CIVILGURU

Q. A line joining the apex of a triangle to some fixed

point on the opposite side is called a

(a) check line

(b) tie line
(c) base line
(d) None of the above
Q. Which of the following instrument is generally used
for base line measurements?

(a) Chain
(b) Steel tape
(c) Metallic tape
(d) Invar tape
Q. Match the following:
Type of chain Length of one link
A – Revenue Chain 1 - 1 ft
B – Gunter Chain 2 - 20 cm
C – Engineering Chain 𝟏
3- 2 ft
𝟏𝟔
D – Meter Chain 4 - 0.66

A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

(b) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
(c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
(d) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
Q. The scale of a map is represented as 1 ∶ 100000. The
distance between two points A and B is measured as
10 cm in the map. The actual distance between the
two points in the field is:

(a) 10 km
(b) 100 km
(c) 100 m
(d) 1 km
Q. Tallies are provided at ______ interval in 20 m and
30 m chain.

(a) 3 m
(b) 1 m
(c) 5 m
(d) 4 m
Q. Which type of obstruction is offered by the pond?

(a) Obstacle to chaining only.

(b) There is no type of obstacle.
(c) Obstacle to ranging only.
(d) Obstacle to both chaining and ranging.
Q. A 50 m tape is held 2 m out of line. What is the true
length?

(a) 48.02 m
(b) 48 m
(c) 49.02 m
(d) 49.96 m
Q. An instrument, shaped like watch and is carried in a
pocket or attached to one leg is called

(a) Chaining
(b) Odometer
(c) Passometer
(d) Pedometer
Q. A 30 m tape was tested before a survey and found to
have a length of 29.93 m. If the length of a line
measured with this tape is 270 m, find the true length
of the line.

(a) 269.37 m
(b) 272.23 m
(c) 273.99 m
(d) 274.18 m
Q. Which of the following scale of the map is not
affected due to shrinking of map?

(a) Engineer’s scale

(b) Graphical scale
(c) Representative fraction
(d) None of these
Q. Dip of a magnetic needle at equator and pole is
respectively:

(a) 78° and 12°

(b) 90° and 0°
(c) 0° and 90°
(d) 12° and 78
Q. Find the magnetic declination at a place if the
magnetic bearing of the sun at noon is 184°

(a) 176° E
(b) 124° N
(c) 184° S
(d) 4° W
Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Quadratic List-II (Whole circle
bearing) bearing)
A. N 60° 25 E P. 94° 30
B. S 85° 30 E Q. 277° 15
C. S 64° 30 W R. 244° 30
D. N 82° 45 W S. 60° 25
Identify the correct match:
(a) A - S, B - P, C - Q, D - R
(b) A - S, B - Q, C - P, D - R
(c) A - S, B - P, C - R, D - Q
(d) A - S, B - Q, C - R, D - P
Q. The magnetic bearing of a survey line at any place
may:

(a) Be the same true north

(b) Remain constant
(c) Vary from time to time
(d) Change systematically
Q. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about
the Prismatic Compass?
A. The needle is broad but it does not act as an index.
B. The graduated ring is attached with the needle. This does
not rotate along with the line of sight.
C. The readings are taken directly seeing through the top of
the glass.

(a) Only A
(b) B and C
(c) Only C
(d) A and C
Q. The magnetic bearing of a line in an area was found
to be N40°30’W in 2015, when the magnetic
declination was 4°15’W. What would be its present
magnetic bearing if the magnetic declination is 2°W?

(a) N40°30’W
(b) N42°45’W
(c) S40°30’E
(d) N4030’E
Q. Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) A through compass in an accessory to a plane table.

(b) A surveyor's compass has two sight vanes.
(c) In a prismatic compass, the graduations on the aluminum
disc rotate the index remains stationary
(d) A prismatic compass has an object vane and an eye vane
Q. Isogonic lines are lines passing through

(a) points having same declination

(b) points of zero declination
(c) points having same dip
(d) points having zero dip
Q. The magnetic bearing of a line AB is 48° 24’, Calculate the
true bearing if the magnetic declination is E 5°38’.

(a) 42° 44’

(b) 20° 56’
(c) 54° 02’
(d) 53° 98’
Q. A levelling operation is planned to be run across a river.
Which of the following levelling operations shall be used
for performing this?

(a) Trigonometrical
(b) Fly
(c) Reciprocal
(d) Cross
Q. The top of lighthouse is just visible from a station at sea
40 km away. What should be the height of the lighthouse?

