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Post NameSURVEYOR GrII(Hyrogeology), TRADESMAN(Survey)
DepartmentGround Water&Tech Edn.
Question Paper Code108/2022
Category Code400/2021
Date of Test4 November 2022
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
Which is the standard code specifies the sizes and layout of drawing sheet?
Answer
C. IS 10711-1983
2
Which is the ratio of drawing sheet in width to length?
Answer
A. 1: 2
3
What is the designation of 297 × 420 mm size paper as per BIS?
Answer
C. A3
4
Hatching line should be drawn at an angle of :
Answer
B. 45°
5
Height of lettering is used in sub titles :
Answer
A. 3 to 6 mm
6
Distance from outline and dimension line in a drawing :
Answer
B. 8 to 10 mm
7
What is the formula for calculating the maximum length of the scale?
Answer
D. Maximum length to be measured × R.F.
8
Which is the measure of each internal angle of a regular pentagon?
Answer
B. 108°
9
Which of the following conics has an eccentricity as unity?
Answer
B. Parabola
10
Projection of point in third quadrant will be :
Answer
A. Front view in VP
11
What is the name of surveying, the setting out work on the ground?
Answer
C. Location survey
12
What is the limit of error in 20 m chain?
Answer
B. ± 5 mm
13
How the chain is adjusted if the chain is found to increase in length than the standard length?
Answer
C. By removing some of the rings
14
Which surveying is taken to determining different strata in earth’s crust?
Answer
A. Geological survey
15
Chain surveying uses the principle of :
Answer
D. Triangulation
16
How many fundamental principles in surveying?
Answer
B. 2
17
In a metric chain the ends of each link is connected by :
Answer
A. 3 oval rings
18
Which is used to measure the accuracy of the framework of survey?
Answer
B. Check line
19
What is the process of establishing the intermediate points on survey line?
Answer
C. Ranging
20
What is the lateral distance from the survey line to the object measured?
Answer
B. Offset
21
Where single line field book is used in surveying?
Answer
C. Large scale survey with detailed work
22
Area of a trapezoid is :
Answer
A. Base multiplied by the half the sum of perpendiculars
23
Which is the first temporary adjustment of a prismatic compass?
Answer
A. Centering
24
The box of the compass is made of :
Answer
B. Brass
25
In a prismatic compass which is graduated at south end?
Answer
B. 0º
26
The WCB of a line is 236°37′ its reduced bearing is :
Answer
A. S 56° 37' W
27
The reduced Bearing of a line is N 58° 24′W, its WCB is?
Answer
A. 301º 36'
28
Which is the included angle of ABC between the bearing of line AB is 75° and bearing of BC is 110º?
Answer
B. 145º
29
What is the magnetic declination of the sun, if the magnetic bearing of the sun at noon is 355°?
Answer
A. 5°E
30
What is the inclination of the needle with the horizontal in prismatic compass?
Answer
A. Dip of the needle
31
Local attraction of compass surveying occur due to :
Answer
C. Presence of magnetic substances near the instrument
32
Which is the included angle between the lines OA and OB if their bearings are 25º and 340°?
Answer
A. 45º 00'
33
True bearing of a line is 217º and magnetic declination is 2° w. Find the magnetic bearing.
Answer
B. 219º
34
Which is the formula for calculating the sum of interior angles of a traverse?
Answer
B. (2n − 4 ) right angles
35
Which method of plane table surveying is suitable, when it is difficult or impossible to measure distances in a mountainous country and also used for checking distant objects?
Answer
B. Intersection
36
The most suitable surveying used for the filling in of the details between the stations previously fixed by triangulation or theodolite traversing is :
Answer
D. Plane table survey
37
Which statement given below is not an advantage of plane tabling? (i) Most suitable for preparing small scale maps (ii) Surveyor can compare the plotted work with actual features of the area surveyed (iii) It is not intended for accurate work (iv) There is no possibility of omitting the necessary measurements as the map is plotted in the field
Answer
C. (iii)
38
Which of the following instrument is used for marking the direction of the magnetic meridian on the paper in plane table surveying?
Answer
B. A trough compass
39
The operation of placing the table over the station on the ground that the point plotted on the sheet corresponding to the station occupied should be exactly over the station on the ground is known as :
Answer
B. Centering the table
40
The line joining the intersection of the cross-hairs to the optical centre of the object glass and its continuation is called —————— or ——————. (i) The line of collimation (ii) The line of sight (iii) The plane of collimation (iv) The plane of sight (v) The height of instrument (vi) The axis of telescope
Answer
A. (i) or (ii)
41
The vertical distance above or below the datum is —————— of a point.
Answer
C. The elevation
42
The method of levelling in which it is necessary to set-up the level in several positions and to work in a series of stages is :
Answer
D. All of these
43
In Trigonometrical levelling :
Answer
A. The elevation of points are computed from the vertical angles and horizontal distances measured in the field
44
In precise levelling work, the effect of curvature is that the objects sighted to appear :
Answer
A. Lower than they really are
45
‘Pick the wrong statement’. The advantage of reciprocal levelling is that it eliminates :
Answer
D. The atmospheric error
46
Find the correction for curvature for a distance of 4 km :
Answer
D. 1.256 m
47
Sensitiveness of bubble tube increased by :
Answer
D. All the above
48
Staff reading taken on a point of known R.L as on a bench mark or a change point is
Answer
A. Back sight
49
If the higher values in a series of closed contours on a map are outwards it indicates
Answer
B. Depression
50
The process of spacing the contours proportionally between the plotted ground points is the :
Answer
A. Interpolation of contours
51
The prismoidal formula in computation of volumes can be applied to —————— number of sections.
