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				This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Surveying knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | Find the value of the surface temperature, if the velocity of the sound in sea water can be given as 2000 m/s and the salinity as 5.32. | 
| A. | 57˚C | 
| B. | 75˚C | 
| C. | 52˚C | 
| D. | 72˚C | 
| Answer» B. 75˚C | |
| 2. | Determine the velocity of the sound in sea water if the surface temperature can be given as 32˚C and the salinity is given as 2.43. | 
| A. | 1590.6 m/s | 
| B. | 1509.6 m/s | 
| C. | 5109.6 m/s | 
| D. | 1590.9 m/s | 
| Answer» C. 5109.6 m/s | |
| 3. | The velocity of sound in sea can be determined by ____________ | 
| A. | Refraction | 
| B. | Reflection | 
| C. | Polarization | 
| D. | Sounding machine | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. | What is length of the sounding rod or pole? | 
| A. | 7-8 m | 
| B. | 5-8 m | 
| C. | 10-18 m | 
| D. | 15-18 m | 
| Answer» C. 10-18 m | |
| 5. | Among the following, which is having more prominence while conducting sounding? | 
| A. | Labor | 
| B. | Signal | 
| C. | Sounding pole | 
| D. | Suitable climatic conditions | 
| Answer» D. Suitable climatic conditions | |
| 6. | What will be the salinity of the sea water if the temperature of the sea water is about 45˚C and the velocity of sound is given as 1678 m/s? | 
| A. | 314.62 | 
| B. | 214.62 | 
| C. | 134.62 | 
| D. | 143.62 | 
| Answer» D. 143.62 | |
| 7. | Which among the following doesn’t indicate the purpose of sounding? | 
| A. | Volume measurements | 
| B. | Nautical charts for navigation | 
| C. | Making sub-aqueous investigations | 
| D. | Measurement of area | 
| Answer» B. Nautical charts for navigation | |
| 8. | Which of the following doesn’t come under the category of shore line survey? | 
| A. | Delineation of shore line | 
| B. | Location of shore details | 
| C. | Determination of the low and high water lines | 
| D. | Sounding | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. | Gauge readings are obtained after_______________ | 
| A. | Compass survey | 
| B. | Chaining | 
| C. | Sounding | 
| D. | Traversing | 
| Answer» D. Traversing | |
| 10. | Transit tape is used in case of small survey. | 
| A. | False | 
| B. | True | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 11. | Which among the following can be possessed by the horizontal control? | 
| A. | Chaining | 
| B. | Triangulation | 
| C. | Theodolite | 
| D. | Compass | 
| Answer» C. Theodolite | |
| 12. | The process of measuring depth below the water surface is called _______ | 
| A. | Sounding | 
| B. | Chaining | 
| C. | Traversing | 
| D. | Compass traversing | 
| Answer» B. Chaining | |
| 13. | Which of the following doesn’t describe the use of hydrographic surveying? | 
| A. | Laying an Alignment | 
| B. | Making underground investigations | 
| C. | Nautical charts for navigation | 
| D. | Establishing mean sea level | 
| Answer» E. | |