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Advanced Surveying problems


  • 1. Longitudes are measured from 0° to

  • Options
  • A. 180° eastward
  • B. 180° westward
  • C. 180° east or westward
  • D. 360° eastward
  • E. 360° westward.
  • Discuss
  • 2. To have greatest coverage of the area, the type of photography used, is

  • Options
  • A. high oblique
  • B. low oblique
  • C. vertical
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 3. The distance between the projection centre and the photograph, is called

  • Options
  • A. principal distance
  • B. principal line
  • C. isocentric distance
  • D. focal length.
  • Discuss
  • 4. 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°.
  • Discuss
  • 5. At the first point of Aeries, the sun moves

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

  • Options
  • 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
  • 7. The principal line is the line joining the principal point and

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

  • Options
  • 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
  • 9. 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
  • 10. If the distance between the projectors is altered by a movement along X-axis of one projector,

  • Options
  • 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

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