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  • An angle of deflection right, may be directly obtained by setting the instrument to read


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  • A. zero on back station
  • B. 180° on back station
  • C. 90°
  • D. 270° on back station.

  • Correct Answer
  • zero on back station 

    • Surveying problems

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    • 1. The power of a lens

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    • A. is reciprocal of its focal length
    • B. is positive if it is a convex lens
    • C. is negative if it is a concave lens
    • D. is measured in diopter.
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    • 2. 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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    • 3. ?, ? 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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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 4. With usual notations, the expression
      represents

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    • A. centrifugal force
    • B. centrifugal ratio
    • C. super elevation
    • D. radial acceleration.
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    • 5. 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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    • 6. The reduced bearing of a line is N 87° W. Its whole circle bearing is

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    • A. 87°
    • B. 273°
    • C. 93°
    • D. 3°
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    • 7. Accurate measurement of deflection angles with a transit not properly adjusted may be made by

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    • A. setting the vernier A at zero at back station and then plunging the telescope
    • B. setting the vernier A at zero at back station and turning the instrument to the forward station
    • C. taking two back sights one with the telescope normal and the other with telescope inverted
    • D. none of these.
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    • 8. If whole circle bearing of a line is 120°, its reduced bearing is

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    • A. S 20° E
    • B. S 60° E
    • C. N 120° E
    • D. N 60° E.
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    • 9. Transition curves are introduced at either end of a circular curve, to obtain

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    • A. gradually decrease of curvature from zero at the tangent point to the specified quantity at the junction of the transition curve with main curve
    • B. gradual increase of super-elevation from zero at the tangent point to the specified amount at the junction of the transition curve with main curve
    • C. gradual change of gradient from zero at the tangent point to the specified amount at the junction of the transition curve with main curve
    • D. none of these.
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    • 10. The distance between the point of intersection of an up grade + g1% and downgrade g2% and the highest point of the vertical curve of length L, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D. .
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