Free Online Surveying Subject Practice and Preparation Test

Last Updated on September 13, 2019

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Welcome to your Quantity Surveying Test

Instructions:

• This is a FREE online test
• Total number of questions: 30
• Time alloted: 30 minutes
• Each question carry 1 mark, no negative marks
• DO NOT refresh the page
• All the best!

1. An ideal transition curve is

cubic parabola

cubic spiral

clothoid spiral

2. Pantagraph is used for

measuring distances

measuring areas

enlarging or reducing plans

3. If the angular measurements of a traverse are more precise than its linear measurements, balancing of the traverse, is done by

Bowditch's rule

Transit rule

Empirical rule

4. A line which joins subsidiary stations on the main line is called _____

Tie Line

Survey Line

Base Line

5. In which type of surveying only linear measurements are made?

Contouring

Chain Surveying

Theodolite surveying

6. What is laid by joining the apex of the triangle to any point on the opposite side or by joining two points on any two sides of a triangle?

Check Line

Base Line

Tie Line

7. In case, to get a well-proportioned or well-shaped triangle, no angle should be less than _________

15°

30°

45°

8. As far as possible, the main survey line should not pass through _____

Road

Check Line

Obstacles

9. The curve composed of two arcs of different radii having their centres on the opposite side of the curve, is known

a simple curve

A compound curve

a reverse curve

10. The ratio of the angles subtended at the eye, by the virtual image and the object, is known as telescope's

magnification

resolving power

brightness

11. The bubble tube is nearly filled with

alcohol or chloroform

a liquid which is very mobile

All of the above

12. In a constant level tube, size of the bubble remains constant because upper wall is

of relatively smaller radius

of relatively larger radius

flat

13. A traverse deflection angle is

less than 90°

the difference between the included angle and 180°

more than 90° but less than 180°

14. While measuring a chain line between two stations A and B intervened by a raised ground

vision gets obstructed

chaining gets obstructed

both vision and chaining get obstructed

15. The true meridian of a place is the line in which earth's surface is intersected by a plane through

east and west points

north and south geographical poles

zenith and nadir points

16. The least count of a vernier scale is

sum of the smallest divisions of main and vernier scales

value of one division of vernier scale divided by total number of divisions of primary scale

value of one division of the primary scale divided by total number of divisions of vernier scale

17. The 'point of curve' of a simple circular curve, is

point of tangency

point of commencement

point of intersection

18. The minimum range for sliding the focusing lens in the internal focusing telescope for focusing at all distances beyond 4 m is

5 mm

10 mm

20 mm

19. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

in the earth's magnetic field, a magnetic needle rests in magnetic meridian

the magnet properly pivoted is balanced by means of riding weight movable along the needle

all of the above

20. The formula for the horizontal distances for inclined sights, on staff held normalis
 s cos θ + (f + d) cos θ ± h sin θ

minus sign is used for angle of depression

plus sign is used for angle of depression

minus sign is used for angle of elevation

21. Ramsden eye-piece consists of

two convex lenses short distance apart

two plano-convex lenses short distance apart, with the convex surfaces facing each other.

two concave lenses short distance apart

22. The distance between steps for measuring down hill to obtain better accuracy

decreases with decrease of slope

increases with increase of slope

decreases with increase of slope

23. Hydrographic surveys deal with the mapping of

large water bodies

heavenly bodies

canal system

24. If h is the difference in level between end points separated by l, then the slope correction is  . The second term may be neglected if the value of h in a 20 m distance is less than

1/2 m

3 m

1 m

25. The tangent to the liquid surface in a level tube, is parallel to the axis of the level tube at

the mid-point of the bubble

either end of the bubble

every point of the bubble

26. if α is the angle between the polar ray and the tangent at the point of commencement of a lemniscate curve, the equation of the curve, is

l = ksin 2α

l = ksin α

l = ksin 3α

27. The slope correction may be ignored if

to slope of the ground is say 1 in 19

the slope of the ground is less than 3°

all of the above

28. If Δ is the angle of deflection of the curve, T₁ and T₂ are its points of tangencies, the angle between the tangent at T₁ and long chord T₁ T₂ will be

Δ/4

Δ/2

Δ/3

29. Which one of the following mistakes/errors may be cumulative + or - :

bad ranging

erroneous length of chain

bad straightening

30. The whole circle bearing of a line is 290°. Its reduced bearing is

N 70° W

N 20° W

N 20° E

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