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Surveying problems


  • 1. The 'fix' of a plane table station with three known points, is bad if the plane table station lies

  • Options
  • A. in the great triangle
  • B. outside the great triangle
  • C. on the circumference of the circumscribing circle
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The main principle of surveying is to work

  • Options
  • A. from part to the whole
  • B. from whole to the part
  • C. from higher level to the lower level
  • D. from lower level to higher level.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Keeping the instrument height as 1.5 m, length of staff 4 m, the slope of the ground as 1 in 10, the sight on the down-slope, must be less than

  • Options
  • A. 30 m
  • B. 25 m
  • C. 20 m
  • D. 15 m
  • Discuss
  • 4. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

  • Options
  • A. the eyepiece plays no part in defining the line of sight
  • B. the diaphragm plays no part in defining the line of sight
  • C. the optical centre of the objective plays no part in defining the line of sight
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 5. If S is the length of a subchord and R is the radius of simple curve, the angle of deflection between its tangent and sub-chord, in minutes, is equal to

  • Options
  • A. 573 S/R
  • B. 573 R/S
  • C. 171.9 S/R
  • D. 1718.9 R/S
  • E. 1718.9 S/R.
  • Discuss
  • 6. The slope correction for a length of 30 m along a gradient of 1 in 20, is

  • Options
  • A. 3.75 cm
  • B. 0.375 cm
  • C. 37.5 cm
  • D. 2.75 cm.
  • Discuss
  • 7. Two concave lenses of 60 cm focal length are cemented on either side of a convex lens of 15 cm focal length. The focal length of the combination is

  • Options
  • A. 10 cm
  • B. 20 cm
  • C. 30 cm
  • D. 40 cm
  • Discuss
  • 8. Pick up the method of surveying in which field observations and plotting proceed simultaneously from the following

  • Options
  • A. chain surveying
  • B. compass surveying
  • C. plan table surveying
  • D. tacheometric surveying.
  • Discuss
  • 9. The most reliable method of plotting a theodolite traverse, is

  • Options
  • A. by consecutive co-ordinates of each station
  • B. by independent co-ordinates of each station
  • C. by plotting included angles and scaling off each traverse leg
  • D. by the tangent method of plotting.
  • Discuss
  • 10. If h is the difference in level between end points separated by l, then the slope correction is Civil Engineering Surveying: If h is the difference in level between end points separated by l, then the slope corr . The second term may be neglected if the value of h in a 20 m distance is less than

  • Options
  • A. m
  • B. 1 m
  • C. 2 m
  • D. 3 m
  • Discuss

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