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  • If a star whose declination is 60° N culminates at zenith, its altitude at the lower culmination, is


  • Options
  • A. 10°
  • B. 20°
  • C. 30°
  • D. 40°
  • E. 60°.

  • Correct Answer
  • 30° 


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    • 1. The distance between the projection centre and the photograph, is called

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    • A. principal distance
    • B. principal line
    • C. isocentric distance
    • D. focal length.
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    • 2. To have greatest coverage of the area, the type of photography used, is

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    • A. high oblique
    • B. low oblique
    • C. vertical
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Longitudes are measured from 0° to

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    • A. 180° eastward
    • B. 180° westward
    • C. 180° east or westward
    • D. 360° eastward
    • E. 360° westward.
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    • 4. If two points differing by 1° of latitude and of the same longitude is 110 km apart on the earth, then two astronomical positions on the moon is about

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    • A. 10 km
    • B. 25 km
    • C. 30 km
    • D. 50 km.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Parallax bar measures

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    • A. parallax
    • B. height
    • C. parallax difference
    • D. height difference.
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    • 6. At the first point of Aeries, the sun moves

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    • A. northward
    • B. southward
    • C. from south to north of the equator
    • D. from north to south of the equator.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The time interval between successive transits of the moon, is

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    • A. 24 hours 10 minutes
    • B. 20 hours 25 minutes
    • C. 24 hours 50 minutes
    • D. 23 hours 50 minutes
    • E. 23 hours 25 minutes.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The principal line is the line joining the principal point and

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    • A. nadir
    • B. isocentre
    • C. perspective centre
    • D. none of these.
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    • 9. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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    • A. If the applied tension to the tape is more than the standard, the tension correction is positive
    • B. If the applied tension to the tape is less than the standard, the tension correction is negative
    • C. If the temperature during measurement is greater than the standard temperature, the temperature correction is positive
    • D. If the temperature during measurement is lower than the standard temperature, temperature correction is negative
    • E. All the above.
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    • 10. In observations of equal precision, the most probable values of the observed quantities are those that render the sum of the squares of the residual errors a minimum, is the fundamental principle of

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    • A. Gauss' Mid Latitude formula
    • B. Delamber's method
    • C. Legendr's method
    • D. Least square method.
    • Discuss


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