1.

Consider the following operations in a spire test:

1. Depress telescope and sight a point on the ground nearer to the instrument

2. Clamp horizontal plates

3. Sight a well-defined high point on a high building

4. Change face and repeat the procedure

The correct sequence of these operations is:
[ES 96]

2. In a mass-haul diagram, the distance (D) of the center of mass of excavation or embankment from the line representing the volume to be hauled over is given by:

[ES 96]

3. To find the RL of a roof slab of a building, staff readings were taken from a point whose RL of the levelling instrument is known.
The readings were 1.050 m with staff on the benchmark and 2.300 m with staff held below the roof slab and held inverted.
Taking the RL of the BM as 135.150 m, the RL of the roof slab will be:

[ES 95]

4.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

5.

If the "Fore bearing" of a line is 38°30′, and the "bearing taken on the local attraction", the "Corrected bearing" of the line will be:

[ES 95]

6. Offsets are

[ES 95]

7. A 30 m metric chain is found to be 0.1 m too short throughout the measurement.
The distance measured is recorded as 300 m. The true (corrected) distance will be:

[ES 95]

8.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I – List II:

9. It is required to produce a small-scale map of an area in a magnetic zone by directly plotting and checking the work in the field itself. Which one of the following surveys will be most appropriate for this purpose?

[ES 95]

10. An angle-measuring instrument reading up to one-sixth of a degree on the main scale is equipped with a vernier having 19 main scale divisions divided into 20 parts.
The correct least count for the instrument is:

[ES 94]

11. While measuring horizontal angles by the method of repetition with a theodolite, readings are taken on both the verniers.
Which one of the following errors will be eliminated by reading both the verniers?

[ES 94]

12. Which one of the following indicates the correct relationship between the flying height (H), the focal length (F), the air-base (B) and the photographic base (b)?

asked in [ES 94 & CS 99]

13. In a parabolic vertical curve, the rising grade g₁ = +0.80 percentage and the falling grade g₂ = -0.70%. The rate of change of grade is 0.005 per chain. The length of the vertical curve is:

Asked in [ES 94)

14. If a quantity A has a weight of 3, then the weight of A/3 will be:

Asked in [ES 94]

15.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List I – List II:

16.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

17.

The tilt displacement in an aerial photograph is radial from:

18.

The vertices of an astronomical triangle would include:

19.

A closed compass traverse PQRS is run with a prismatic compass in a clockwise direction:

The value of the included angle at S is:

20.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

22.

In triangulation, the best shape of the triangle would be:

23.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

24.

Setting out of bridges involves determination of:

(1) length of centre line
(2) height of piers
(3) direction of centre line
(4) position of piers

25.

As compared to mirror stereoscope, lens stereoscope:

(1) causes less strain to the eyes of the user
(2) is small in size

26. Parallax bar is used to measure:

27.

If f is the focal length, t is the angle of tilt, then the distance of isocentre on the principal line from the principal point is:

28. The relief displacement is radial from:

29. An aircraft is flying at a ground speed of 200 km/h. The focal length of the camera is 200 mm. The ground distance covered along the flight line between exposures is 2 km. The time interval between exposures is:

30. When the wind effect is not considered during flight planning, the result is:

31.

In aerial photograph, if the photograph has a tilt of 4° and the focal length is 200 mm, then the distance between the principal point and plumb point will be:

32. In an aerial photograph, if the photograph has a tilt of 3° and the focal length is 100 mm, then the distance between the perspective center and the plumb point will be:

33. A vertical photograph was taken from an aircraft flying at an altitude of 2000 m above mean sea level. The focal length of the camera is 175 mm. The scale of the photograph for a hill of an elevation of 250 m is:

34.

A star has a declination of 55° N. Its upper culmination is in the zenith of the place. The altitude of the lower culmination is:

35. The relationship between tropical year TY and sidereal year SY is:

36. The limiting minimum declination of a circumpolar star having latitude 40°N is:

37. For a star at its upper transit, the local sidereal time is equal to:

38. For a circumpolar star, declination must be:

39. Agonic line is the line joining points having:

40. The maximum value of centrifugal ratio on roads and railways respectively are taken as:

41. Read the following two statements and select the correct answer:
(i) Shift bisects the transition curve.
(ii) Transition curve bisects the shift.