(a) 107.68 m
(b) 115.70 m
(c) 101.22 m
(d) 128.42 m
Q. If the reduced level of a benchmark is 100 m, the back
sight is 1.200 m and the foresight is 1.570 m, then the
reduced level of the foresight will be __________.

(a) 102.770 m
(b) 101.370 m
(c) 101.200 m
(d) 99.630 m
Q. The combined correction for curvature and refraction for
a point located at 2 km distance is:

(a) 0.2692 m
(b) 0.1346 m
(c) 0.01346 m
(d) 0.02692 m
Q. In a levelling work the following readings were taken with
a dumpy level as 2.05, 0.525, 1.875, 1.21, 3.245, 1.94, 0.975,
2.875 (in m units). If the instrument was shifted after the
second and fifth readings, the readings recorded in the
foresight column is:

(a) 0.525, 3.245, 2.875

(b) 0.525, 1.94, 2.875
(c) 2.05, 1.875, 1.94
(d) 1.875, 1.94, 2.875
Q. Sensitivity of a level tube increases with
a. An increase in the radius of curvature of the bubble tube.
b. Smoothness of finish of the inner surface of the bubble
tube.

(a) Only a is correct

(b) Only b is correct
(c) Both are correct
(d) None is correct
Q. In levelling, mistakes in rod handling are counted under
the _____error.

(a) Personal
(b) Natural
(c) Natural as well as instrumental
(d) Instrumental
Q. Maximum allowable limit up to that a measurement
may vary from the true value is known as ______

a) Permissible Error
b) Residual Error
c) Expected Error
d) Safe Error
Q. The type of surveying in which the curvature of earth
is taken into account is called

a) Geodetic Surveying
b) Plane Surveying
c) Preliminary Surveying
d) Topographical Surveying
Q. A line connecting points of zero dip is called

a) Isoclinic line
b) Aclinic line
c) Isogonic line
d) Agonic line
Q. For which of the following permanent adjustment of a
theodolite is the spire test used?

a) Adjustment of plate levels

b) Adjustment of line of sight
c) Adjustment of horizontal axis
d) Adjustment of altitude bubble and vertical index
frame
Q. An imaginary line lying throughout the surface of
ground having a constant inclination to the horizontal
is known as-

a) Contour line
b) Contour gradient
c) Contour interval
d) Horizontal equivalent
Q. ABC is an equilateral triangle. If bearing of AB is
150°, then bearing of AC is

(a) 120°
(b) 210°
(c) 220°
(d) 330°
Q. If the smallest division of a Vernier is longer than the
smallest division of its primary scale, the Vernier is
known as _________.

(a) Direct Vernier

(b) Double Vernier
(c) Simple Vernier
(d) Retrograde Vernier
Q. Normal tension for a tape is defined as the pull

(a) applied by an average adult

(b) applied for standardizing the tape
(c) which equalizes the effect due to sag
(d) that equalizes the effect due to the slope
Q. Calculate the length (m) of the longer chord of 250
m radius curve having deflection angle of 90 degree.

(a) 250
(b) 353.6
(c) 392.7
(d) 500
Q. Stadia tacheometry is based on the principle that
(a) trigonometrical formulae can be used to calculate
distances from vertical angles
(b) intercepts on measuring rods are proportional to the
distance
(c) horizontal distances vary linearly as vertical angles
(d) knowing the side and two angles of a triangle,
another side can be calculated
Q. The assumption on which the trapezoidal formula
for volumes is based, is _____.
(a) The end sections are parallel planes
(b) The mid-area of a pyramid is half the average area
of the ends
(c) The volume of the prismoidal is over-estimated and
hence a prismoidal correction is applied
(d) All options are correct
Q. If the whole circle Bearing of the line PQ is 210°.
Then the ratio of latitude and departure of the line
PQ is

(a) - 0.577
(b) 1.734
(c) 0.577
(d) -1.734
Q. Consider the following statements about the
characteristics of contours:
1. Contours do not pass through permanent structures
such as buildings.
2. Contours are perpendicular to ridge and valley lines
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 both
(c) 2 only
(d) None of above
Q. A 30 m tape was tested before a survey and found to
have a length of 29.93 m. If the length of a line
measured with this tape is 270 m, find the true length
of the line.

