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  • Question
  • Stellar astronomy deals with


  • Options
  • A. plane surveying
  • B. geodetic surveying
  • C. star observations
  • D. planet observations.

  • Correct Answer
  • star observations 


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    • 1. The declination and right ascension of the sun becomes 23° 27' N and 90° respectively on

    • Options
    • A. March 21
    • B. June 21
    • C. September 21
    • D. December 22.
    • Discuss
    • 2. If the distance between the projectors is altered by a movement along X-axis of one projector,

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    • A. the length of the air base is increased
    • B. the scale of the model is altered
    • C. y-parallax is not affected
    • D. relative orientation is not affected
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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

    • Options
    • A. Gauss' Mid Latitude formula
    • B. Delamber's method
    • C. Legendr's method
    • D. Least square method.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The angular distance of hevenly bodies on observer's meridian measured from the pole, is

    • Options
    • A. co-declination
    • B. co-altitude
    • C. co-latitude
    • D. polar distance
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. A star in northern sphere is said to transit

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    • A. when its altitude is maximum
    • B. when its azimuth is 180°
    • C. when it is in south
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Equation of time which is the difference between apparent solar time and mean solar time at any instant, vanishes during one year

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    • A. once
    • B. twice
    • C. thrice
    • D. four times
    • E. five times.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The zenith is the point on the celestial sphere

    • Options
    • A. east of observer
    • B. west of observer
    • C. north of observer
    • D. south of observer
    • E. above the observer.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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    • A. The measured stereoscopic base of photographs is obtained by dividing the air base in metres by the mean scale of the photograph
    • B. The difference between the absolute parallax of two points depends upon the difference in their elevations
    • C. The line joining the principal point of a photograph and the transferred principal point of the adjoining photograph, is called stereoscopic base
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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