If a 30 m chain diverges through a perpendicular distance d from its correct ali

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If a 30 m chain diverges through a perpendicular distance d from its correct alignment, the error in length, is
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B.
C.
D.
E. .

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1. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying, does not depend upon
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A. length of the offset
B. scale of the plotting
C. importance of the features
D. general layout of the chain lines.

4. For the construction of highway (or railway)
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A. longitudinal sections are required
B. cross sections are required
C. both longitudinal and cross sections are required
D. none of these.

6. An imaginary line joining the points of equal elevation on the surface of the earth, represents
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A. contour surface
B. contour gradient
C. contour line
D. level line
E. none of these.

7. If arithmetic sum of latitudes of a closed traverse is ?Lat and closing error in latitude is dx, the correction for a side whose latitude is l, as given by Transit Rule, is
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A.
B.
C.
D. none of these.

8. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. the apparent error on reversal is twice the actual error
B. the correction may be made equal to half the observed discrepancy.
C. the good results may be obtained from a defective instrument by reversing and taking the mean of two erroneous results
D. all the above.

9. In chain surveying tie lines are primarily provided
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A. to check the accuracy of the survey
B. to take offsets for detail survey
C. to avoid long offsets from chain lines
D. to increase the number of chain lines.

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