(a) 269.37 m
(b) 272.23 m
(c) 273.99 m
(d) 274.18 m
Q. Intersection method is most suitable for plotting

(a) Forests
(b) Urban areas
(c) Hillock without vegetation
(d) None of these
Q. When you have to cross a water body while
performing leveling operations, then the best method
is

(a) Fly leveling

(b) Trigonometric leveling
(c) Reciprocal leveling
(d) Differential leveling
Q. Position of a celestial body can be determined by
__________

(a) Nadir
(b) Azimuth
(c) Zenith
(d) Co-ordinates
Q. The principle of ‘working from whole to part’ is
used in surveying because

(a) plotting becomes easy

(b) survey work can be completed quickly
(c) accumulation of errors is prevented
(d) All of the above
Q. Which of the following is the correct meaning of the
term ‘level line’ in surveying?
(a) The line parallel to the mean spheroidal surface of
earth.
(b) The line is horizontal.
(c) The line passing through the Centre of cross-hairs
and the Centre of the eye-piece.
(d) The line passing through the objective lens and the
eye piece of a dumpy or lilting level.
Q. For a scale of 1 cm = 2.5 km, the representative
fraction is:

(a) 1 ∶ 250000
(b) 1 ∶ 2500000
(c) 1 ∶ 25000
(d) 1 ∶ 2500
Q. A building is an obstacle to:

(a) Both chaining and ranging

(b) Chaining but not ranging
(c) Ranging but not chaining
(d) Neither chaining nor ranging
Q. The sensitiveness of a level tube decreases if _____.

(a) radius of curvature of its inner surface is increased

(b) diameter of the tube is increased
(c) length of the vapour bubble is increased
(d) both viscosity and surface tension are increased
Q. If the magnetic bearing of a line is 48°24’ and
magnetic declination is 5°38’ East, then the true
bearing is

(a) 42°2’
(b) 42°46’
(c) 54°2’
(d) 54°46’
Q. In which of the following condition two contour lines
intersect each other?

(a) Hills
(b) Overhanging cliff
(c) Steep slope
(d) Uniform slope
Q. Which of the following is the CORRECT ratio of
refraction correction to curvature correction?

(a) 1/4
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/7
(d) 1/9
Q. A 30 m long steel tape standardized with a pull of 100 N
was used to measuring a baseline of length 1800 m. While
measuring the exerted pull was 150 N. The correction due
to pull (Cp ) is given by ________ (the area of cross
section of the tape is A and Young’s modulus = E)

(a) 50×1800/ AE
(b) 100×1800/ AE
(c) 150×1800 /AE
(d) 200×1800 /AE
Q. The shift of a circular curve is given by __________
Where, L = Length of transition curve and R =
Radius of the circular curve

(a)L 2 /6R
2
(b) L /24R
(c) L/24R
(d) L/6R
Q. A back sight reading on B.M. = 100 m was 2.250 m.
The inverted staff reading to the bottom of a girder
was 0.250 m. The R.L. of the bottom of girder is:

(a) 101.25
(b) 102.50
(c) 104.50
(d) 103.25
Q. The angle between the observer’s meridian and
declination circle of the heavenly body is referred to
as:

(a) Azimuth
(b) Declination
(c) Sidereal angle
(d) Hour angle
Q. Calculate the volume of the earthwork (in cubic
meter) using trapezoidal method if the cross section
areas of the three section of embankment at an
interval of 20 m are 40 square meters, 50 square
meters and 80 square meters.

(a) 1067
(b) 1700
(c) 2200
(d) 3200
Q. Which of the following methods are used for locating
the plane table station?
Radiation B. Traversing
C. Intersection D. Resection

(a) Only B and D

(b) Only A and C
(c) Only A and B
(d) Only C and D
Q. When the angular and linear measurements are
equally precise in traversing, the balancing of a
traverse is done by

(a) transit rule

(b) empirical rule
(c) Bowditch’s rule
(d) Any one of the above
Q. The surveyor’s compass and prismatic compass:

(a) Both give Quadrantal Bearing (QB) of a line

(b) Both give Whole Circle Bearing (WCB) of a line
(c) Give Quadrantal Bearing (QB) of a line and Whole
Circle Bearing (WCB) of a line respectively
(d) Give whole Circle Bearing (WCB) of a line and
Quadrantal Bearing (QB) of a line respectively
Q. The multiplying constant of a tacheometer is:

(a) f / i
(b) f + d
(c) f – d
(d) f / d
Q. What is the function of the plumbing fork in plane
table surveying?

(a) Used for centering of plane table

(b) Used for leveling the plane table
(c) Used for orientation of plane table
(d) Used for sighting the object