Explore topic-wise MCQs in Surveying.

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401.

The flying height of the camera is 1,000 m above mean ground level, the distance of the top of a building from a nadir point is 10 cm and the relief displacement of building is 7.2 mm. The height of the building, is

A. 52 m
B. 62 m
C. 72 m
D. 82 m
Answer» D. 82 m
402.

The latitude of a place was obtained by subtracting the declination of a star from its zenith distance, the observed star was between

A. Horizon and equator
B. Zenith and pole
C. Equator and zenith
D. Pole and horizon
Answer» B. Zenith and pole
403.

The latitude of a place was obtained by subtracting the zenith distance of a star from its declination, the observed star was between

A. Horizon and equator
B. Equator and zenith
C. Zenith and pole
D. Pole and horizon
Answer» D. Pole and horizon
404.

If the intercept on a vertical staff is ob-served as 0.75 m from a tacheometer, the horizontal distance between tacheometer and staff station is

A. 7.5 m
B. 25 m
C. 50 m
D. 75 m
Answer» E.
405.

A star is said to elongate

A. When the star momentarily moves vertically
B. When the angle at the star of the spherical triangle is 90°
C. When the star
D. All the above
Answer» E.
406.

ABCD is a regular parallelogram plot of land whose angle BAD is 60°. If the bearing of the line AB is 30°, the bearing of CD , is

A. 90°
B. 120°
C. 210°
D. 270°
Answer» D. 270°
407.

For true difference in elevations between two points A and B , the level must be set up

A. at any point between A and B
B. at the exact mid point of A and B
C. near the point A
D. near the point B .
Answer» C. near the point A
408.

If the radius of a simple curve is R , the length of the chord for calculating offsets by the method of chords produced, should not exceed.

A. R /10
B. R /15
C. R /20
D. R /25.
Answer» D. R /25.
409.

The bearings of the lines AB and BC are 146° 30' and 68° 30'. The included angle ABC is

A. 102°
B. 78°
C. 45°
D. none of these.
Answer» B. 78°
410.

If h is the difference in level between end points separated by l , then the slope correction is . The second term may be neglected if the value of h in a 20 m distance is less than

A. m
B. 1 m
C. 2 m
D. 3 m
Answer» E.