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1.Duringchainingalongastraightline,the.leaderofthepartyhas4arrowsinhis
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a)4chains
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c)120m
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19.Intheprismaticcompass
a)themagneticneedlemoveswiththebox
b)thelineofthesightdoesnotmovewiththebox
c)themagneticneedleandgraduatedcircledonotmovewiththebox
d)thegraduatedcircleisfixedtotheboxandthemagneticneedlealwaysremainsinthe
NSdirection
Ans:c

20.ForalineAB
a)theforebearingofABandbackbearingofABdifferby180
b)theforebearingofABandbackbearingofBAdifferby180
c)both(a)and(b)arecorrect.
d)noneiscorrect
Ans:a

21.Localattractionincompasssurveyingmayexistdueto
a)incorrectlevellingofthemagneticneedle
b)lossofmagnetismoftheneedle
c)frictionoftheneedleatthepivot
d)presenceofmagneticsubstancesneartheinstrument
Ans:d

22.Inthequadrantalbearingsystem,awholecirclebearingof29330'canbe
expressedas
a)W2330'N
b)N6630'W
c)S11330'N
d)N2330'W
Ans:b

23.Theprismaticcompassandsurveyor'scompass
a)givewholecirclebearing(WCB)ofalineandquadrantalbearing(QB)ofaline
respectively
b)bothgiveQBofalineandWCBofaline
c)bothgiveQBofaline
d)bothgiveWCBofaline
Ans:a

24.Thehorizontalanglebetweenthetruemeridianandmagneticmeridianataplace
iscalled
a)azimuth
b)declination
c)localattraction
d)magneticbearing
Ans:b

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25.Anegativedeclinationshowsthatthemagneticmeridianistothe
a)easternsideofthetruemeridian
b)westernsideofthetruemeridian
c)southernsideofthetruemeridian
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b

26.Ifthemagneticbearingofthesunataplaceatnooninsouthernhemisphereis
167,themagneticdeclinationatthatplaceis
a)77N
b)23S
c)13E
d)13W
Ans:c

27.Thegraduationsinprismaticcompass
i)areinverted
ii)areupright
iii)runclockwisehaving0atsouth
iv)runclockwisehaving0atnorth
Thecorrectansweris
a)(i)and(iii)
b)(i)and(iv)
c)(ii)and(iii)
d)(ii)and(iv)
Ans:a

28.Agatecapisfittedwitha
a)crossstaff
b)level
c)chain
d)prismaticcompass
Ans:d

29.Thetemporaryadjustmentsofaprismaticcompassare
i)Centering
ii)Levelling
iii)Focusingtheprism
Thecorrectorderis
a)(0,(iii),00
b)(0,(ii),(iii)
c)(ii),(iii),0)
d)(in),(i),(ii)
Ans:b

30.Theodoliteisaninstrumentusedfor
a)tighteningthecapstanheadednutsofleveltube
b)measurementofhorizontalanglesonly
c)measurementofverticalanglesonly
d)measurementofbothhorizontalandverticalangles
Ans:d

31.Theprocessofturningthetelescopeabouttheverticalaxisinhorizontalplane
isknownas
a)transiting
b)reversing
c)plunging
d)swinging
Ans:d

32.Sizeofatheodoliteisspecifiedby
a)thelengthoftelescope
b)thediameterofverticalcircle
c)thediameteroflowerplate

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d)thediameterofupperplate
Ans:c

33.Whichofthefollowingisnotthefunctionoflevellinghead?
a)tosupportthemainpartoftheinstrument
b)toattachthetheodolitetothetripod
c)toprovideameansforlevelingthetheodolite
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:d

34.Ifthelowerclampscrewistightenedandupperclampscrewisloosened,the
theodolitemayberotated
a)onitsouterspindlewitharelativemotionbetweenthevernierandgraduatedscaleof
lowerplate
b)onitsouterspindlewithoutarelativemotionbetweenthevernierandgraduatedscale
oflowerplate
c)onitsinnerspindlewitharelativemotionbetweenthevernierandthegraduatedscaleof
lowerplate
d)onitsinnerspindlewithoutarelativemotionbetweenthevernierandthegraduated
scaleoflowerplate
Ans:c

