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  • Question
  • Greater accuracy in linear measurements, is obtained by


  • Options
  • A. tacheometry
  • B. direct chaining
  • C. direct taping
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • direct taping 


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. Magnetic declination at any place

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    • A. remains constant
    • B. does not remain constant
    • C. fluctuates
    • D. changes abruptly.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. From any point on the surface with a given inclination

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    • A. only one contour gradient is possible
    • B. two contour gradients are possible
    • C. indefinite contour gradients are possible
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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
    • 8. Total latitude of a point is positive if it lies

    • Options
    • A. north of the reference parallel
    • B. south of the reference parallel
    • C. east of the reference parallel
    • D. west of the reference parallel.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Perpendicularity of an offset may be judged by eye, if the length of the offset is

    • Options
    • A. 5 m
    • B. 10 m
    • C. 15 m
    • D. 20 m.
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a lemniscate curve the ratio of the angle between the tangent at the end of the polar ray and the straight, and the angle between the polar ray and the straight, is

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 3
    • C. 4
    • D. 5
    • E. 3/2
    • Discuss


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