Q.1) The surveying used to determine additional details such as boundaries of fields, is called :
A) City surveying
B) Location surveying
C) Cadastral surveying
D) Topographical surveying
Option (C)
Q.2) The fundamental principle of surveying is to work from the –
A) Whole to the part
B) Part to the whole
C) Lower level to higher level
D) Higher level to lower level
Option (A)
Q.3) A diagonal scale is used to read…….dimensions.
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Option (C)
Q.4) An average length of a pace is –
A) 60 cm
B) 80 cm
C) 100 cm
D) 120 cm
Option (B)
Q.5) When the length of chain used in measuring distance is longer than the standard length, the error in measured distance will be –
A) +ve error
B) -ve error
C) Compensating error
D) None of the above
Option (B)
Q.6) An open cross-staff is commonly used for setting out :
A) Short offsets
B) Long offsets
C) Oblique offsets
D) None of the above
Option (B)
Q.7) The true or geographical meridians through the various stations –
A) Are parallel
B) Converge to the poles
C) Converge from north pole to south pole
D) Converge from south pole to north pole
Option (B)
Q.8) At the equator, the amount of dip is –
A)0 deg
B)45 deg
C)60 deg
D)90 deg
Option (A)
Q.9) In the surveying telescope, cross hairs are fitted in :
A) Centre of the telescope
B) Optical center of the eye piece
C) Front of the eye piece
D) Front of the objective
Option (C)
Q.10) An axis about which the telescope can be rotated in a horizontal plane, is called –
A) Horizontal axis
B) Vertical axis
C) Axis of the level tube
D) Line of collimation
Option (B)
Q.11) When the latitudes and departures are so adjusted that the algebraic sum of the latitudes and departures are equal to zero, the operation is called :
A) Balancing the latitude
B) Balancing the departure
C) Balancing the traverse
D) None of the above
Option (C)
Q.12) The collimation method for obtaining the reduced levels of points does not provide a check on :
A) Fore sights
B) Back sights
C) Change points
D) Intermediate sights
Option (D)
Q.13) The method of levelling in which the heights of mountains are found by observing the temperature at which water boils is known as :
A) Barometric levelling
B) Reciprocal levelling
C) Longitudinal levelling
D) Hypometry
Option (D)
Q.14) In levelling, the correction for combined curvature and refraction (in metres) is equal to :
A) 0.00785 D^2
B) 0.0785 D^2
C) 0.0112 D^2
D) 0.0673 D^2
Option (D)
Q.15) The vertical distance between any two consecutive contours is called –
A) Vertical equivalent
B) Horizontal equivalent
C) Contour interval
D) Contour gradient
Option (C)
Q.16) The contour lines can cross one another on map only in the case of :
A) A vertical cliff
B) A valley
C) A ridge
D) An overhanging cliff
Option (D)
Q.17) In route surveys, the most suitable method of contouring is :
A) By squares
B) By radial lines
C) By cross-sections
D) By tacheometer
Option (C)
Q.18) The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously, is called :
A) Compass surveying
B) Levelling
C) Chain surveying
D) Plane table survey
Option (D)
Q.19) The method of plane tabling commonly used for establishing the instrument stations only, is a :
A) Method of radiation
B) Method of intersection
C) Method of traversing
D) Method of resection
Option (D)
Q.20) A curve of varying radius is known as :
A) Simple curve
B) Compound curve
C) Reverse curve
D) Transition curve
Option (D)
