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Surveying problems


  • 1. Ranging is an operation of

  • Options
  • A. reconnaissance
  • B. judging the distance
  • C. determination of slope
  • D. establishing intermediate points between terminals.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The staff intercept will be

  • Options
  • A. greater farther off the staff is held
  • B. smaller, farther off the staff is held
  • C. smaller, nearer the staff is held
  • D. same, wherever the staff is held.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Horizontal distances obtained tacheometerically are corrected for

  • Options
  • A. slope correction
  • B. temperature correction
  • C. refraction and curvature correction
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 4. In tangential tacheometry, an ordinary level staff is used

  • Options
  • A. leaning towards the instrument for inclined sights upward
  • B. leaning away from the instrument for inclined sights downwards
  • C. vertical in all cases
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Probable accidental error in precise levelling as recommended by International Geodetic Association, should not exceed
    (where k is in kilometers.)

  • Options
  • A. ± 0.1 k mm
  • B. ± 0.5 k mm
  • C. ± 1 k mm
  • D. ± 2 k mm
  • E. ± 5 k mm.
  • Discuss
  • 6. If the length of a transition curve to be introduced between a straight and a circular curve of radius 500 m is 90 m, the maximum perpendicular offset for the transition curve, is

  • Options
  • A. 0.70 m
  • B. 1.70 m
  • C. 2.70 m
  • D. 3.70 m
  • E. 4.70 m
  • Discuss
  • 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

  • Options
  • A. the framework which consists of a series of connected lines, the lengths and directions of which are found from measurements, is called a traverse.
  • B. the system of a series of lines which forms a circuit which ends at the starting point, is called a closed traverse
  • C. the traverse that starts from a point already fixed in some survey system and ends on another such point, is called a controlled traverse
  • D. the traverse that is not controlled is called a fly traverse
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

  • Options
  • A. a refracting telescope consists optically of two lenses
  • B. the principal axes of both the lenses coincide the optical axis of the telescope
  • C. the lens nearer the object to be viewed is convex and is called objective
  • D. the lens nearer the eye is called eyepiece
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 9. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

  • Options
  • A. spherical aberration may be reduced by diminishing the aperture
  • B. spherical aberration may be minimised by replacing the single lens by a combination of the lenses.
  • C. in telescope objectives, a combination of convex lens and concave lens is used.
  • D. in eyepieces, two plano-convex lenses placed at a certain distance apart are used
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 10. The imaginary line passing through the intersection of cross hairs and the optical centre of the objective, is known as

  • Options
  • A. line of sight
  • B. line of collimation
  • C. axis of the telescope
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss

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