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Advanced Surveying problems


  • 1. For adjusting a quadrilateral whose both the diagonals are observed, the equations of conditions involved, are

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  • A. two angle equations and two side equations
  • B. one angle equation and three side equations
  • C. three angle equations and one side equation
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The displacement of the pictured position of a point of h elevation on a vertical photograph taken with a camera of 30 cm focal length, from an altitude of 3000 m, is

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  • A. 4.4 mm
  • B. 5.5 mm
  • C. 6.5 mm
  • D. 7.5 mm
  • E. 10 mm
  • Discuss
  • 3. The First Point of Aeries

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  • A. is the point in the celestial sphere where zero meridian crosses the celestial equator
  • B. is usually denoted by the Greek letter ?
  • C. is located near the very conspicuous rectangle of stars in the constellations of Pegasus and Andromeda.
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The moon rotates round the earth once in every

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  • A. 29 days
  • B. 29.35 days
  • C. 29.53 days
  • D. 30 days.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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  • A. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the equator
  • B. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the poles
  • C. One degree of longitude has the same value everywhere
  • D. One degree of latitude decreases from the equator to the poles
  • E. One degree of latitude has greatest value at the poles.
  • Discuss
  • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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  • A. the vertical plane containing the zenith, the station of observation and the celestial pole is the observer's meridian plane.
  • B. the angle between the direction of star in vertical plane and the direction of the star in horizontal plane is called the altitude of the star.
  • C. the complement of the altitude of star is called the zenith distance of the star.
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 7. Circumpolar stars

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  • A. rotate round the north pole
  • B. rotate round the celestial pole
  • C. remain always above the horizon
  • D. are seldom seen near the pole star
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 8. In field astronomy, the quantities observed are entirely

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  • A. lengths
  • B. angles
  • C. heights
  • D. all of these.
  • Discuss
  • 9. The difference of height of two points whose parallax difference is 0.8 mm on a pair of stereo pair taken from a height H is 100 m. If mean photo base is 95.2 mm, the flying height is

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  • A. 8,000 m
  • B. 10,000 m
  • C. 12,000 m
  • D. 14,000 m
  • Discuss
  • 10. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :

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  • A. Latitudes north of the equator are taken as positive
  • B. Latitudes south of the equator are taken as negative
  • C. Longitudes east of Greenwich are taken as negative
  • D. Longitudes west of Greenwich are taken as positive.
  • E. Both (c) and (d) of the above.
  • Discuss

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