Answer
C. Odd
52
The light, compact, hand instrument of low precision used for measuring angles of elevation and depression is :
Answer
D. Abney level
53
Find the height of the corbel above the floor level from the following data : Reduced level of floor level = 98.580 m Staff reading on the floor = 1.055 m Reading on the staff held inverted, touching the bottom portion of the corbel is 3.065m.
Answer
B. 4.120 m
54
Focussing the eye-piece and object glass in temporary adjustments of a level is performed to :
Answer
A. Eliminate parallax error
55
The various sizes of theodolite varying from 8 cm to 25 cm is defined by the :
Answer
D. Diameter of the graduated circle on the lower plate
56
The lower plate, also called the scale plate of a theodolite is graduated from :
Answer
B. 0° to 360°
57
The process of turning the telescope over its supporting axis through 180º in a vertical plane is called :
Answer
C. Transiting
58
The sensitiveness on sensitivity of a level tube is expressed in terms of the :
Answer
D. All the above
59
The theoretic sum of the exterior angles of a closed traverse should be equal to —————— right angles.
Answer
A. (2N + 4 )
60
The multiplying constant f/i of a tacheometer should be:
Answer
C. 100
61
Horizontal curves are provided in the horizontal plane to change the :
Answer
B. Direction
62
A curve may be designated by : (i) The radius (ii) The angle subtended at the centre by a chord of particular length
Answer
C. Both (i) and (ii)
63
The stadia markings on a tacheometer are made on :
Answer
A. Diaphragm
64
Reading both the verniers of a theodolite eliminates :
Answer
C. Eccentricity error
65
Which EDM instrument is fabricated and worked on the propagation of the modulated light waves?
Answer
C. Geodimeter
66
In modern surveying ‘GIS’ stands for :
Answer
C. Geographic Information System
67
As per the theory of EDM, which is not the fundamental measurement of a total station :
Answer
A. Level difference
68
For accurate centring of modern theodolite, especially in windy climates, which arrangement is most suitable :
Answer
D. Optical plummet
69
Surveying which deal with the mapping of large water bodies for the purpose of navigations, construction of harbour works prediction of tides etc. is:
Answer
B. Hydrographic survey
70
Which part of an EDM instrument propagate electromagnetic waves?
Answer
D. Transmitter
71
The number of times the electromagnetic wave completes a cycle in one second is termed as :
Answer
B. Frequency
72
The process of determination of the bed depth of a water body is called :
Answer
A. Sounding
73
Short cut key ‘A’ is used to create —————— in AutoCAD.
Answer
B. Arc
74
In AutoCAD, the full form of UCS is :
Answer
C. User Coordinate System
75
Command used to delete a portion of an object specified by a starting point and ending point is :
Answer
C. Break
76
Shortcut used in AutoCAD for pasting object is :
Answer
D. Ctrl + v
77
A filled ring of two different diameter with a specified centre, the command used to create in AutoCAD is :
Answer
A. Doughnut
78
For object snap tracking on or off, use function key :
Answer
D. F 11
79
To creates multiple copies of selected object in a regular interval in a rectangular or polar form, most suitable AutoCAD command is :
Answer
B. Array
80
Function key for ‘Online Help’ in Auto CAD is :
Answer
C. F1
81
Unit of energy is :
Answer
D. Joule
82
If A : B = 6 : 9 and B : C = 27 : 54, then A : B : C = ?
Answer
A. 2 : 3 : 6
83
60% of number is 6, Identify the number :
Answer
B. 10
84
When a cone is cut by a plane parallel to the base and upper part is removed, the balance portion’s known as :
Answer
C. Frustum of a cone
85
If the diameter of a hemisphere is D, then its volume is:
Answer
B. πD³/12
86
1 + tan 2 θ = ?
Answer
A. sec 2 θ
87
The bond formed by sharing of electrons between atoms rather than by transfer of electrons is :
Answer
D. Covalent bonds
88
Mass per unit volume of a substance is :
Answer
A. Density
89
Unit of specific gravity is :
Answer
D. No unit, simply expressed in a number
90
A iron ball of 2 kg is dropped from a height of 10 metre, what will be the velocity when it reaches the ground level, if acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s :
Answer
C. 14 m/s
91
The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by one Celsius degree is :
Answer
C. Specific heat
92
Nut cracker is an example of :
Answer
B. Lever of second order
93
The rocks formed due to pouring of magma at earth’s surface are :
Answer
B. Volcanic rocks
94
The perfect binding of alumina and sand is happened during —————— process of brick manufacturing.
Answer
D. Burning
95
The product obtained after slaking of quick lime is :
Answer
A. Hydrated lime
96
The defects in timber, which is due to over maturity or by poor ventilation during storage :
Answer
A. Foxiness
97
The most suitable cement used in works of under water or running water concrete is :
Answer
C. Quick setting cement
98
The arrangement of taking one road over or under another by means of a bridge, when two or more roads meet or cross one another is :
Answer
A. Grade separation
99
Area in which crop is grown at a particular time or crop season is :
Answer
B. Culturable cultivated area
100
In individual wall method of estimate, short wall length in-to-in is calculated by using the formula :
Answer
D. Centre to centre length – one breadth of that particular item of work ———————— 108/2022 14 A

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