Surveying(Civil Engineering ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. The longitudes of two places at latitude 60° N are 93° E and 97° W. Their departure is
  1.    5100 nautical miles
  2.    5700 nautical miles
  3.    120 nautical miles
  4.    500 nautical miles
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 5700 nautical miles
Question 2. The meridian of a place is
  1.    A great circle passing through the place and the poles
  2.    A great circle whose plane is perpendicular to the axis of rotation and it also passes through the place
  3.    A semi-circle which passes through the place and is terminated at the poles
  4.    An arc of the great circle which passes through the place and is perpendicular to the equator
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> A semi-circle which passes through the place and is terminated at the poles
Question 3. The distance between the minor control point and the principal point should be equal to
  1.    Base line of the left photograph of stereo pair
  2.    Base line of the right photograph of stereo pair
  3.    Sum of the base lines of stereo pair
  4.    Mean of the base lines of the stereo pair
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Mean of the base lines of the stereo pair
Question 4. Rotation of the camera at exposure about horizontal axis normal to the line of flight, is known as
  1.    Swing
  2.    Tilt
  3.    Tip
  4.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Tip
Question 5. The coverage is least if photography is
  1.    High oblique
  2.    Low oblique
  3.    Vertical
  4.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Vertical
Question 6. The want of correspondence in stereo-photographs
  1.    Is a good property
  2.    Is a function of tilt
  3.    Is not affected by the change of flying height between photographs
  4.    Is minimum when θ is 3°
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Is a function of tilt
Question 7. In a truly vertical photograph,
  1.    Principal point coincides the isocenter
  2.    Iso-centre coincides the plumb point
  3.    Plumb point coincides the principal point
  4.    All the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> All the above
Question 8. If two points differing by 1° of latitude and of the same longitude is 110 km apart on the earth, then two astronomical positions on the moon is about
  1.    10 km
  2.    25 km
  3.    30 km
  4.    50 km
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> 30 km
Question 9. With standard meridian as 82° 30' E the standard time at longitude 90° E is 8 h 30 m. The local mean time at the place will be
  1.    7 h 00 m
  2.    7 h 30 m
  3.    8 h 00 m
  4.    9 h 00 m
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> 9 h 00 m
Question 10. Polaris is usually observed for the determination of the latitude when it is
  1.    At culmination
  2.    At elongation
  3.    Neither at culmination nor at elongation
  4.    Either at culmination or at elongation
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> At culmination
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