35.Atelescopeissaidtobeinvertedifits
a)verticalcircleistoitsrightandthebubbleofthetelescopeisdown
b)verticalcircleistoitsrightandthebubbleofthetelescopeisup
c)verticalcircleistoitsleftandthebubbleofthetelescopeisdown
d)verticalcircleistoitsleftandthebubbleofthetelescopeisup
Ans:a

36.Thecrosshairsinthesurveyingtelescopeareplaced
a)midwaybetweeneyepieceandobjectivelens
b)muchclosertotheeyepiecethantotheobjectivelens
c)muchclosertotheobjectivelensthantotheeyepiece
d)anywherebetweeneyepieceandobjectivelens
Ans:b

37.Forwhichofthefollowingpermanentadjustmentsoftheodolite,thespiretestis
used?
a)adjustmentofplatelevels
b)adjustmentoflineofsight
c)adjustmentofhorizontalaxis
d)adjustmentofaltitudebubbleandverticalindexframe
Ans:c

38.Theadjustmentofhorizontalcrosshairisrequiredparticularlywhenthe
instrumentisusedfor
a)leveling
b)prolongingastraightline
c)measurementofhorizontalangles
d)alloftheabove
Ans:a

39.Whichofthefollowingerrorsisnoteliminatedbythemethodofrepetitionof
horizontalanglemeasurement?
a)errorduetoeccentricityofverniers
b)errorduetodisplacementofstationsignals
c)errorduetowrongadjustmentoflineofcollimationandtrunnionaxis
d)errorduetoinaccurategraduation
Ans:b

40.Theerrorduetoeccentricityofinnerandouteraxescanbeeliminatedby
a)readingbothverniersandtakingthemeanofthetwo
b)takingbothfaceobservationsandtakingthemeanofthetwo
c)doublesighting

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d)takingmeanofseveralreadingsdistributedoverdifferentportionsofthegraduated
circle
Ans:a

41.Inthedoubleapplicationofprincipleofreversion,theapparenterroris
a)equaltotrueerror
b)halfthetrueerror
c)twotimesthetrueerror
d)fourtimesthetrueerror
Ans:d

42.Whichofthefollowingerrorscanbeeliminatedbytakingmeanofbotface
observations?
a)errorduetoimperfectgraduations
b)errorduetoeccentricityofverniers
c)errorduetoimperfectadjustmentofplatelevels
d)errorduetolineofcollimationnotbeingperpendiculartohorizontalaxis
Ans:d

43.Whichofthefollowingerrorscannotbeeliminatedbytakingbothface
observations?
a)errorduetohorizontalaxisnotbeingperpendiculartotheverticalaxis
b)indexerrori.e.errorduetoimperfectadjustmentoftheverticalcirclevernier
c)errorduetononparallelismoftheaxisoftelescopelevelandlineofcollimation
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:d

44.Ifatripodsettlesintheintervalthatelapsesbetweentakingabacksight
readingandthefollowingforesightreading,thentheelevationofturningpointwill
a)increase
b)decrease
c)notchange
d)either'a'or'b'
Ans:a

45.Ifaltitudebubbleisprovidedbothonindexframeaswellasontelescopeofa
theodolite,thentheinstrumentislevelledwithreferenceto
i)altitudebubbleonindexframe
ii)altitudebubbleonindexframeifitistobeusedasalevel
iii)altitudebubbleontelescope
iv)altitudebubbleontelescopeifitistobeusedasalevelThecorrectansweris
a)only(i)
b)both(i)and(iv)
c)only(iii)
d)both(ii)and(iii)
Ans:b

46.A'levelline'isa
a)horizontalline
b)lineparalleltothemeanspheriodalsurfaceofearth
c)linepassingthroughthecenterofcrosshairsandthecenterofeyepiece
d)linepassingthroughtheobjectivelensandtheeyepieceofadumpyortiltinglevel
Ans:b

47.Thefollowingsightsaretakenona"turningpoint"
a)foresightonly
b)backsightonly
c)foresightandbacksight
d)foresightandintermediatesight
Ans:c

48.Theriseandfallmethodoflevellingprovidesacompletecheckon
a)backsight
b)intermediatesight

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c)foresight
d)alloftheabove
Ans:d

