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  • Question
  • Triangulation surveys are carried out for locating


  • Options
  • A. control points for surveys of large areas
  • B. control points for photogrammetric surveys
  • C. engineering works, i.e. terminal points of long tunnels, bridge abutments, etc.
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


  • Advanced Surveying problems


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    • 1. The necessary geometrical condition for triangulation adjustment, is :

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    • A. The sum of the angles around a station should be 360°
    • B. The sum of the three angles of a plane triangle should be 180°
    • C. The sum of the eight angles of a braced quadrilateral should be 360°
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Latitude of a place is the angular distance from

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    • A. Greenwich to the place
    • B. equator to the poles
    • C. equator to the nearer pole
    • D. equator to the nearer pole along the meridian of the place
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. If ? and ? be the latitude of an observer and declination of a heavenly body respectively, the upper culmination of the body will be south of zenith if its zenith distance, is

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    • A. ? - ?
    • B. ? - ?
    • C. ? + ?
    • D. (? - ?).
    • Discuss
    • 4. At western elongation, the pole star moves

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    • A. eastward
    • B. westward
    • C. northward
    • D. southward.
    • Discuss
    • 5. In a tropical year, the number of sidereal days are

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    • A. one less than mean solar days
    • B. one more than mean solar days
    • C. equal to mean solar days
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. International date line is located along

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    • A. standard meridian
    • B. Greenwich meridian
    • C. equator
    • D. 180° longitude
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Accidental errors

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    • A. do not follow any definite mathematical law
    • B. cannot be removed by applying corrections to the observed values
    • C. are generally small
    • D. are also known as compensating errors
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The movement of the projector in y-direction, introduces in the model a y-parallax

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    • A. maximum at position 1
    • B. maximum at position 2
    • C. maximum at position 5 and 6
    • D. maximum at positions 3 and 4
    • E. equally throughout the model.
    • Discuss
    • 9. While making astronomical observations, the observer is mainly concerned with

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    • A. the direction of the vertical, the axis of rotation of the instrument
    • B. the direction of the poles of the celestial sphere
    • C. the direction of the star from the instrument
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The angle between the axis of earth and the vertical at the station of observation is called

    • Options
    • A. astronomical latitude
    • B. astronomical co-latitude
    • C. co-declination of star
    • D. declination of star.
    • Discuss


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