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  • Question
  • 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


  • Options
  • A. 4000 m
  • B. 5000 m
  • C. 6000 m
  • D. 7000 m.

  • Correct Answer
  • 6000 m 


  • Advanced Surveying problems


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    • 1. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. High oblique photographs

    • Options
    • 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
    • 2. 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

    • Options
    • A. 0.01 second
    • B. 0.001 second
    • C. 0.0001 second
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The scale of a tilted photograph of focal length f taken from an altitude H, along the plate parallel through principal point is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 4. A nautical mile is

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Longitude of a place is the angular distance between the meridian of the place and

    • Options
    • A. the standard meridian
    • B. the international date line
    • C. that of Greenwich
    • D. both (a) and (c) of above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. For mapping any country

    • Options
    • 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
    • 7. If the image of a triangulation station of R.L. 500 m is 4 cm from the principal point of a vertical photo taken from an altitude of 2000 m, above datum, the height displacement will be

    • Options
    • A. 2 mm
    • B. 4 mm
    • C. 6 mm
    • D. 8 mm
    • E. 10 mm.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The scale of the photography taken from a height of 300 m, with a camera of focal length 15 cm, is

    • Options
    • A. 1 : 10,000
    • B. 1 : 15,000
    • C. 1 : 20,000
    • D. 1 : 30,000.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The point where vertical line passing through the perspective centre intersects the plane of the photograph, is known as

    • Options
    • A. photo plumb point
    • B. plumb point
    • C. nadir point
    • D. isocentre
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. Aerial photographs may be either vertical or oblique
    • B. Vertical photographs are taken with the axis of camera pointing vertically downward
    • C. Vertical photographs are used for most accurate maps
    • D. On oblique photographs, scale variation is larger as compared to that of vertical photographs
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss


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