49.IftheR.L.ofaB.M.is100.00m,thebacksightis1.215mandtheforesightis
1.870m,theR.L.oftheforwardstationis
a)99.345m
b)100.345m
c)100.655m
d)101.870m
Ans:a

50.Inaninternalfocussingtypeoftelescope,thelensprovidedis
a)concave
b)convex
c)planoconvex
d)planoconcave
Ans:a

51.Whichofthefollowingerrorscanbeneutralisedbysettingthelevelmidway
betweenthetwostations?
a)errorduetocurvatureonly
b)errorduetorefractiononly
c)errorduetobothcurvatureandrefraction
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c

52.Heightofinstrumentmethodoflevellingis
a)moreaccuratethanriseandfallmethod
b)lessaccuratethanriseandfallmethod
c)quickerandlesstediousforlargenumberofintermediatesights
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c

53.Theriseandfallmethod
a)isless.accuratethanheightofinstrumentmethod
b)isnotsuitableforlevellingwithtiltinglevels
c)providesacheckonthereductionofintermediatepointlevels
d)quickerandlesstediousforlargenumberofintermediatesights
Ans:c

54.Ifthestaffisnotheldverticalatalevellingstation,thereducedlevelcalculated
fromtheobservationwouldbe
a)trueR.L.
b)morethantrueR.L.
c)lessthantrueR.L.
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c

55.Thedifferencebetweenalevellineandahorizontallineisthat
a)levellineisacurvedlinewhilehorizontallineisastraightline
b)levellineisnormaltoplumblinewhilehorizontallinemaynotbenormaltoplumblineat
thetangentpointtolevelline
c)horizontallineisnormaltoplumblinewhilelevellinemaynotbenormaltotheplumbline
d)botharesame
Ans:a

56.Thesensitivityofabubbletubecanbeincreasedby
a)increasingthediameterofthetube
b)decreasingthelengthofbubble
c)increasingtheviscosityofliquid
d)decreasingtheradiusofcurvatureoftube
Ans:a

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57.Withtheriseoftemperature,thesensitivityofabubbletube
a)decreases
b)increases
c)remainsunaffected
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a

58.Refractioncorrection
a)completelyeliminatescurvaturecorrection
b)partiallyeliminatescurvaturecorrection
c)addstothecurvaturecorrection
d)hasnoeffectoncurvaturecorrection
Ans:b

59.TheR.L,ofthepointAwhichisontheflooris100mandbacksightreadingonA
is2.455m.IftheforesightreadingonthepointBwhichisontheceilingis2.745m,
theR.L.ofpointBwillbe
a)94.80m
b)99.71m
c)100.29m
d)105.20m
Ans:d

60.Asappliedtostaffreadings,thecorrectionsforcurvatureandrefractionare
respectively
Theabovetableshowsapartofalevelfieldbook.ThevalueofXshouldbe
a)98.70
b)100.00
c)102.30
d)103.30
Ans:b

63.Ifthehorizontaldistancebetweenthestaffpointandthepointofobservationis
d,thentheerrorduetocurvatureofearthisproportionalto
a)d
b)1/d
c)d2
d)1/d2
Ans:c

64.Sensitivenessofaleveltubeisdesignatedby
a)radiusofleveltube
b)lengthofleveltube
c)lengthofbubbleofleveltube
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a

65.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisincorrect?
a)Errorduetorefractionmaynotbecompletelyeliminatedbyreciprocallevelling.
b)Tiltinglevelsarecommonlyusedforprecisionwork.
c)Thelastreadingoflevellingisalwaysaforesight.
d)Alloftheabovestatementsareincorrect.
Ans:d

66.Dumpylevelismostsuitablewhen
a)theinstrumentistobeshiftedfrequently
b)flylevellingisbeingdoneoverlongdistance
c)manyreadingsaretobetakenfromasinglesettingoftheinstrument
d)alloftheabove
Ans:c

67.ThedifferenceoflevelsbetweentwostationsAandBistobedetermined.Forbest
results,theinstrumentstationshouldbe
a)equidistantfromAandB

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b)closertothehigherstation
c)closertothelowerstation
d)asfaraspossiblefromthelineAB
Ans:a

