☰ Transportation Engineering (Civil Engineering) - MCQs

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Q19.

Chainage is the distance measured :

  • A. along a chain line
  • B. perpendicular to a chain line
  • C. perpendicular to a tie line
  • D. none of these

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Q20.

Positive error is caused if :

  • A. length of chain is shorter than the standard
  • B. slope and sag correction is not applied
  • C. mesurements are made along the incorrectly
  • D. all of these

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Q21.

The base line is measured with :

  • A. metallic tape
  • B. steel tape
  • C. Invar tape
  • D. chain

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Q22.

Method of offset laying involving minimum measurement on the ground is :

  • A. perpendicular offset method
  • B. oblique offset method
  • C. tie offset method
  • D. none of these

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Q23.

Open cross staff is used for setting out :

  • A. long offsets
  • B. short offset
  • C. oblique offset
  • D. none of these

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Q24.

Metallic tapes are made of :

  • A. steel
  • B. invar
  • C. cloth and wires
  • D. nickel

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