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CLASS TEST -1, 1., , What is determined in surveying and levelling respectively?, a) Horizontal angel and vertical angel, b) Horizontal distance and vertical distance, c) Horizontal angel and vertical distance, d) Horizontal distance and vertical angel, , 2., , What is shown in shown in geological map?, a) Valleys, b) Railways, c) Border lines of state and districts, d) Areas including underground resources, Which map shows the places of ancient relics?, a) Cadastral map, b) Archeological map, c) Contour map, d) Engineering map, In which map we can get the irrigation canal, reservoir etc.?, a) Engineering map, b) Military map, c) Topographical map, d) Geological map, Plane surveying is done with in the area of …………m2 ., a) 500, b) 1000, c) 260, d) 250, In which survey the curvature of earth is taken into consideration?, a) Plane survey, b) Hydrographical survey, c) Geodetic survey, d) Land survey, Which one of the following survey is used to define the property line?, a) City survey, b) Cadastral survey, c) Land survey, d) Topographical survey, What is the representative fraction for a scale of 10cm=20km?, a) 1 cm=2km, b) 1 cm= 20000m, , 3., , 4., , 5., , 6., , 7., , 8.

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c) 1:2, d) 1:20000, 9. Which one of the following is the largest scale?, a) 1:500, b) 1:1000, c) 1:2500, d) 1:50000, 10. The main principle of surveying is to work ___________., a) From part to the whole, b) From whole to part, c) From higher level to lower level, d) From lower level to higher level, 11. Which one of the following scale is the smallest one?, a) 4: 200000, b) 1cm= 5000m, c) 1cm= 50 m, d) RF= 1/50000, 12. The invar tape is made of an alloy of________., a) Copper and steel, b) Brass and nickel, c) Brass and steel, d) Nickel and steel, 13. The correction for sag is ________., a) Always additive, b) Always subtractive, c) Always zero, d) Sometimes additive and sometimes subtractive, 14. The construction of optical square is based on the principle of______________., a) Reflection, b) Refraction, c) Double refraction, d) Double reflection, 15. The limiting length of an offset doesn’t depend upon, a) Accuracy of the work, b) Method setting out perpendiculars, c) Scale of plotting, d) Indefinite feature to be surveyed, 16. In a metric chain , number of links per meter run can be________., a) 2, b) 5, c) 8

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d) 0, 17. Cross-staff is used for_______., a) Setting out right angle, b) Measuring horizontal angle, c) Both (a) and (b), d) None of the above, 18. A building is an obstacle to:, a) Both chaining and ranging, b) Chaining but not ranging, c) Ranging but not chaining, d) Neither chaining nor chaining, 19. The correction for slope in chaining is proportional to, a) h, b) h, c) h2, d) h3, 20. Ranging is defined as:, a) Measuring the distance from starting point, b) Establishing intermediate points on a chain line, c) The distance between end points, d) A point on a chain line, 21. A line joining some fixed points on the main survey lines is called :, a) Check line, b) Tie line, c) Chain line, d) Base line, 22. “offset” are:, a) Lateral measurements from chain line, b) Ties or check lines which are perpendicular to the chain line, c) Sets of minor measurements in chain surveying, d) Chain lines which go out alignment, 23. The correction to be applied to each 30 m chain for a line measurement along a slope of, θ is, a) 30(1-cosθ), b) 30(1-sinθ), c) 30(1-tanθ), d) 30(1-cotθ), 24. When the two points of surveying are mutually invisible the following method of ranging, is adopted., a) Direct ranging, b) Indirect ranging

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c) Horizontal ranging, d) Vertical ranging, 25. The distance between two brass rings in a surveyor’s chain is, a) 20 cm, b) 40 cm, c) 75 cm, d) 1 m, 26. Survey line provided to verify the accuracy of the framework is known as, a) Tie line, b) Base line, c) Subsidiary line, d) Check line, 27. The total number of links provided in a Gunter’s chain is, a) 132, b) 100, c) 66, d) 50, 28. Chain surveying is suitable when, a) The ground is fairly levelled and open with simple details, b) The area is small in extent, c) Plans are required on a large scale, d) All of the above, 29. Every 20 m chain should be accurate to withina) ±2mm, b) ±5mm, c) ±8mm, d) None of the above, 30. Method used for chaining on sloping ground is _, a) By stepping method, b) By hypotenusal allowance method, c) By clinometer method, d) Both (a) and (b), 31. Maximum allowable limit upto that a measurement may vary from the true value is, known as –, a) Permissible error, b) Residual error, c) Expected error, d) Safe error, 32. Number of links in a 30 meter metric chain is –, a) 100, b) 150

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c) 180, d) 200, 33. Compensating errors in chaining are________, a) Proportional to the length of line, b) Proportional to the square root of the length of the line, c) Inversely proportional to the square root of the length of the line, d) Inversely proportional to the length of the line, 34. If the chain is found too short on testing , it can be adjusted by _________, a) Straightening the links, b) Inserting additional circular rings, c) Flattering the circular rings, d) All of the above, 35. Chainage is the distance measured ___________., a) Along a chain line, b) Perpendicular to the chain line, c) Perpendicular to a tie line, d) None of these, 36. In chain survey execution , the first step taken is ________, a) Reference sketches, b) Marking stations, c) Running survey line, d) Reconnaissance, 37. In the survey , the slope correction applied to the base line is__________., a) Always cumulative, b) Always compensating, c) Sometimes cumulative, sometimes compensating, d) None of these, 38. The sag correction in surveys is always, a) Positive, b) Negative, c) Zero, d) None of these, 39. The line which is used to collect the details of the objects in an area is called, a) Base line, b) Check line, c) Main line, d) Tie line, 40. Offsets are two types …..i.e._________, a) Horizontal and curved oblique, b) Straight oblique, c) Horizontal and vertical

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d) Perpendicular and oblique, 41. Gunter’s chain is ________m long ., a) 21.12, b) 20.12, c) 22.12, d) 23.12, 42. What is the length of surveyor’s chain?, a) 33 feet, b) 133 feet, c) 66 feet, d) 100feet, 43. Clinometer is used for measuring_____., a) Vertical distance, b) Horizontal distance, c) Vertical angle, d) Area, 44. If the whole circle bearing of a line is 2100 ,then it is lies on which quadrant, a) First, b) Second, c) Third, d) Fourth, 45. The size of a field book is, a) 12 cm x 12 cm, b) 20 cm x 12 cm, c) 10 cm x 20 cm, d) 12 cm x 10 cm, 46. Which is not a type of cross staff?, a) Perpendicular cross staff, b) Adjustable cross staff, c) Open cross staff, d) French cross staff, 47. What is the principle of chain surveying?, a) Triangulation, b) Traversing, c) Trilateration, d) Transformation, 48. The diameter of a ranging rod is_____., a) 20cm, b) 250mm, c) 25 mm

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d) 200mm, 49. Plane survey is conducted by which agencies?, a) PWD, b) Meteorological Department, c) Irrigation department, d) The Survey of India Department, 50. Where does the groove provided in the chain?, a) At 5a distance of 5 link, b) At a distance of 1 meter, c) At the handle, d) At the center of the chain