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  • The approximate formula for radial or perpendicular offsets from the tangent, is


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  • A. The approximate formula for radial or perpendicular offsets from the tangent, is
  • B. The approximate formula for radial or perpendicular offsets from the tangent, is
  • C. The approximate formula for radial or perpendicular offsets from the tangent, is
  • D. The approximate formula for radial or perpendicular offsets from the tangent, is

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    • 1. Short offsets are measured with

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    • A. an ordinary chain
    • B. an invar tape
    • C. a metallic tape
    • D. a steel tape.
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    • 2. The line of collimation method of reduction of levels, does not provide a check on

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    • A. intermediate sights
    • B. fore sights
    • C. back sights
    • D. reduced levels.
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    • 3. Chain surveying is well adopted for

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    • A. small areas in open ground
    • B. small areas with crowded details
    • C. large areas with simple details
    • D. large areas with difficult details.
    • Discuss
    • 4. For locating a distant object visible from two transit stations, the method usually preferred to, is

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    • A. Angles and distances from transit stations
    • B. Angles from two transit stations
    • C. distance from two transit stations
    • D. Angle from one transit station and distance from the other.
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    • 5. A sewer is laid from a manhole A to a manhole B, 250 m away along a gradient of 1 in 125. If the reduced level of the invert at A is 205.75 m and the height of the boning rod is 3 m, the reduced level of the sight rail at B, is

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    • A. 208.75 m
    • B. 202.75 m
    • C. 206.75 m
    • D. 211.75 m
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    • 6. Correction per chain length of 100 links along a slope having a rise of 1 unit in n horizontal units, is

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    • A.
    • B. 100 n2
    • C.
    • D. .
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    • 7. Which one of the following statements is correct?

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    • A. when the axes of rotation of the graduated circle and the verniers are not coincident, the instrument possesses eccentricity
    • B. the mean of the readings of the two verniers gives correct reading free from the eccentricity
    • C. one vernier may be used if the readings of two verniers differ by a constant
    • D. all the above.
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    • 8. Prolongation of chain line across an obstruction in chain surveying, is done by

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    • A. making angular measurements
    • B. drawing perpendiculars with a chain
    • C. solution of triangles
    • D. all the above.
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    • 9. Bergchrund is a topograhical feature in

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    • A. plains
    • B. water bodies
    • C. hills
    • D. glaciated region
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    • 10. To avoid large centering error with very short legs, observations are generally made

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    • A. to chain pins
    • B. by using optical system for centering the theodolite
    • C. to a target fixed on theodolite tripod on which theodolite may be fitted easily
    • D. all the above.
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