SWARNANDHRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY::SEETHARAMPURAM (AUTONOMOUS)

SURVEYING COMPREHENSIVE VIVA BITS

1.”Geodetic surveying” is different from plane surveying because of

A)working from whole to part B) curvature of the earth taken into account C)large area D)none of the
above
2. The methods of plane surveying can be used when the extent of area is less
than
A)250 sq.m B) 500 sq.m C) 1000 sq.m D) 2500 sq.m
3.To determine the length of bridge proposed to be built across a very wide river ,the surveying method
of choice would be
A)chain survey B) hydrographic survey C) topographic survey D)triangulation
4.Survey which are carried out to show natural features of country such as rivers, hills etc., is
A)cadastral surveys B) engineering surveys C) topographic survey D) route survey
5.The basic principle of “working form whole to part”
A)prevents accumulation of errors B) making plotting easier C)localized minor errors D) both A&C
6.The survey carried out to fix the boundary of a building sight is
A) engineering survey B) topographic survey C) cadastral survey D) EDM survey
7.Reciprocal ranging is adopted when the following is encountered
A) a river B) a tall building C)a dense forest D)a hillock
8. The most accurate instruments of the following for making linear measurements is
A) chain B) steel bandC) steel tape D)invert tape
9. The number of links in a 30m
A) 100 B) 150 C) 50 D) 75
10.Example of an obstacle to both chaining and ranging is
A) hill B) pond C) river D) tall building

11.The horizontal angle between the true meridian and survey line is

A) Dip B) declination C) bearing D) azimuth

12.The vertical angle between longitudinal axis is of a freely suspended magnetic needle and horizontal
is called
A) dip B) declinationC) bearing D) azimuth
13.The angle of dip at equator is
A)00 B)450 C)900 D) none
 14.The horizontal angle between the true meridian and magnetic meridian is
called
A) dip B) declination C) variation D) both B and C
15.On the graduated range of the prismatic compass, 900 is marked at ____ end of needle
A) north B) south C) east D) west

16.The graduations in a prismatic compass

A) are invertedB) have zero at southC) are from00 to 3600D)all the above

17. Local attraction in a magnetic compass is due to

A) metallic objectsB) gravity C) steel pen D) none

18.Local attraction at a place may be due to

A) key bunches B) steel buttons C) current carrying wiresD) none

19.The first temporary adjustment of a prismatic compass is

A) leveling B) centering C) focusingD) parallax

20.The type of needle used in prismatic compass is

A) edge bar type B) broad needle C) blunt needle D) none

21. On a turning point

A. Only a fore sight is takenB. Only a back sight is taken

C. Both F.S&B.S are takenD. An intermediate sight is taken

22.A fore sight is a sight taken on a point which is

A. Last point only B. Turning point only

C.First point only D. None of these

23 In ‘Collimation Method there is a check’ on

A.B.S and F.S only B. B.S and I.S only

C. B.S onlyD. B.S, F.S and I.S.

24. The rise and fall method provides an arithmetic check on

A.Back sights only B. Fore sights only
C. Back sights and Fore sightsD. Intermediate sights only

25.If the staff reading of a succeeding point is smaller than that of preceding point it
indicates(staff held vertically on ground)

A. Rise B. Fall C. Rise and Fall D. None

26.The surface of zero elevation around the earth which is slightly irregular are cured is known
as(1991)

A. Level surface B. Mean sea level surface

C .Geode surface D. Horizontal surface

27.The reduction of levels by the line of collimation method does not provide a check on
A. Reduce B. Fore sight
C. Back sightD. Intermediate sight

28.A relative fixed point of known elevation is called

A.Bench mark

B.Datum point

C.Reduced level

D.Reference point

29.Any line which is normal to plumb line at all points is known as

A. Horizontal line

B. Level line

C. Datum line

D. Vertical line

30.The constant vertical distance between two adjacent contours , is called

A. Horizontal interval

B. Contour interval

C. Horizontal equivalent

D. Vertical equivalent

31 Turning the telescope in the vertical plane about the horizontal axis is

A. Transiting

B. Plunging

C. Swinging

D. Both a&b

32 The process of turning the telescope of a theodolite in a horizontal plane is called

A. Transiting

B. Plunging

C. Swinging

D. Reversing
33.Size of the theodolite is specified by

A. Length of telescope

B. Diameter of vertical circle

C. Diameter of lower plate

D. Diameter of upper plate

34.The most commonly used set of theodolite operations are

A. Left face and right swing

B. Right faces and left swing

C. Left face and left swing

D. Right face and right swing

35.In a transit theodolite, error due to eccentricity of verniers is eliminated by reading

A. Both verniers

B. Both right swing and left swing

C. Right and left faces

D. Different parts of main scale

36.Spire test is used for adjustment of

A.Plate levels

B.Line of sight

C.Horizontal axis

D.Altitude bubble

37.While taking back sight, the screw used is

A.Upper clamp

B.Lower clamp

C.Lower tangent

D.Upper tangent

38.The final setting of plate when taking a foresight is achieved by using

A. Lower tangent screw

B. uppertangent screw
C. lower clamp

D. upper clamp

39.For measuring a horizontal angle between two lines with better accuracy than that given by
Vernier ; the method commonly used is

A.Reiteration

B.Repetition

C.Direction

D.Double sighting

40.If a group of angles are to be taken about a common point, is called method of

A.Repetition

B.Reiteration

C.Direction

D.. Both b and c

41.Horizontal distances obtained by tacheometric observations

A. Require slope correction B.Require pull correction

C.Require pull and slope corrections D.Do not require pull and slope corrections

42.Horizontal cross-wires (is) are provided in the stadia diaphragm of a tacheometer, these may be

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

43.The multiplying constant of a tacheometer is

A. f/I

B. (f/d)+I

C. (f/I)+d

D. f+d
44.the diaphragm of a stadia theodolite is normally fitted with two additional

A. horizontal hair

B. vertical hair

C. horizontal and two vertical

D. none of the above

45.branch of surveying in which the horizontal and vertical distance of points are obtained by
instrumental observation is known as a

A. chain surveying

B. plane table surveying

C. tachometric surveying

D. hydrographic surveying

46.the staid method in tachometry is used to determine

A. horizontal angle

B. vertical angle

C. horizontal distance

D. Horizontal and vertical distance

47.the multiplying constants of tachometer is generally about

A. 200

B. 100

C. 50

D. 1

48.For a tachometer equipped with a n anallactic lens the additive and multiplying constants are
respectively

A. 0, 100

B. 100, 0

C. 0, 0

D. 100, 100
49.The additive constant for a tachometer is

A. f/I

B. f+d

C. f+I

D. f/d

50.The prismoidal formula for the volume is

A.V=D/6(A1+2Am+A2)

B. V=D/3(A1+4Am+A2)

C. V=D/6(A1+4Am+A2)

D. V=D/3(A1+2Am+A2)

KEY

1) B 2) A 3) D 4) C 5) D 6) C 7) D 8) A 9)B 10)D 11)B 12)A 13) D 14) C 15) D 16) C

17) D 18) A 19) B 20) D 21) C 22) A 23)A 24)C 25)A 26)C 27)D 28)A 29)B 30)B 31)B

32)C 33)C 34) C 35)A 36)C 37)C 38)B 39)B 40)B 41)D 42)C 43)A 44)A 45)C 46)D

47)B48)A 49)B 50)C