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  • Question
  • Cross hairs in surveying telescopes, are fitted


  • Options
  • A. in the objective glass
  • B. at the centre of the telescope
  • C. at the optical centre of the eye piece
  • D. in front of the eye piece.

  • Correct Answer
  • in front of the eye piece. 


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    • 1. On a diagonal scale, it is possible to read up to

    • Options
    • A. one dimension
    • B. two dimensions
    • C. three dimensions
    • D. four dimensions.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The diaphragm of a stadia theodolite is fitted with two additional

    • Options
    • A. horizontal hairs
    • B. vertical hairs
    • C. horizontal and two vertical hairs
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. A back sight

    • Options
    • A. is always taken on a point of known elevation or can be computed
    • B. is added to the known level to obtain the instrument height
    • C. taken on an inverted staff is treated as negative
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. the power of a lens is the reciprocal of its focal length
    • B. the unit of power of the lens is diopter
    • C. the power of two or more thin lenses in contact is the power of the combination of the lenses
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The operation of making the algebraic sum of latitudes and departures of a closed traverse, each equal to zero, is known

    • Options
    • A. balancing the sights
    • B. balancing the departures
    • C. balancing the latitudes
    • D. balancing the traverse.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct specification of Ramsden eyepiece from the following :

    • Options
    • A. it consists of two equal piano convex lenses
    • B. the curved surfaces of plano-convex lenses face each other
    • C. the two lenses are separated by a distance equal to 2/3 of the focal length of either lens.
    • D. the distance between the diaphragm and the front lens of the eyepiece is kept equal to 1/4 th of the focal length of a lens so that rays from a point on the diaphragm enter the eye as a parallel beam
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The systematic errors which persist and have regular effects in the performance of a survey operation, are due to

    • Options
    • A. carelessness
    • B. faulty instrument
    • C. inattention
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. A dumpy level is set up with its eye-piece vertically over a peg A. The height from the top of peg A to the centre of the eye-piece is 1.540 m and the reading on peg B is 0.705 m. The level is then setup over B. The height of the eye-piece above peg B is 1.490 m and a reading on A is 2.195 m. The difference in level between A and B is

    • Options
    • A. 2.900 m
    • B. 3.030 m
    • C. 0.770 m
    • D. 0.785 m
    • E. 1.770 m.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The area of a plane triangle ABC, having its base AC and perpendicular height h, is

    • Options
    • A. bh
    • B. ba sin C
    • C. bc sin A
    • D. S(S - a)(S - b)(S - c)
      where S is
    • E. all the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. A relatively fixed point of known elevation above datum, is called

    • Options
    • A. bench mark
    • B. datum point
    • C. reduced level
    • D. reference point.
    • Discuss


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