehicle and the radius of the curve
Correct : A. Correct
76. When the anallatic lens is provided in the telescope of a tacheometer, the additive constant is zero.
Correct : A. Agree
77. In order to determine the natural features such as valleys, rivers, lakes etc., the surveying preferred is
Correct : D. topographical surveying
78. An angle made by a survey line with the prolongation of the proceeding line, is known as
Correct : D. deflection angle
79. The bearing observed with a prismatic compass is
Correct : A. whole circle bearing
80. Due to the magnetic influence of the earth, the magnetic needle of the prismatic compass will be inclined downward towards the pole. This inclination of the needle with the horizontal is known as
Correct : B. dip
81. The real image of an object formed by the objective must lie at the centre of telescope.
Correct : B. Disagree
82. The direction of a true meridian at a station is invariable.
Correct : A. Right
83. In a whole circle bearing system N 25? 15' W corresponds to
Correct : D. 334? 45'
84. An open cross-staff is commonly used for setting out
Correct : B. long offsets
85. The adjustable cross-staff is used for setting out an offset
Correct : D. at any angle
86. To the sum of the first and last ordinates, add twice the sum of the intermediate ordinates. The total sum thus obtained is multiplied by the common distance between the ordinates. One-half of this product gives the required area. This rule of finding the area is called
Correct : B. trapezoidal rule
87. The reduced level of the plane of collimation is
Correct : A. equal to
88. The deflection angle may have any value between
Correct : D. 0? and 180?
89. The strength of 'fix' of a plane table from three known points is good if the middle station is
Correct : A. nearer
90. The angle by which the forward tangent deflects from the back tangent of a curve is called
Correct : A. deflection angle
91. If the fore bearing of a line is N 26? 35' W, its back bearing will be
Correct : A. S 26? 35' E
92. A staff reading taken on a bench mark or a point of known elevation is called
Correct : B. back sight reading
93. If the definition of a telescope is poor, it will produce a clear and district image.
Correct : B. False
94. When the magnetic declination is negative, the magnetic meridian is towards the west of true meridian.
Correct : A. Correct
95. The theodolite is an instrument used for measuring very accurately
Correct : C. horizontal and vertical angles
96. The spacing of cross-sections in a hilly country is usually
Correct : D. 20 m
97. In a retrograde vernier, the smallest division of a vernier is
Correct : C. longer than
98. The diurnal variation of the magnetic needle is more in
Correct : A. summer than winter
99. An optical square is used for the same purpose as the cross-staff, but it is more accurate.
Correct : A. Yes
100. A reverse curve consists of
Correct : D. two arcs of equal or different radii bending in the opposite directions