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The chord of a curve less than peg interval, is known as
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A. small chord
B. sub-chord
C. normal chord
D. short chord.
Correct Answer
sub-chord
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1. If the plane table is not horizontal in a direction at right angles to the alidade, the line of sight is parallel to the fiducial edge only for
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A. horizontal sights
B. inclined sights upward
C. inclined sight downward
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: horizontal sights
2. Designation of a curve is made by :
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A. angle subtended by a chord of any length
B. angle subtended by an arc of specified length
C. radius of the curve
D. curvature of the curve.
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Correct Answer: radius of the curve
3. Profile levelling is usually done for determining
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A. contours of an area
B. capacity of a reservoir
C. elevations along a straight line
D. boundaries of property
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Correct Answer: elevations along a straight line
4. The Huygen's telescope eye piece
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A. is aplanatic
B. achromatic
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b).
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
5. In a closed traverse, sum of south latitudes exceeds the sum of north latitudes and the sum of east departures exceeds the sum of west departures, then, the closing line will lie in
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A. north-west quadrant
B. north east quadrant
C. south-east quadrant
D. south-west quadrant.
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Correct Answer: north-west quadrant
6. Number of subdivisions per metre length of a levelling staff is
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A. 100
B. 200
C. 500
D. 1000
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Correct Answer: 200
7. Perpendicular offset from a tangent to the junction of a transition curve and circular curve is equal to
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A. shift
B. twice the shift
C. thrice the shift
D. four times the shift.
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Correct Answer: four times the shift.
8. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. the diaphragm is placed between eyepiece and the objective but nearer to the former
B. the diaphragm is placed between the eyepiece and objective but nearer to the later
C. the outer component of the objective is a double-convex lens of crown glass
D. the inner component of the objective is a flint glass, convexo-concave
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
9. Contour lines of different elevations can unite to form one line, only in the case of
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A. a vertical cliff
B. a saddle
C. a water shed line
D. a hill top.
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Correct Answer: a vertical cliff
10. A well conditioned triangle has no angle less than
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A. 20°
B. 30°
C. 45°
D. 60°.
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Correct Answer: 30°
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