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  • Question
  • A nautical mile is


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  • A. one minute arc of the great circle passing through two points
  • B. one minute arc of the longitude
  • C. 6080 ft
  • D. 1855.109 m
  • E. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


  • Advanced Surveying problems


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    • 1. Longitude of a place is the angular distance between the meridian of the place and

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    • A. the standard meridian
    • B. the international date line
    • C. that of Greenwich
    • D. both (a) and (c) of above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The maximum percentage of chemical ingredient of cement is that of

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    • A. magnesium oxide
    • B. iron oxide
    • C. aluminium
    • D. lime
    • E. silica.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Bulking of sand is

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    • A. mixing of different sizes of sand particles
    • B. mixing of lime with sand
    • C. maximum water with sand
    • D. swelling of sand when wetted.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The size of fine aggregates does not exceed

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    • A. 2.75 mm
    • B. 3.00 mm
    • C. 3.75 mm
    • D. 4.75 mm
    • E. 5.75 mm
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

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    • A. Workability of the concrete mix decreases with an increase in the moisture content
    • B. Concrete for which preliminary tests are conducted, is called controlled concrete
    • C. Bulking of sand depends upon the fineness of grains
    • D. Concrete mix 1 : 6 : 12, is used for mass concrete in piers.
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The scale of a tilted photograph of focal length f taken from an altitude H, along the plate parallel through principal point is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The nearest star is so far away from the earth that the directions to it from two diametrically opposite points on the earth differs less than

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    • A. 0.01 second
    • B. 0.001 second
    • C. 0.0001 second
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. High oblique photographs

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    • A. may have tilt up to 30°
    • B. may include the image of the horizon
    • C. may not include the image of the horizon
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. To obtain photographs of an area of 1000 m average elevation, on scale 1 : 30, 000, with a camera of 30 cm focal length, the flying height is

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    • A. 4000 m
    • B. 5000 m
    • C. 6000 m
    • D. 7000 m.
    • Discuss
    • 10. For mapping any country

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    • A. geodetic triangulation of greatest possible sides and accuracy is carried out
    • B. primary triangles are broken down into secondary triangles of somewhat lesser accuracy
    • C. secondary triangles are further broken into third and fourth order triangles, the points of which are used for detail surveys
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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