Top 350+ Solved Surveying MCQ Questions Answer
Q. For accurate work, the lengths of back sight and fore sight are kept unequal.
a. Agree
b. Disagree
Q. The plane table surveying is
a. most suitable for preparing small-scale maps
b. particularly advantageous in magnetic areas
c. less costly than a theodolite survey
d. all of the above
Q. The line in which the plane passing through the given point and the north and south poles intersects the surface of the earth, is called
a. arbitrary meridian
b. magnetic meridian
c. true meridian
d. none of these
Q. To the sum of the first and last ordinates, add twice the sum of the remaining odd ordinates and four times the sum of all the even ordinates. The total sum thus obtained is multiplied by one-third of the common distance between the ordinates and the result gives the required area. This rule of finding the area is called.
a. mid-ordinate rule
b. trapezoidal rule
c. average ordinate rule
d. Simpson's rule
Q. A surface which is normal to the direction of gravity at all points, as indicated by a plumb line, is known as
a. datum surface
b. leverl surface
c. horizontal surface
d. vertical surface
Q. The error in measured length due to sag of chain or tape is known as
a. positive error
b. negative error
c. compensating error
d. instrumental error
Q. When the latitudes and departures are so adjusted that the algebraic sum of the latitudes and departures are equal to zero, the operation is called
a. balancing the latitude
b. balancing the departure
c. balancing the traverse
d. none of these
Q. In plane tabling, the instrument used to measure horizontal and vertical distances directly, is known as
a. plane alidade
b. telescopic alidade
c. tacheometer
d. clinometer
Q. When the whole circle bearing of a traverse line is between 90? and 180?, then
a. the latitude is positive and departure is negative
b. the departure is positive and latitude is negative
c. both the latitude and departure are positive
d. both the latitude and departure are negative
Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a. A series of closed contour lines on the map indicates a depression if the higher values are inside
b. A series of closed contour lines on a plane indicates a hill if the higher values are outside.
c. The uniformly spaced contour lines indicates a plane surface.
d. all of the above
Q. Chain surveying consists of the arrangement of framework of triangles because a triangle is the only simple plane figure which can be plotted uniquely if
a. three sides
b. three angles
c. one side and two angles
d. one angle and two sides
Q. The curvature of the earth is taken into consideration if the limit of survey is
a. 50 to 100 km2
b. 100 to 200 km2
c. 200 to 250 km2
d. more than 250 km2
Q. The horizontal distance between any two consecutive contours is called
a. vertical equivalent
b. horizontal equivalent
c. contour interval
d. contour gradient