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Question
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Options
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.
Correct Answer
the eyepiece plays no part in defining the line of sight
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1. 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
Options
A. 30 m
B. 25 m
C. 20 m
D. 15 m
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Correct Answer: 25 m
2. The main principle of surveying is to work
Options
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
3. 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
4. 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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
5. 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.
6. 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
Options
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
.
7. The slope correction for a length of 30 m along a gradient of 1 in 20, is
Options
A. 3.75 cm
B. 0.375 cm
C. 37.5 cm
D. 2.75 cm.
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Correct Answer: 3.75 cm
8. Two concave lenses of 60 cm focal length are cemented on either side of a convex lens of 15 cm focal length. The focal length of the combination is
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A. 10 cm
B. 20 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 40 cm
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Correct Answer: 30 cm
9. Pick up the method of surveying in which field observations and plotting proceed simultaneously from the following
Options
A. chain surveying
B. compass surveying
C. plan table surveying
D. tacheometric surveying.
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Correct Answer: plan table surveying
10. The most reliable method of plotting a theodolite traverse, is
Options
A. by consecutive co-ordinates of each station
B. by independent co-ordinates of each station
C. by plotting included angles and scaling off each traverse leg
D. by the tangent method of plotting.
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Correct Answer: by independent co-ordinates of each station
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