If θ and δ be the latitude of an observer and declination of a heavenly body respectively, the upper culmination of the body will be south of zenith if its zenith distance, is δ - θ ½ (θ - δ) θ + δ θ - δ TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Right ascension of a heavenly body is its equatorial angular distance measured Westward from the first point of Libra Eastward from the first point of Libra Westward from the first point of Aeries Eastward from the first point of Aeries TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
For accurate work, the steel band should always be used in preference to chain because the steel band is practically inextensible and is not liable to kinks when in use is easier to handle is lighter than chain can be easily repaired in the field TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the magnetic bearing of the sun at a place at noon in southern hemisphere is 167°, the magnetic declination at that place is 13° E 13° W 77° N 23° S TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Longitude of a place is the angular distance between the meridian of the place and The standard meridian The International Date Line Both (A) and (C) of above That of Greenwich TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The scale of the photography taken from a height of 300 m, with a camera of focal length 15 cm, is 1 : 10,000 1 : 30,000 1 : 15,000 1 : 20,000 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The great circle which passes through the zenith, nadir and the poles, is known as None of these Prime vertical Meridian Vertical circle TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The sensitivity of a bubble tube can be increased by increasing the diameter of the tube decreasing the length of bubble decreasing the radius of curvature of tube increasing the viscosity of liquid TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The length of a parallel of λ latitude between two meridians is equal to difference in longitudes multiplied by cot λ cos λ sin λ tan λ TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If ‘δ’ is the declination of the star and ‘φ’ is the latitude of the observer then the hour angle of the star at elongation is given by sin H = tan φ . cot δ cos H = tan φ . cot δ tan H = tan φ . cot δ None of these TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?