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Surveying problems


  • 1. Magnetic bearing of a survey line at any place

  • Options
  • A. remains constant
  • B. changes systematically
  • C. varies differently in different months of the year
  • D. is always greater than true bearing.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The horizontal angle between true meridian and magnetic meridian, is known

  • Options
  • A. bearing
  • B. magnetic declination
  • C. dip
  • D. convergence.
  • Discuss
  • 3. ABCD is a rectangular plot of land. If the bearing of the side AB is 75°, the bearing of DC is

  • Options
  • A. 75°
  • B. 255°
  • C. 105°
  • D. 285°
  • Discuss
  • 4. A lemniscate curve will not be transitional throughout, if its deflection angle, is

  • Options
  • A. 45°
  • B. 60°
  • C. 90°
  • D. 120°
  • E. 180°
  • Discuss
  • 5. In an adjusted level, when the bubble is central, the axis of the bubble tube becomes parallel to

  • Options
  • A. line of sight
  • B. line of collimation
  • C. axis of the telescope
  • D. None of these.
  • Discuss
  • 6. If d is the distance between equidistant odd ordinates, the Simpson's rule for the areas, is

  • Options
  • A. [h1 + hn + 2(h3 + h5 + ... + hn - 2) + 4(h2 + h4 + ... + hn - 1)]
  • B. [h1 + hn + 2(h3 + h5 + ... + hn - 2) + 4(h2 + h4 + ... + hn - 1)]
  • C. [h1 + hn x 2(h2 + h4 + ... + hn - 1) + 4(h3 + h5 + ... + hn - 2)]
  • D. [h1 + hn + 2(h3 + h5 + ... + hn - 2) + 4(h2 + h4 + ... + hn - 1)]
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 7. The magnetic meridian at any point, is the direction indicated by a freely suspended

  • Options
  • A. magnetic needle
  • B. and properly balanced magnetic needle
  • C. properly balanced and uninfluenced by local attractive force
  • D. magnetic needle over an iron pivot.
  • Discuss
  • 8. With usual notations, the expression
    Civil Engineering Surveying: With usual notations, the expression represents

  • Options
  • A. centrifugal force
  • B. centrifugal ratio
  • C. super elevation
  • D. radial acceleration.
  • Discuss
  • 9. ?, ? are the horizontal angles measured at the ends of a base line AB to a hill top whose angle of elevation from station A is ?°. The height of the hill top above the trunnion axis of the theodolite station, is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 10. If V is the speed of a locomotive in km per hour, g is the acceleration due to gravity, G is the distance between running faces of the rails and R is the radius of the circular curve, the required super elevation is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss

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