42. The difference in elevation of points between a vertical and a tangent is:

43. If an upgrade of 1.5% is followed by a downgrade of 0.5% and rate of change of grade is 0.2% per 20 m chain, then the length of vertical curve is:

44. If L is the length of the transition curve and R is the radius of the circular curve, then the shift of the curve is directly proportional to:

45. If the radius of the circular curve is five times the length of the transition curve, then the spiral angle is given by:

46. Perpendicular offset from the junction of transition curve and circular curve to the tangent is equal to:

47. The shape of the vertical curve generally provided is:

48. Total angle of deflection of a transition curve is:

49. In a reverse curve, the super‑elevation provided at the point of reverse curvature is:

50. For ideal transition curve, if r is radius of curvature and l is distance from start, then

51. Setting out a simple curve by two-theodolite method does not require:

52. Length of long chord of simple circular curve of radius R and angle Δ:

53. Tangent length of a curve of radius R and angle of deflection Δ is:

54. If the degree of curve is 1°, the radius of curve is:

55. A curve tangential to two straight lines and consisting of arcs of different radii is:

56. The angle subtended by the long chord of a simple circular curve at its centre is equal to:

57. Different grades are joined together by a:

58. Overturning of vehicles on a curve can be avoided by using:

59. If the spacing of cross-hairs in a stadia diaphragm of a tacheometer is 1.2 mm and the focal length of object glass is 24 cm, then the multiplying constant of the tacheometer is:

60. If the focal length of the object glass is 25 cm and the distance from object glass to trunnion axis is 15 cm, the additive constant is:

61. For a tacheometer the additive and multiplying constants respectively are:

62. If the intercept on a vertical staff is observed as 0.75 m from a tacheometer, the horizontal distance between tacheometer and staff station is:

63. If the staff is held normal to the line of sight and the angle of elevation and depression are kept the same, then the horizontal distance between the instrument station and the staff station where the staff is placed on the falling terrain computed by observations will be

64. The multiplying constant of a theodolite is

65. Which of the following represents a correct match?
(i) moveable hair method – The intercept on levelling staff is constant and stadia hair interval is variable.
(ii) fixed hair method – The intercept on levelling staff is variable and stadia hair interval is fixed.
(iii) tangential hair method – The stadia hairs are not used.

66. The number of horizontal cross wires in a stadia diaphragm is

67. Horizontal distances obtained by tacheometric observations

68. Subtense bar is an instrument used for

69. Which of the following methods of theodolite traversing is suitable for locating the details which are far away from transit stations?

70. The Bowditch method of adjusting a traverse is based on the assumption that

71. Transit rule of adjusting the consecutive coordinates of a traverse is used where

72. The angle between the prolongation of the preceding line and the forward line of a traverse is called

73. If the sum of northings of a traverse exceeds the sum of southings by 1 m and sum of eastings exceeds the sum of westings by 1 m, the resultant closing error and its true bearing respectively are

74. If the reduced bearing of a line AB is N60°W and length is 100 m, then the latitude and departure respectively of the line AB will be

75. If in a closed traverse, the sum of the north latitudes is more than the sum of the south latitudes and also the sum of west departures is more than the sum of the east departures, the bearing of the closing line is in the

76. Bowditch rule is applied to

77. After fixing the plane table to the tripod, the main operations which are needed at each plane table station are
(i) levelling  (ii) orientation  (iii) centering
The correct sequence of these operations is

78. The methods used for locating the plane table stations are
(i) radiation  (ii) traversing
(iii) intersection  (iv) resection
The correct answer is

79. The resection by two point problem as compared to three point problem

80. The two point problem and three point problem are methods of

81. Which of the following methods of plane table surveying is used to locate the position of an inaccessible point?

Asked in [ES 95]

82. The instrument used for accurate centering in plane table survey is

83. The process of determining the locations of the instrument stations by drawing sectors from the locations of the known stations is called

Asked in [ES 1996]

84. The size of a plane table is

85. Three-point problem can be solved by

86. Detailed plotting is generally done by

87. The intersection method of detailed plotting is most suitable for

88. The type of surveying which requires the least office work is

89. Benchmark is established by

90. Contour interval is

91. Closed contours, with higher value inwards, represent a

92. Select the correct statement.

93. Which of the following methods of contouring is most suitable for a hilly terrain?

94. In the cross-section method of indirect contouring, the spacing of cross-sections depends upon
(i) contour interval
(ii) scale of plan
(iii) characteristics of ground
The correct answer is

95. In direct method of contouring, the process of locating or identifying points lying on a contour is called

96. The direct method of contouring is

97. A series of closely spaced contour lines represents a

98. Select the correct statement.

99. The suitable contour interval for a map with a scale of 1:10000 is

100. An imaginary line lying throughout the surface of the ground and preserving a constant inclination to the horizontal is known as