Surveying questions with answers
245 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.
- The zenith is the point on the celestial sphere
- The allowable length of an offset depends upon the
- The great circle whose plane is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the earth, is called
- The plane at right angle to the zenith-nadir line and passing through the centre of the earth, is called
- To obtain photographs of an area of 1000 m average elevation, on scale 1 : 30,000, with a camera of 30 cm focal length, the flying height is
- The Polaris describes a small circle round the pole whose radius is approximately
- Sensitiveness of a level tube is designated by
- Agate cap is fitted with a
- International Date Line is located along
- The length of a chain is measured from
- The nautical mile is the length of
- If the equatorial distance between two meridians is 100 km, their distance at 60° latitude will be
- The scale of the photography taken from a height of 300 m, with a camera of focal length 15 cm, is
- In an internal focussing type of telescope, the lens provided is
- Which of the following is not the function of levelling head ?
- Local attraction in compass surveying may exist due to
- A Nautical mile is
- With the rise of temperature, the sensitivity of a bubble tube
- Direct method of contouring is
- The shortest distance between two places measured along the surface of the earth, is
- Longitude of a place is the angular distance between the meridian of the place and
- If the altitudes of a star at its upper and lower transits are 60° 30' and 19° 30' respectively, the latitude of the place, is
- The altitudes of a circumpolar star at culminations are 70° and 10°, both culminations being north of zenith. The latitude of the place, is
- Triangulation surveys are carried out for locating
- For plane ground the scale of a vertical photograph will be same as that of a tiled photograph along the photo parallel through