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  • The instrument which is used in plane tabling for obtaining horizontal and vertical distances directly without resorting to chaining, is known as


  • Options
  • A. Plane alidade
  • B. telescopic alidade
  • C. clinometer
  • D. tacheometer.

  • Correct Answer
  • telescopic alidade 


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    • 1. If vertical angles of inclined sights do not exceed 10° and non-verticality of the staff remains within 1°, stadia system of tacheometric observations are made on

    • Options
    • A. staff normal
    • B. staff vertical
    • C. staff normal as well as vertical
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The slope correction for a 3° slope for a length of 100 m, is

    • Options
    • A. -0.11 m
    • B. -0.12 m
    • C. -1.87 m
    • D. -0.137 m
    • Discuss
    • 3. In horizontal angles, the error due to imperfect levelling of the plate bubble is

    • Options
    • A. large when sights are nearly level
    • B. large for long sights
    • C. less for steeply inclined sights
    • D. large for steeply inclined sights.
    • Discuss
    • 4. An imaginary line lying throughout on the surface of the earth and preserving a constant inclination to the horizontal, is called

    • Options
    • A. contour line
    • B. contour gradient
    • C. level line
    • D. line of gentle scope.
    • Discuss
    • 5. If ? and ? be the elevations of two objects A and B respectively, ? be the angle observed by a sextant. The correct horizontal angle is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. While surveying a plot of land by plane tabling, the field observations

    • Options
    • A. and plotting proceed simultaneously
    • B. and plotting do not proceed simultaneously
    • C. and recorded in field books to be plotted later
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. A dumpy level was set up at mid-point between pegs A and B, 80 m apart and the staff readings were 1.32 and 1.56. When the level was set up at a point 10 m from A on BA produced, the staff readings obtained at A and B were 1.11 and 1.39. The correct staff reading from this set up at S should be

    • Options
    • A. 1.435
    • B. 1.345
    • C. 1.425
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. In a precision traverse, included angles are measured by setting the vernier

    • Options
    • A. to read zero exactly on back station
    • B. to read 5° exactly on back station
    • C. some where near zero and reading both verniers on back station
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. an observation or the resulting reading with the level on a levelling staff is called sight
    • B. a back sight is the first sight taken after setting up the instrument in any position
    • C. the first sight on each change point is a fore sight
    • D. the second sight on each change point is a back sight
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The rise and fall method of reduction of levels, provides a check on

    • Options
    • A. back sights
    • B. fore sights
    • C. intermediate sights
    • D. all of these.
    • Discuss


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