Surveying
Polaris is usually observed for the determination of the latitude when it is

At culmination
Neither at culmination nor at elongation
At elongation
Either at culmination or at elongation

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Surveying
The error due to eccentricity of inner and outer axes can be eliminated by

reading both verniers and taking the mean of the two
double sighting
taking mean of several readings distributed over different portions of the graduated circle
taking both face observations and taking the mean of the two

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Surveying
Which of the following errors is not eliminated by the method of repetition of horizontal angle measurement ?

error due to wrong adjustment of line of collimation and trunnion axis
error due to displacement of station signals
error due to eccentricity of verniers
error due to inaccurate graduation

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Surveying
Which of the following errors cannot be eliminated by taking both face observations ?

error due to non-parallelism of the axis of telescope level and line of collimation
error due to horizontal axis not being perpendicular to the vertical axis
None of these
index error i.e. error due to imperfect adjustment of the vertical circle vernier

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Surveying
Transit rule of adjusting the consecutive coordinates of a traverse is used where

linear measurements are more accurate than angular measurements
All of these
linear and angular measurements of the traverse are of equal accuracy
angular measurements are more accurate than linear measurements

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