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Civil Engineering Mcqs

The cross hairs in the surveying telescope are placed_____________?

  • (A)  midway between eye piece and objec¬tive lens
  • (B)  much closer to the eye-piece than to the objective lens
  • (C)  much closer to the objective lens than to the eye piece
  • (D)  anywhere between eye-piece and objective lens
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Which of the following errors is not eliminated by the method of repetition of horizontal angle measurement ?

  • (A)  error due to eccentricity of verniers
  • (B)  error due to displacement of station signals
  • (C)  error due to wrong adjustment of line of collimation and trunnion axis
  • (D)  error due to inaccurate graduation
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Which of the following errors can be neutralised by setting the level midway between the two stations ?

  • (A)  error due to curvature only
  • (B)  error due to refraction only
  • (C)  error due to both curvature and re-fraction
  • (D)  none of the above
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If the staff is not held vertical at a level¬ling station, the reduced level calculated from the observation would be_______________?

  • (A)  true R.L
  • (B)  more than true R.L
  • (C)  less than true R.L
  • (D)  none of the above
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The sensitivity of a bubble tube can be increased by________________?

  • (A)  increasing the diameter of the tube
  • (B)  decreasing the length of bubble
  • (C)  increasing the viscosity of liquid
  • (D)  decreasing the radius of curvature of tube
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Refraction correction________________?

  • (A)  completely eliminates curvature correction
  • (B)  partially eliminates curvature correction
  • (C)  adds to the curvature correction
  • (D)  has no effect on curvature correction
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


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The following sights are taken on a “turning point”________________?

  • (A)  foresight only
  • (B)  backsight only
  • (C)  foresight and backsight
  • (D)  foresight and intermediate sight
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Which of the following errors can be eliminated by taking mean of bot face observations ?

  • (A)  error due to imperfect graduations
  • (B)  error due to eccentricity of verniers
  • (C)  error due to imperfect adjustment of plate levels
  • (D)  error due to line of collimation not being perpendicular to horizontal axis
Submitted By :Ali Uppal