☰ Transportation Engineering (Civil Engineering) - MCQs

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Q13.

Prismatic compass and surveyor's compass respectively given :

  • A. whole circle bearing of a line and quadrantal bearing of a line
  • B. both quadrantal bearing of a line
  • C. both whole circle bearing of a line
  • D. quandrantal and whole circle bearing of a line

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Q14.

With regards to traversing :

  • A. South co-ordinate is an example of negative co-ordinate
  • B. In an open traverse the angular error is determined by astronomical observations
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these

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Q15.

Inclination of the needle to the horizontal towards the pole is called :

  • A. Dip
  • B. Declination
  • C. Azimuth
  • D. Bearing

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Q16.

The closing error in a traverse is adjusted by :

  • A. elimination error and modifying the shape
  • B. error is distributed to all stations proportionately by shifting the station parallel to the direction of closing error
  • C. error is distributed to all stations proportionately by shifting the stations perpendicular to the direction of closing error
  • D. none of these

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Q17.

Quadrantal system confines the user to measure bearing from :

  • A. north point clocksise
  • B. north point or south point whichever is nearer
  • C. north point anti-clockwise
  • D. none of these

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Q18.

Dip of the needle :

  • A. is constant
  • B. varies from place to place and is zero at the equator and maximum at the poles
  • C. is zero at the equator and poles
  • D. none of these

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