BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

FIRST SEMESTER 2012 2013

GEODESY/SURVEYING (Mid Semester Exam)
Course No: CE C392 /CE F213
Date: 05-10-2012
Duration: 90 Mins.
Max. Marks: 70
I : Choose the best answers:
1) The number of links available in a 30 m chain is ____________
a) 100
b) 150
c) 200
d) 30
2) The demarcation limit of scale to differentiate map and plan is ______________
a) 1: 500
b) 1: 1000
c) 1: 100
d) 1: 20000
3) The well conditioned triangle is a triangle in which no angle is less than _________
and greater than ____________
a) 30 and 120
b) 40 and 70
c) 20 and 140
d) 50 & 80
4) The least count of prismatic compass is ________________
a) 10 minutes
b) 30 minutes
c) 15 minutes
minute

d) 1

5) The purpose of anallactic lens is to

a) to make the additive constant infinity
b) to make the additive constant zero
c) to make the multiplicative constant zero
d) to make the multiplicative constant infinity
6) Which one of the following statement is wrong?
a) The prism square is superior over optical square to check perpendicularity
because the adjustment will not get disturbed.
b) The least count of levelling staff is 5 mm
c) Analactic lens is a special type of concave lens
d) The length of surveyor's chain is 100 links
7) Which one of the following statement is wrong with respect to surveyor's
compass?
a) Tripod is essential for using it
b) Graduations are marked inverted.
c) Sighting and viewing cannot be done simultaneously
d) Prism is not provided.
8) The effect of curvature is to make the object appear higher than what they
actually are (True/False)
9) In the case of reciprocal leveling, the true difference in level is the mean of
apparent differences in levels of two sets of reciprocal observations (True/False)

10) Which one of the following statement is wrong with respect to plane table
surveying?
a) Orientation by trough compass is susceptible to local attraction
b) The line drawn on the paper should always be parallel to the line on the ground
c) The leveling can be ensured with the help of U fork and Plumb bob
d) The working edge of the alidade is also known as beveled edge.
11) If the fore bearing of a line is S 60 deg W, then, its back bearing is N 60 deg E
(True/False)
12) If the ground is flat, contour interval selected is large(True/False)
13) A theodolite may be used as a tacheometer if it is provided with a diaphragm
containing ________ cross hairs
a) one
b) Two
c) Three
d) None
14) The observed staff reading on a leveling staff will be_____________
(Least/greatest) when it is held vertically.
15) Modern levels are generally fitted with _______________ (internal/external)
focusing telescope.
II: Short answers:
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[10 x

1) Mention the expression of Bowditch rule with respect to traversing.

2) Define Ranging.
3)Mention different types of level and leveling staff.
4) Contour lines cannot cross each other. Validate and discuss the statement.
5) Define strength of fix in a three point of problem.
6) To determine the constants of a tacheometer, the staff intercepts of 0.470 and
1.470 m were observed on a vertically held staff with telescope horizontal at
horizontal distances of 100 m and 300 m respectively. Find the instrument
constants.

7) A surveyor measured the distance between two points on a plan and calculated
the length to be equal to 650 m assuming the scale of plan to be 1 cm = 50 m.
Later, it was discovered that the scale of plan was 1 cm = 40 m. Find the true
distance between the points.

3 39 ' W
8) In an old survey made, when the magnetic declination was

, the magnetic

'

N 56 12 E
bearing of a line AB was

. If the present magnetic declination in the same

3 26 ' E
locality is

, calculate the true bearing and the magnetic bearing of AB.

9) What is the significant advantage of plane table surveying? Define two point
problem.
10) What is a topographical map?

III Long answers:

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[5 x 7

1) Calculate the bearing and length of AD from the following traverse run by a
tacheometer. The telescope was fitted with an anallactic lens. The multiplying
constant being 100 and the staff was held vertical.
Line
AB

Bearings

BC

28954'

230'

0.940, 1.680, 2.420

CD

20112'

2 42'

0.890,1.950,3.010

360 00

Vertical angle

5 10

'

'

Staff readings
0.900, 1.875, 2.850

2) A closed compass traverse ABCD was conducted round a lake and the following
bearings were obtained. Determine which of the stations are suffering from local
attraction and give the values of the corrected bearings in the tabular column.
Line

Fore
Bearing

Back Bearing

AB

74 20 '

BC

107 20 '

286 20 '

CD

224 50 '

44 50 '

DA

306 40 '

126 00 '

256 0 '

3) The following readings were successively taken with an instrument in leveling

wok.
0.32, 0.53, 0.62, 1.78, 1.91, 2.35,1.75, 0.35, 0.69, 1.24 and 0.98m.
The position of the instrument was changed after 3rd, 7th and 9th readings. Draw
out the form of a level book and enter the above readings properly. Assume the R.L.
of the 1st point as 81. 53 m. Calculate the RL of all points using rise and fall method
and apply usual checks.
4) The following readings were taken on a vertical staff with a tacheometer fitted
with an anallactic lens and having the constant of 100.
Staff station

Bearing

Stadia Readings

Vertical
angles

47 10 '

0.940

1.500

2.060

227 10 '

0.847

2.000

3.153

Calculate the relative level of the ground at A and B and the gradient between A
and B.
5) You are required to prepare the dimensional plan of BITS Pilani, Pilani campus
using chain surveying. Explain the various steps involved in the complete survey
work. Also mention the limitation of chain surveying. Note: Steps should be
mentioned in a sequential order and to the point.
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