Which of the following will not come under the marine surveying category ?
A. Cargo survey
B. Water survey
C. Yacht survey
D. Machinery survey
Surveying Mcqs
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Refraction correction ____ ?
A. adds to the curvature correction
B. has no effect on curvature correction
C. completely eliminates curvature correction
D. partially eliminates curvature correction
If the R.L. of a B.M. is 100.00 m, the back- sight is 1.215 m and the foresight is 1.870 m, the R.L. of the forward station is ____ ?
A. 100.655m
B. 01.870m
C. 99.345 m
D. 100.345 m
Following sights are taken on a “turning point” ____ ?
A. foresight and backsight
B. foresight and intermediate sight
C. foresight only
D. backsight only
Which of the following errors can be eliminated by taking mean of bot face observations?
A. error due to line of collimation not being perpendicular to horizontal axis
B. error due to imperfect adjustment of plate levels
C. error due to imperfect graduations
D. error due to eccentricity of verniers
Theodolite is an instrument used for ____ ?
A. measurement of vertical angles only
B. measurement of both horizontal and vertical angles
C. tightening the capstan-headed nuts of level tube
D. measurement of horizontal angles only
In the double application of principle of reversion, the apparent error is _____ ?
A. two times the true error
B. four times the true error
C. equal to true error
D. half the true error
Contour interval is ____ ?
A. larger for accurate works
B. larger if the time available is more
C. inversely proportional to the scale of the map
D. directly proportional to the flatness of ground
Suitable contour interval for a map with scale 1 : 10000 is ____ ?
A. 10 m
B. 20 m
C. 2 m
D. 5m
If the horizontal distance between the staff point and the point of observation is d, then the error due to curvature of earth is proportional to ___ ?
A. d2
B. 1/d2
C. d
D. 1/d