68.Contourintervalis
a)inverselyproportionaltothescaleofthemap
b)directlyproportionaltotheflatnessofground
c)largerforaccurateworks
d)largerifthetimeavailableismore
Ans:a

69.Animaginarylinelyingthroughoutthesurfaceofgroundandpreservingaconstant
inclinationtothehorizontalisknownas
a)contourline
b)horizontalequivalent
c)contourinterval
d)contourgradient
Ans:d

70.Thesuitablecontourintervalforamapwithscale1:10000is
a)2m
b)5m
c)10m
d)20m
Ans:a

71.Selectthecorrectstatement.
a)Acontourisnotnecessarilyaclosedcurve.
b)Acontourrepresentsaridgelineiftheconcavesideoflowervaluecontourliestowards
thehighervaluecontour.
c)Twocontoursofdifferentelevationsdonotcrosseachotherexceptincaseofan
overhangingcliff.
d)Alloftheabovestatementsarecorrect.
Ans:c

72.Aseriesofcloselyspacedcontourlinesrepresentsa
a)steepslope
b)gentleslope
c)uniformslope
d)planesurface
Ans:a

73.Directmethodofcontouringis
a)aquickmethod
b)adoptedforlargesurveysonly
c)mostaccuratemethod
d)suitableforhillyterrains
Ans:c

74.Indirectmethodofcontouring,theprocessoflocatingoridentifyingpointslyingona
contouriscalled
a)ranging
b)centring
c)horizontalcontrol
d)verticalcontrol
Ans:d

75.Inthecrosssectionmethodofindirectcontouring,thespacingofcrosssections
dependsupon
i)contourinterval
ii)scaleofplan
iii)characteristicsofground
Thecorrectansweris

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a)only(i)
b)(i)and(ii)
c)(ii)and(iii)
d)(i),(ii)and(iii)
Ans:d

76.Whichofthefollowingmethodsofcontouringismostsuitableforahillyterrain?
a)directmethod
b)squaremethod
c)crosssectionsmethod
d)tacheometricmethod
Ans:d

77.Selectthecorrectstatement.
a)Contourintervalonanymapiskeptconstant.
b)Directmethodofcontouringischeaperthanindirectmethod.
c)Intervisibilityofpointsonacontourmapcannotbeascertained.
d)Slopeofahillcannotbedeterminedwiththehelpofcontours.
Ans:a

78.Closedcontours,withhighervalueinwards,representa
a)depression
b)hillock
c)plainsurface
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b

79.Contourintervalis
a)theverticaldistancebetweentwoconsecutivecontours
b)thehorizontaldistancebetweentwoconsecutivecontours
c)theverticaldistancebetweentwopointsonsamecontour
d)thehorizontaldistancebetweentwopointsonsamecontour
Ans:a

80.Benchmarkisestablishedby
a)hypsometry
b)barometriclevelling
c)spiritlevelling
d)trigonometricallevelling
Ans:c

81.Thetypeofsurveyingwhichrequiresleastofficeworkis
a)tacheomefry
b)trigonometricallevelling
c)planetablesurveying
d)theodolitesurveying
Ans:c

82.Intersectionmethodofdetailedplottingismostsuitablefor
a)forests
b)urbanareas
c)hillyareas
d)plains
Ans:c

83.Detailedplottingisgenerallydoneby
a)radiation
b)traversing
c)resection
d)alloftheabove
Ans:a

84.Threepointproblemcanbesolvedby
a)Tracingpapermethod

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b)Besselsmethod
c)Lehman'smethod
d)alloftheabove
Ans:d

85.Thesizeofaplanetableis
a)750mmx900mm
b)600mmx750mm
c)450mmx600mm
d)300mmx450mm
Ans:b

86.Theprocessofdeterminingthelocationsoftheinstrumentstationbydrawingre
sectorsfromthelocationsoftheknownstationsiscalled
a)radiation
b)intersection
c)resection
d)traversing
Ans:c

87.Theinstrumentusedforaccuratecenteringinplanetablesurveyis
a)spiritlevel
b)alidade
c)plumbingfork
d)troughcompass
Ans:c

88.Whichofthefollowingmethodsofplanetablesurveyingisusedtolocatethepositionof
aninaccessiblepoint?
a)radiation
b)intersection
c)traversing
d)resection
Ans:b

