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  • Tilt of the staff in stadia tacheometry increases the intercept if it is


  • Options
  • A. away from the telescope pointing down hill
  • B. towards the telescope pointing up-hill
  • C. away from the telescope pointing up-hill
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • away from the telescope pointing up-hill 


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    • 1. The 10 mm markings on a levelling staff placed at 20 m are separated by

    • Options
    • A. radian
    • B. radian
    • C. radian
    • D. radian.
    • Discuss
    • 2. If D is the degree of the curve of radius R, the exact length of its specified chord, is

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    • A. radius of the curve x sine of half the degree
    • B. diameter of the curve x sine of half the degree
    • C. diameter of the curve x cosine of half the degree
    • D. diameter of the curve x tangent of half the degree.
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    • 3. In a telescope the object glass of focal length 14 cm, is located at 20 cm from the diaphragm. The focussing lens is midway between them when a staff 16.50 m away is focussed. The focal length of the focussing lens, is

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    • A. 5.24 cm
    • B. 6.24 cm
    • C. 7.24 cm
    • D. 8.24 cm
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    • 4. If + 0.8% grade meets - 0.7% grade and the rate of change of grade for 30 m distance is 0.05, the length of the vertical curve will be

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    • A. 600 m
    • B. 700 m
    • C. 800 m
    • D. 900 m
    • E. 1000 m
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    • 5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :

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    • A. while measuring a distance with a tape of length 100.005 m, the distance to be increasing by 0.005 m for each tape length
    • B. an increase in temperature causes a tape to increase in length and the measured distance is too large
    • C. the straight distance between end points of a suspended tape is reduced by an amount called the sag correction
    • D. a 100 m tape of cross section 10 mm x 0.25 mm stretches about 10 mm under 5 kg pull.
    • Discuss
    • 6. A lens or combination of lenses in which the following defect is completely eliminated is called aplanatic

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    • A. spherical aberration
    • B. chromatic aberration
    • C. coma
    • D. astigmatism.
    • Discuss
    • 7. If the chain line which runs along N-S direction is horizontal and the ground in E-W direction is sloping

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    • A. it is possible to set offsets correctly on east side
    • B. it is possible to set offsets correctly on east side
    • C. it is not possible to set offsets correctly on west side
    • D. it is possible to set offsets correctly on both sides.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The properties of autogenous curve for automobiles are given by

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    • A. true spiral
    • B. cubic parabola
    • C. Bernoulli's Lemniscate
    • D. clothoid spiral.
    • Discuss
    • 9. To orient a plane table at a point with two inaccessible points, the method generally adopted, is

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    • A. intersection
    • B. resection
    • C. radiation
    • D. two point problem.
    • Discuss
    • 10. In precision theodolite traverse if included angles are read twice and the mean reading accepted using both verniers having a least count of 30". Assuming the instrument to be in perfect adjustment, linear measurements correct to 6 mm per 30 metre tape duly corrected for temperature, slope and sag, the angular error of closure not to exceed (where n is the number of traverse legs)

    • Options
    • A. 50" n
    • B. 30" n
    • C. 60" n.
    • Discuss


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