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The primary purpose of the Windrose diagram is for the design oflength of a runway.orientation of a runway.width of a runway.gradient of a runway.
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Which one of the following statements is TRUE with respect to levelling survey?A level surface at all points is normal to the direction of the force of gravity.Two level ...
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A tourist visiting a city holds a map prepared at a scale of $1: 25000$. The tourist measures the distance between place $\text{A}$ and place $\text{B}$ in the city as $1...
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For the traverse given below, the benchmark is at ground point $\text{L}$. The Reduced Level (RL) of $\text{L}$ is $150.000$ m. The direction of the traverse is from $\te...
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A vertical curve is formed by a descending gradient of $1$ in $40$ meeting an ascending gradient of $1$ in $50$. Consider the following:Stopping Sight Distance $(\mathrm{...
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Interior angles measured at the locations of a closed traverse $\text{ABCDA}$ are given in table below.\[\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline\text{Location} & \text{Interior angle}...
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The Whole Circle Bearing (WCB) of line AB is $150^{\circ}$. The length of $\text{AB}$ is $100$ m. The latitude and departure values, respectively, for this line are:$+86....
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A $30$ m long tape is standardized at $25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. It was used to measure the length of a line which came out to be $200$ m. The temperature during the measur...
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The height of the plane of collimation of a levelling instrument is $100.000$ m from a datum. The levelling instrument measures a Back Sight of $1.500$ m on a vertically ...
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Locations $P$ and $Q$ are separated by a wide valley. The difference in levels of locations $P$ and $Q$ measured by a levelling instrument stationed near $P$ is $3.0$ m. ...
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The following consecutive readings (in m) were taken with a dumpy level and a levelling staff at a common interval of $20$ m:\[0.385 ; 1.030 ; 1.925 ; 2.825 ; 3.730 ; 4.8...
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The point where the road alignment changes from a tangent to a curve is known as $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$Point of deflectionPoint of intersectionPoint of curvePoint of tangency
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A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a scale of $1 \mathrm{~cm}=40 \mathrm{~m}$ and the result was $468 \: \mathrm{m}$. Later, it was ...
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If the Fore Bearing of the lines $AB$ and $BC$ are $60^{\circ}$ and $122^{\circ}$, respectively, then the interior angle $\angle \mathrm{ABC}$ (in degrees) is $\_\_\_\_\_...
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​​​​​​The maximum degree of the curve that can be used for railways in a mountainous region is$10$$20$$50$$40$
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​​​​​​If the horizontal distance between a staff point and the point of observation is $d$, the error due to the curvature of earth is proportional to$d$$\frac{1}{d}$$d^{...
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​​​​​​If the quadrantal bearing of a line is $\mathrm{N} 30^{\circ} \mathrm{W}$, then the whole circle bearing of the line is$120^{\circ}$$210^{\circ}$$300^{\circ}$$330^{...
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Road $A$ and Road $B$ are joined by a circular horizontal curve of radius $200 \: \mathrm{m}$ as shown in the figure. Road $A$ and Road $B$ are tangential to the curve at...
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In levelling between two points $A$ and $B$ on the opposite banks of a river, the readings are taken by setting the instrument both at $A$ and $B$ , as shown in the table...
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​​​​​​For a reconnaissance survey, it is necessary to obtain vertical aerial photographs of a terrain at an average scale of $1: 13000$ using a camera. If the permissible...
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​​​​​What is the CORRECT match between the survey instruments/parts of instruments shown in the table and the operations carried out with them?\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline ...
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To finalize the direction of a survey, four surveyors set up a theodolite at a station $\mathrm{P}$ and performed all the temporary adjustments. From the station $\mathrm...
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A child walks on a level surface from point $\text{P}$ to point $\text{Q}$ at a bearing of $30^{\circ}$, from point $\mathrm{Q}$ to point $\mathrm{R}$ at a bearing of $90...
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Differential levelling is carried out from point $\text{P(B M}:+200.000 \mathrm{~m})$ to point $\text{R}$. The readings taken are given in the table.PointsStaff readings ...
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​​​​​If the number of sides resulting in a closed traverse is increased from three to four, the sum of the interior angles increases by$90^{\circ}$$180^{\circ}$$270^{\cir...
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​​​​​​A map is prepared with a scale of $1: 1000$ and a contour interval of $1 \mathrm{~m}$. If the distance between two adjacent contours on the map is $10 \mathrm{~mm}$...
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A bird is resting on a point $\mathrm{P}$ at a height of $8 \mathrm{~m}$ above the Mean Sea Level (MSL). Upon hearing a loud noise, the bird flies parallel to the ground ...
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The magnetic bearing of the sun for a location at noon is $ 183^{\circ} \; 30^{\prime}$. If the sun is exactly on the geographic meridian at noon, the magnetic declinatio...
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If the size of the ground area is $6 \mathrm{~km} \times 3 \mathrm{~km}$ and the corresponding photo size in the aerial photograph is $30 \mathrm{~cm} \times 15 \mathrm{~...
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A delivery agent is at a location $\mathrm{R}$. To deliver the order, she is instructed to travel to location P along straight-line paths of $\mathrm{RC}, \mathrm{CA}, \m...
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The direct and reversed zenith angles observed by a theodolite are $56^{\circ} 00^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime}$ and $303^{\circ} 00^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime}$, respectiv...
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A student is scanning his $10 \text { inch } \times 10 \text { inch}$ certificate at $ 600 \text { dots per inch (dpi)}$ to convert it to raster. What is the percentage r...
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Trigonometric levelling was carried out from two stations $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ to find the reduced level ($\text{R. L.}$) of the top of hillock, as shown in the ...
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If the magnetic bearing of the Sun at a place at noon is $\text{S} \; 2^{\circ} \; \text{E},$ the magnetic declination (in $\textbf{degrees}$) at that place is$2^{\circ} ...
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An aerial photograph is taken from a flight at a height of $3.5$ $\text{km}$ above mean sea level, using a camera of focal length $152$ $\text{mm}$. If the average ground...
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A line between stations $P$ and $Q$ laid on a slope of $1$ in $5$ was measured as $350\; m$ using a $50\; m$ tape. The tape is known to be shortly by $0.1\; m$.The correc...
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The bearing of a survey line is $N31 ^{\circ} 17’W$. Its azimuth observed from north is _________________ deg. (round off to two decimal places)
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The Cartesian coordinates of a point $P$ in a right-handed coordinate system are $(1, 1, 1)$. The transformed coordinates of $P$ due to a $45^{\circ}$ clockwise rotation ...
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An open traverse PQRST is surveyed using theodolite and the consecutive coordinates obtained are given in the tableIf the independent coordinates (Northing, Easting) of s...
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The lengths and bearings of a traverse $PQRS$ are:$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline \text{Segment}&\text{Length}\:(m) &\text{Bearing}\\\hline PQ&40&80^\circ{} \\\hline QR&...