Advanced Surveying Questions

• If α, H, A and δ be the altitude, hour angle, azimuth and declination of a circumpolar star at its elongation, in latitude λ, the following relation holds good
• If θ and δ be the latitude of a place and declination of a star respectively, the upper culmination of the star will be north of zenith if its zenith distance, is
• The shortest distance between two places measured along the surface of the earth, is
• The latitude (λ) of a place and the altitude (α) of the pole are related by
• Pick up the correct statement from the following :
• Perspective centre relates to
• Places having same latitude
• The point on the celestial sphere vertically below the observer's position, is called
• Longitude of a place is the angular distance between the meridian of the place and
• A nautical mile is
• The scale of a tilted photograph of focal length f taken from an altitude H, along the plate parallel through principal point is
• The nearest star is so far away from the earth that the directions to it from two diametrically opposite points on the earth differs less than
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. High oblique photographs
• To obtain photographs of an area of 1000 m average elevation, on scale 1 : 30, 000, with a camera of 30 cm focal length, the flying height is
• For mapping any country
• If the image of a triangulation station of R.L. 500 m is 4 cm from the principal point of a vertical photo taken from an altitude of 2000 m, above datum, the height displacement will be
• The scale of the photography taken from a height of 300 m, with a camera of focal length 15 cm, is
• The point where vertical line passing through the perspective centre intersects the plane of the photograph, is known as
• Pick up the correct statement from the following :
• The principal plane contains