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The magnetic meridian at any point, is the direction indicated by a freely suspended
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A. magnetic needle
B. and properly balanced magnetic needle
C. properly balanced and uninfluenced by local attractive force
D. magnetic needle over an iron pivot.

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properly balanced and uninfluenced by local attractive force

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1. If d is the distance between equidistant odd ordinates, the Simpson's rule for the areas, is
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A. [h₁ + h_n + 2(h₃ + h₅ + ... + h_{n - 2}) + 4(h₂ + h₄ + ... + h_{n - 1})]
B. [h₁ + h_n + 2(h₃ + h₅ + ... + h_{n - 2}) + 4(h₂ + h₄ + ... + h_{n - 1})]
C. [h₁ + h_n x 2(h₂ + h₄ + ... + h_{n - 1}) + 4(h₃ + h₅ + ... + h_{n - 2})]
D. [h₁ + h_n + 2(h₃ + h₅ + ... + h_{n - 2}) + 4(h₂ + h₄ + ... + h_{n - 1})]
E. none of these.

7. ?, ? are the horizontal angles measured at the ends of a base line AB to a hill top whose angle of elevation from station A is ?�. The height of the hill top above the trunnion axis of the theodolite station, is
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B.
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D.

8. If V is the speed of a locomotive in km per hour, g is the acceleration due to gravity, G is the distance between running faces of the rails and R is the radius of the circular curve, the required super elevation is
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A.
B.
C.
D.

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