89.Thetwopointproblemandthreepointproblemaremethodsof
a)resection
b)orientation
c)traversing
d)resectionandorientation
Ans:d

90.Theresectionbytwopointproblemascomparedtothreepointproblem
a)givesmoreaccurateproblem
b)takeslesstime
c)requiresmorelabour
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:c

91.Themethodsusedforlocatingtheplanetablestationsare
i)radiation
ii)traversing
iii)intersection
iv)resection
Thecorrectansweris
a)(i)and(ii)
b)(iii)and(iv)
c)(ii)and(iv)
d)(i)and(iii)
Ans:c

92.Afterfixingtheplanetabletothetripod,themainoperationswhichareneededateach
planetablestationare
i)levelling

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ii)orientation
iii)centering
Thecorrectsequenceoftheseoperationsis
a)(i),(ii),.(iii)
b)(i),(iii),(ii)
c)(iii),(i),(ii)
d)(ii),(Hi),(i)
Ans:b

93.Bowditchruleisappliedto
a)anopentraverseforgraphicaladjustment
b)aclosedtraverseforadjustmentofclosingerror
c)determinetheeffectoflocalattraction
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:b

94.Ifinaclosedtraverse,thesumofthenorthlatitudesismorethanthesumofthesouth
latitudesandalsothesumofwestdeparturesismorethanthesumoftheeastdepartures,
thebearingoftheclosinglineisinthe
a)NEquadrant
b)SEquadrant
c)NWquadrant
d)SWquadrant
Ans:b

95.IfthereducedbearingofalineABisN60Wandlengthis100m,thenthelatitudeand
departurerespectivelyofthelineABwillbe
a)+50m,+86.6m
b)+86.6m,50m
c)+50m,86.6m
d)+70.7m,50m
Ans:b

96.Theanglebetweentheprolongationoftheprecedinglineandtheforwardlineofa
traverseiscalled
a)deflectionangle
b)includedangle
c)directangle
d)noneoftheabove
Ans:a

97.Transitruleofadjustingtheconsecutivecoordinatesofatraverseisusedwhere
a)linearandangularmeasurementsofthetraverseareofequalaccuracy
b)angularmeasurementsaremoreaccuratethanlinearmeasurements
c)linearmeasurementsaremoreaccuratethanangularmeasurements
d)alloftheabove
Ans:b

98.Whichofthefollowingmethodsoftheodolitetraversingissuitableforlocatingthe
detailswhicharefarawayfromtransitstations?
a)measuringangleanddistancefromonetransitstation
b)measuringanglestothepointfromatleasttwostations
c)measuringangleatonestationanddistancefromother
d)measuringdistancefromtwopointsontraverseline
Ans:b

99.Subtensebarisaninstrumentusedfor
a)levelling
b)measurementofhorizontaldistancesinplaneareas
c)measurementofhorizontaldistancesinundulatedareas
d)measurementofangles
Ans:c

100.Horizontaldistancesobtainedbythermometricobservations

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a)requireslopecorrection
b)requiretensioncorrection
c)requireslopeandtensioncorrections
d)donotrequireslopeandtensioncorrections
Ans:d

101.Thenumberofhorizontalcrosswiresinastadiadiaphragmis
a)one
b)two
c)three
d)four
Ans:c

102.Iftheinterceptonaverticalstaffisobservedas0.75mfromatacheometer,the
horizontaldistancebetweentacheometerandstaffstationis
a)7.5m
b)25m
c)50
d)75m
Ans:d

103.Foratacheometertheadditiveandmultiplyingconstantsarerespectively
a)0and100
b)100and0
c)0and0
d)100and100
Ans:a

104.Ifthefocallengthoftheobjectglassis25cmandthedistancefromobjectglasstothe
trunnionaxisis15cm,theadditiveconstantis
a)0.1
b)0.4
c)0.6
d)1.33
Ans:b

105.Overturningofvehiclesonacurvecanbeavoidedbyusing
a)compoundcurve
b)verticalcurve
c)reversecurve
d)transitioncurve
Ans:d

106.Differentgradesarejoinedtogetherbya
a)compoundcurve
b)transitioncurve
c)reversecurve
d)verticalcurve
Ans:d

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