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This set of Surveying Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Surveying Set 18

Q1 | Chain surveying consists of the arrangement of framework of triangles because a triangle is the only simple plane figure which can be plotted uniquely if
Q2 | The curvature of the earth is taken into consideration if the limit of survey is
Q3 | The horizontal distance between any two consecutive contours is called
Q4 | When the effect of refraction is taken into account in levelling, the true staff reading is obtained by subtracting the correction for refraction from the observed staff reading.
Q5 | A vertical line at any point is a line normal to the level surface at the point.
Q6 | A stadia telescope, in a tacheometer, is fitted with
Q7 | In route surveys, the most suitable method of contouring is
Q8 | Which of the following statement is wrong?
Q9 | The direct angles may have any value between
Q10 | When the length of a chord is less than the peg interval, it is known as
Q11 | The fundamental requirement of the spiral curve is that its radius of curvature at any point shall vary inversely as the distance from the beginning of the curve.
Q12 | The deflection angle may be directly obtained by setting the instrument to read
Q13 | If x is the smallest division on the main scale and n are the number of divisions on the vernier, then the least count of the vernier is
Q14 | A line joining some fixed points on the main survey lines, is called a
Q15 | The degree of the curve is the angle subtended by a chord of
Q16 | The length of peg interval for flat curves is
Q17 | A staff reading taken on a point whose elevation is to be determined as on a change point is called.
Q18 | When the position of a point is to be located accurately by a perpendicular offset, the direction of perpendicular is set out by means of
Q19 | The height of instrument is equal to
Q20 | The tachemometric method of contouring is particularly suitable
Q21 | The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously, is called
Q22 | The operation of turning the table so that all the lines on the paper are parallel to the corresponding lines on the ground, is called
Q23 | A line joining the apex of a triangle to some fixed point on the opposite side is called a
Q24 | Which of the following statement is correct?
Q25 | The contour lines can cross one another on map only in the case of