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  • Question
  • Magnetic declination at any place


  • Options
  • A. remains constant
  • B. does not remain constant
  • C. fluctuates
  • D. changes abruptly.

  • Correct Answer
  • does not remain constant 


  • Surveying problems


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    • 1. The zero of the graduated circle of a prismatic compass is located at

    • Options
    • A. north end
    • B. east end
    • C. south end
    • D. west end.
    • Discuss
    • 2. A standard steel tape of length 30 m and cross-section 15 x 1.0 mm was standardised at 25°C and at 30 kg pull. While measuring a base line at the same temperature, the pull applied was 40 kg. If the modulus of elasticity of steel tape is 2.2 x 106 kg/cm2, the correction to be applied is

    • Options
    • A. - 0.000909 m
    • B. + 0.0909 m
    • C. 0.000909 m
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. If L is in kilometres, the curvature correction is

    • Options
    • A. 58.2 L2 mm
    • B. 64.8 L2 mm
    • C. 74.8 L2 mm
    • D. 78.4 L2 mm.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D. .
    • Discuss
    • 5. Transition curves are introduced at either end of a circular curve, to obtain

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The bearings of two traverse legs AB and BC are N52° 45' E and N34° 30' E respectively. The deflection angle is

    • Options
    • A. 18° 15' E
    • B. 18° 15' N
    • C. 18° 15' W
    • D. 18° 15' R
    • E. 18° 15' L
    • Discuss
    • 7. Systematic errors are those errors

    • Options
    • A. which cannot be recognised
    • B. whose character is understood
    • C. whose effects are cumulative and can be eliminated
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Greater accuracy in linear measurements, is obtained by

    • Options
    • A. tacheometry
    • B. direct chaining
    • C. direct taping
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. From any point on the surface with a given inclination

    • Options
    • A. only one contour gradient is possible
    • B. two contour gradients are possible
    • C. indefinite contour gradients are possible
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following introduces an error of about 1 in 1000 if 20 m chain is used

    • Options
    • A. length of chain 20 mm wrong
    • B. one end of the chain 0.9 m off the line
    • C. one end of chain 0.9 m higher than the other
    • D. middle of the chain 0.45 m off the line
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss


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