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Removal of parallax, may be achieved by focussing
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A. the objective
B. the eye-piece
C. the objective and the eye-piece
D. none of these.
Correct Answer
the objective and the eye-piece
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1. Ramsden eye-piece consists of
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A. two convex lenses short distance apart
B. two concave lenses short distance apart
C. one convex lens and one concave lens short distance apart
D. two plano-convex lenses short distance apart, with the convex surfaces facing each other.
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Correct Answer: two plano-convex lenses short distance apart, with the convex surfaces facing each other.
2. The 'fix' of a plane table from three known points, is good, if
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A. middle station is nearest
B. middle station is farthest
C. either the right or left station is nearest
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: middle station is nearest
3. In an internal focusing telescope
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A. the objective is at a fixed distance from the diaphragm
B. the focusing is done by the sliding of a divergent lens.
C. the focusing divergent lens is situated at about the middle of the tube
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
4. Volume of the earth work may be calculated by
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A. mean areas
B. end areas
C. Prismoidal formula
D. Trapezoidal
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
5. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. A level surface is perpendicular at all points to the direction of gravity
B. A level line lies in level surface
C. A horizontal surface is normal to the direction of gravity at only one point
D. A horizontal line is tangential to the level surface
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
6. The slope correction may be ignored if
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A. the slope of the ground is less than 3°
B. to slope of the ground is say 1 in 19
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
7. The main plate of a transit is divided into 1080 equal divisions. 60 divisions of the vernier coincide exactly with 59 divisions of the main plate. The transit can read angles accurate upto
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A. 5"
B. 10"
C. 15"
D. 20"
E. 30"
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Correct Answer: 20"
8. The whole circle bearing of a line is 290°. Its reduced bearing is
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A. N 20° E
B. N 20° W
C. N 70° W
D. S 70° E
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Correct Answer: N 70° W
9. Cross-staff is used for
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A. setting out right angles
B. measuring contour gradient
C. taking levels
D. measuring distances
E. none of these
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Correct Answer: setting out right angles
10. The least count of a vernier scale is
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A. sum of the smallest divisions of main and vernier scales
B. value of one division of the primary scale divided by total number of divisions of vernier scale
C. value of one division of vernier scale divided by total number of divisions of primary scale
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: value of one division of the primary scale divided by total number of divisions of vernier scale
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