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Good quality stones must
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A. be durable
B. be free from clay
C. resist action of acids
D. all the above.
Correct Answer
all the above.
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1. Gniess is obtained from
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A. igneous rocks
B. metamorphic rocks
C. sedimentary rocks
D. sedimentary metamorphic rocks.
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Correct Answer: sedimentary metamorphic rocks.
2. Galvanising means covering iron with a thin coat of
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A. tin
B. zinc
C. glaze
D. coal tar.
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Correct Answer: zinc
3. The rocks formed by gradual deposition, are called
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A. sedimentary rocks
B. igneous rocks
C. metamorphic rocks
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: sedimentary rocks
4. For preparing porcelains, the clay should be
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A. sufficiently pure
B. of high degree of tanacity
C. of good plasticity
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
5. The commonly used colour pigment in paints, is
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A. ambers
B. carbon black
C. iron oxide
D. lamp black
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
6. The 'fix' of a plane table station with three known points, is bad if the plane table station lies
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A. in the great triangle
B. outside the great triangle
C. on the circumference of the circumscribing circle
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: on the circumference of the circumscribing circle
7. The main principle of surveying is to work
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A. from part to the whole
B. from whole to the part
C. from higher level to the lower level
D. from lower level to higher level.
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Correct Answer: from whole to the part
8. Keeping the instrument height as 1.5 m, length of staff 4 m, the slope of the ground as 1 in 10, the sight on the down-slope, must be less than
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A. 30 m
B. 25 m
C. 20 m
D. 15 m
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Correct Answer: 25 m
9. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. the eyepiece plays no part in defining the line of sight
B. the diaphragm plays no part in defining the line of sight
C. the optical centre of the objective plays no part in defining the line of sight
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: the eyepiece plays no part in defining the line of sight
10. If
S
is the length of a subchord and
R
is the radius of simple curve, the angle of deflection between its tangent and sub-chord, in minutes, is equal to
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A. 573
S
/
R
B. 573
R
/
S
C. 171.9
S
/
R
D. 1718.9
R
/
S
E. 1718.9
S
/
R
.
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Correct Answer: 1718.9
S
/
R
.
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