SURVEYING QUIZ | EXAMIANS

The sun's declination remains north between

March 21 to June 21

June 21 to September 21

September 21 to December 21

Both (A) and (B) of above

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The great circle which passes through the zenith, nadir and the poles, is known as

Vertical circle

None of these

Prime vertical

Meridian

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The slotted template method

All listed here

Is suitable for large areas with less control

Is prepared, by graphical method

Is rapid and accurate

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In a spherical triangle ABC, right angled at C, sin b equals

tan a cot A

cos a sin A

cot A tan a

sin a cos A

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A ’level line’ is a

line passing through the objective lens and the eye-piece of a dumpy or tilting level

line passing through the center of cross hairs and the center of eye piece

line parallel to the mean spheriodal surface of earth

horizontal line

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The angle between the observer's meridian and declination circle of a heavenly body, is known as

Azimuth

Right ascension

Hour angle

Declination

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The correction applied to the measured base of length ‘L’ is

All of these

Slope = (h²/2L) + (h⁴/8L³) where h is height difference of end supports

Sag = L³w²/24P² where w is the weight of tape/m

Tension = (P - Ps)L/AE

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A series of closely spaced contour lines represents a

steep slope

plane surface

gentle slope

uniform slope

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Which of the following is not the function of levelling head ?

to support the main part of the instrument

to attach the theodolite to the tripod

None of these

to provide a means for leveling the theodolite

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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

10 km

30 km

25 km

50 km

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