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  • Question
  • For a curve of radius 100 m and normal chord 10 m, the Rankine's deflection angle, is


  • Options
  • A. 0°25'.95
  • B. 0°35'.95
  • C. 1°25'.53
  • D. 1°35'.95
  • E. 2°51'.53.

  • Correct Answer
  • 2°51'.53. 


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    • 1. Keeping the instrument height as 1 m, length of staff 4 m, the up gradient of the ground 1 in 10, the sight on the up slope must be less than

    • Options
    • A. 25 cm
    • B. 20 m
    • C. 45 m
    • D. 10 m
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    • 2. A uniform slope was measured by the method of stepping. If the difference in level between two points is 1.8 m and the slope distance between them is 15 m, the error is approximately equal to

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    • A. cumulative, + 0.11 m
    • B. compensating, ± 0.11 m
    • C. cumulative, - 0.11 m
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Measuring with a 30 m chain, 0.01 m too short, introduces

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    • A. positive compensating error
    • B. negative compensating error
    • C. positive cumulative error
    • D. negative cumulative error.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Orientation of a plane table by solving two point problem is only adopted when

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    • A. saving of time is a main factor
    • B. better accuracy is a main factor
    • C. given points are inaccessible
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 5. For setting out a simple curve, using two theodolites.

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    • A. offsets from tangents are required
    • B. offsets from chord produced are required
    • C. offsets from long chord are required
    • D. deflection angles from Rankine's formula are required
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. If the area calculated form the plan plotted with measurements by an erroneous chain, accurate area of the plan is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. It ? is the probable error of an observed bearing of a line of length l, the error over the whole length of the traverse of n lines of length l is

    • Options
    • A. l n
    • B. n
    • C. ?
    • D. ? n
    • Discuss
    • 8. Metric chains are generally available in

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    • A. 10 m and 20 m length
    • B. 15 m and 20 m length
    • C. 20 m and 30 m length
    • D. 25 m and 100 m length
    • Discuss
    • 9. Two hill tops A and B 20 km apart are intervened by a third top C. If the top most contour of the three hill tops are of the same value, state whether the line of sight AB

    • Options
    • A. passes clear of hill top C
    • B. passes below the hill top C
    • C. grazes the hill top C
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. If the angular measurements of a traverse are more precise than its linear measurements, balancing of the traverse, is done by

    • Options
    • A. Bowditch's rule
    • B. Transit rule
    • C. Empirical rule
    • D. all of the above.
    • Discuss


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