The conventional sign shown in below figure represents a bridge carrying railway

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The conventional sign shown in below figure represents a
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A. bridge carrying railway below road
B. bridge carrying road below railway
C. bridge carrying road and railway at the same level
D. a level crossing.

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bridge carrying railway below road

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1. In levelling operation
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A. if second reading is more than first, it represents a rise
B. if first reading is more than second, it represents a rise
C. if first reading is less than second, it represents a fall
D. if second reading is less than first, it represents a fall
E. both (b) and (c).

2. Geodetic surveying is undertaken
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A. for production of accurate maps of wide areas
B. for developing the science of geodesy
C. making use of most accurate instruments and methods of observation
D. for determination of accurate positions on the earth's surface of system of control points
E. all the above.

5. 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
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A. 2.900 m
B. 3.030 m
C. 0.770 m
D. 0.785 m
E. 1.770 m.

6. A dumpy level was set up at the midpoint between two pegs A and B, 50 m apart and the staff readings at A and B were 1.22 and 1.06. With the level set up a A, the readings at A and B were 1.55 and 1.37. The collimation error per 100 m length of sight is
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A. 0.02 m inclined upwards
B. 0.04 m inclined downwards
C. 0.04 m inclined upward
D. none of these.

7. Deviation of the actual road gradient from the proposed contou'r gradient up hill side, involves
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A. embankment on the centre line
B. excavation on the centre line
C. earth work on the centre line
D. none of these.

8. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. in astronomical telescope, the rays from the object after refraction at the objective are brought to a focus before entering the eyepiece to produce a real inverted image in front of the eye piece
B. in Galileo's telescope, the rays from the object get refracted at the objective and are intercepted by the eyepiece before a real image is formed
C. a line passing through the optical centre of the objective traversing through the eyepiece, is called line of sight
D. the line of sight which passes through the intersection of cross-lines marked on a diaphragm fixed in front of the eyepiece in a plane at right-angles to the axis, is called the line of collimation
E. all the above.

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