Top 350+ Solved Surveying MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The tachemometric method of contouring is particularly suitable
a. when a contoured map of hill is required
b. when the area is not very extensive
c. in surveys of roads or railways
d. all of these
Q. The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously, is called
a. compass surveying
b. levelling
c. plane tabling
d. chain surveying
Q. The operation of turning the table so that all the lines on the paper are parallel to the corresponding lines on the ground, is called
a. levelling
b. centering
c. setting
d. orientation
Q. A line joining the apex of a triangle to some fixed point on the opposite side is called a
a. check line
b. tie line
c. base line
d. none of these
Q. Which of the following statement is correct?
a. The error in measured length due to bad ranging is compensating error.
b. If the chain used in measuring a distance is too short, the error is positive error.
c. The error in measured length due to careless holding of chain is cumulative error.
d. When the pull applied while measuring with a tape, is more than the standard pull for that tape, the error in measured length is positive.
Q. The contour lines can cross one another on map only in the case of
a. a vertical cliff
b. a valley
c. a ridge
d. an overhanging cliff
Q. In order to measure a horizontal angle more accurately than a vernier, a
a. method of repitition is used
b. method of reiteration is used
c. method of deflection angles is used
d. method of double observations is used
Q. An axis about which the telescope can be rotated in a horizontal plane, is called
a. horizontal axis
b. vertical axis
c. axis of the level tube
d. line of collimation
Q. A simple circular cruve is designated by the
a. radius of the curve
b. cruvature of the curve
c. angle subtended at the centre by a chord of any length
d. angle subtended at the centre by a chord of particular length
Q. A check line in a chain surveying
a. checks the accuracy of the framework
b. enables the surveyor to locate the interior details which are far away from the main chain lines
c. fixes up the directions of all other lines
d. all of the above
Q. In a duadrantal system, the bearing of a line is measured
a. always clockwise from the south point of the reference meridian towards the line right round the circle
b. clockwise or anticlockwise from the east or west whichever is nearer the line towards north or south
c. clockwise or anticlockwise from the north or wouth whichever is nearer the line towards east or west
d. none of the above
Q. An arbitrary surface with reference to which the elevation of points are measured and compared, is called
a. datum surface
b. level surface
c. horizontl surface
d. vertical surface
Q. The error in measured length due to incorrect holding of chain is
a. compensating error
b. cumulative error
c. instrumental error
d. negative error
Q. A transition curve when inserted between the tangent and the circular curve
a. should meet the original straight tangentially
b. should meet the circular curve tangentially
c. the rate of increase of curvature along the transition curve should be same as that of increase of super-elevation
d. all of the above