Explore topic-wise MCQs in Surveying.

This section includes 19 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Surveying knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Most accurate method of direct measuring is with ________

A. Passometer
B. Pedometer
C. Theodolite
D. Chaining
Answer» E.
2.

Instrument for registering the number of revolutions of a wheel is _____

A. Odometer
B. Pedometer
C. Pedometer
D. Chaining
Answer» B. Pedometer
3.

Pacing is difficult in _______

A. Smooth surfaces
B. Plain areas
C. Rough ground
D. Plateaus
Answer» D. Plateaus
4.

In which method measurements of distances are chiefly confined to the preliminary surveys and explorations where a surveyor is called upon to make a rough survey as quickly as possible?

A. Chaining
B. Pacing
C. Measurements with passometer
D. Measurements with theodolite
Answer» C. Measurements with passometer
5.

WHICH_INSTRUMENT_REGISTERS_TOTAL_DISTANCE_COVERED_BY_ANY_NUMBER_OF_PACE??$

A. Passometer
B. Pedometer
C. Odometer
D. Chaining
Answer» C. Odometer
6.

Most accurate method of direct measuring is with ________$

A. Passometer
B. Pedometer
C. Theodolite
D. Chaining
Answer» E.
7.

Instrument_for_registering_the_number_of_revolutions_of_a_wheel_is______$

A. Odometer
B. Pedometer
C. Pedometer
D. Chaining
Answer» B. Pedometer
8.

What is used in centering aid in theodolites, compass, plane table and variety of other surveying instruments?

A. Butt rod
B. Whites
C. Laths
D. Plumb bob
Answer» E.
9.

What is used for measuring offsets, but it is often used by building surveyors or architects?

A. Plum bob
B. Butt rod
C. Pegs
D. Laths
Answer» C. Pegs
10.

What is required to transfer points to the ground, while chaining along the sloping ground?

A. Spirit level
B. Plumb bob
C. Butt rod
D. Pegs
Answer» C. Butt rod
11.

Which of the following is not under direct measurement?

A. Pacing
B. Chaining
C. Taping
D. Triangulation
Answer» E.
12.

Which instrument mechanism is operated by motion of the body and it automatically registers the number of paces, thus avoiding the monotony and strain of counting the paces, by the surveyor?

A. Passometer
B. Pedometer
C. Odometer
D. Chaining
Answer» B. Pedometer
13.

Instrument shaped like a watch and is carried in pocket or attached to one leg is _______

A. Pedometer
B. Odometer
C. Passometer
D. Speedometer
Answer» D. Speedometer
14.

Pacing is difficult in _______

A. Smooth surfaces
B. Plain areas
C. Rough ground
D. Plateaus
Answer» D. Plateaus
15.

Which method consists in counting the number of paces between the two points of a line?

A. Chaining
B. Pacing
C. Levelling
D. Contouring
Answer» C. Levelling
16.

Which of the following measurements varies with an individual before computing the length of line?

A. Chaining
B. Pacing
C. Levelling
D. Contouring
Answer» C. Levelling
17.

In which method measurements of distances is chiefly confined to the preliminary surveys and explorations where a surveyor is called upon to make a rough survey as quickly as possible?

A. Chaining
B. Pacing
C. Measurements with passometer
D. Measurements with theodolite
Answer» C. Measurements with passometer
18.

Which of the following is not a method of measuring the distances directly?

A. Pacing
B. Measurement with passometer
C. Measurement with pedometer
D. Measurement with theodolite
Answer» E.
19.

Which of the following is not among the methods of linear measurements?

A. Direct measurements
B. Measurements by optical means
C. Indirect measurements
D. Electromagnetic methods or EDM
Answer» D. Electromagnetic methods or EDM