Practice Test: Question Set - 22
1. The true meridian of a place is the line in which earth's surface is intersected by a plane through
- (A) East
and west points
- (B) Zenith
and nadir points
- (C) North
and south geographical poles
- (D) North
and south magnetic poles
2. The area of any irregular figure of the plotted map is measured with
- (A) Pentagraph
- (B) Sextant
- (C) Clinometer
- (D) Planimeter
3. If ‘F’ is the pull applied at the ends of tape in kg, ‘l’ is the length of tape between end marks in metres, ‘w’ is the weight of the tape in kg per metre run, then sag correction
- (A) C = w2l3/24F2
- (B) C = w3l2/24F2
- (C) C = w2l3/24F3
- (D) C = 24w2l3/80F3
4. If ‘θ’ is the vertical angle of an inclined sight, ‘δ’ is the angle of tilt of the staff, the error
- (A) E = 1 - [cos (θ ± δ)/cosθ]
- (B) E = 1 - [sin (θ ± δ)/sinθ]
- (C) E = 1 - [tan (θ ± δ)/tanθ]
- (D) None of
these
5. The construction of optical square is based, on the principle of optical
- (A) Reflection
- (B) Refraction
- (C) Double
refraction
- (D) Double
reflection
6. If Δ is the angle of deflection of a simple curve of radius R, the length of the curve is :
- (A) Ï€RΔ/90°
- (B) Ï€RΔ/180°
- (C) Ï€RΔ/270°
- (D) Ï€RΔ/360°
7. Correction per chain length of 100 links along a slope of 뱡 is
- (A) 1.5α2/100
- (B) 1.5α/100
- (C) 1.5α3/100
- (D) 1.5α3
8. The difference of level between a point below the plane of sight and one above, is the sum of two staff readings and an error would be produced equal to
- (A) The distance
between the zero of gradient and the foot of the staff
- (B) Twice
the distance between the zero of graduation and the foot of the staff
- (C) Thrice the
distance between the zero of graduation and the foot of the staff
- (D) None of the
above
9. If α is the angle between the polar ray and the tangent at the point of commencement of a lemniscate curve, the equation of the curve, is
- (A) l = k
√sin α
- (B) l = k
√sin 2α
- (C) l = k
√sin 3α
- (D) l = k
√tan 2α
10. In tangential tacheometry, an ordinary level staff is used
- (A) Leaning
towards the instrument for inclined sights upward
- (B) Leaning
away from the instrument for inclined sights downwards
- (C) Vertical in
all cases
- (D) None of
these
11. Stadia techeometry was discovered by James Watt in the year.
- (A) 1670
- (B) 1770
- (C) 1870
- (D) 1900
12. Keeping the instrument height as 1.5 m, length of staff 4 m, the slope of the ground as 1 in 10, the sight on the down-slope, must be less than
- (A) 30 m
- (B) 25 m
- (C) 20 m
- (D) 15 m
13. The distance between the point of intersection of an upgrade +g1% and downgrade g2% and the highest point of the vertical curve of length L, is
- (A) L (g1 - g2)/400
- (B) L (g1 + g2)/400
- (C) L (g1 + g2)/800
- (D) L (g1 - g2)/800
14. Surveys which are carried out to provide a national grid of control for preparation of accurate maps of large areas are known
- (A) Plane
surveys
- (B) Geodetic
surveys
- (C) Geographical
surveys
- (D) Topographical
surveys
15. If +0.8% grade meets -0.7% grade and the rate of change of grade for 30 m distance is 0.05, the length of the vertical curve will be
- (A) 600 m
- (B) 700 m
- (C) 800 m
- (D) 900 m
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