A back sight
(A) Is always taken on a point of known elevation or can be computed
(B) Is added to the known level to obtain the instrument height
(C) Taken on an inverted staff is treated as negative
(D) All the above
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) An observation or the resulting reading with the level on a levelling staff is called sight (B) A back sight is the first sight taken after setting up ... position (C) The first sight on each change point is a fore sight (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : In case of levelling, backsight is (a) A fixed point of known elevation (b) The last staff reading taken before shifting the instrument (c) The first staff reading taken after setting the instrument (d) Any staff reading taken on a point of unknown elevation
Last Answer : (c) The first staff reading taken after setting the instrument
Description : Keeping the instrument height as 1½ m, length of staff 4 m, the up gradient of the ground 1 in 10, the sight on the up slope must be less than (A) 25 cm (B) 20 m (C) 45 m (D) 10 m
Last Answer : (C) 45 m
Description : Keeping the instrument height as 1.5 m, length of staff 4 m, the slope of the ground as 1 in 10, the sight on the down-slope, must be less than (A) 30 m (B) 25 m (C) 20 m (D) 15 m
Last Answer : (B) 25 m
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The lines of sight while observing back sight and fore sight lie in the same horizontal plane (B) The staff readings are measurements made ... readings are taken, coincides with the level surface through the telescope axis (D) All the above
Description : During levelling if back sight is more than foresight (A) The forward staff is at lower point (B) The back staff is at lower point (C) The difference in level, cannot be ascertained (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) The back staff is at lower point
Description : R.L. of floor at a building is 74.4 m, staff reading on the floor is 1.625 and staff reading when it is held inverted with bottom touching the ceiling of a hall is 2.870; then the height of the ceiling above the floor is (a) 3.593 m (b) 3.953 m (c) 4.495 m (d) 4. 594 m
Last Answer : (c) 4.495 m
Description : Design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super-elevation, sight distance and grades, is worst affected by (A) Width of the vehicle (B) Length of the vehicle (C) Height of the vehicle (D) Speed of the vehicle
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The difference of level between a point below the plane of sight and one above, is the sum of two staff readings and an error would be produced equal to (A) The distance between the zero of ... Thrice the distance between the zero of graduation and the foot of the staff (D) None of the above
Last Answer : (B) Twice the distance between the zero of graduation and the foot of the staff
Description : The reduced level of a floor is 99.995 m, the staff reading on the floor is 1.505 m. If the inverted staff reading against the roof is 1.795 m, the floor level below the slab, is (A) 3.290 m (B) 3.300 m (C) 3.275 m (D) 2.790 m
Last Answer : (B) 3.300 m
Description : The safe stopping sight distance D, may be computed from the equation (A) D = 0.278 Vt + V²/254f (B) D = 0.254 Vt + V²/278f (C) D = 0.254 Vt + V²/225f (D) D = 0.225 Vt + V²/254f
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : A dumpy level was set up at the midpoint between two pegs A and B, 50 m apart and the staff readings at and were 1.22 and 1.06. With the level set up at , the readings at and were 1.55 and ... upwards (B) 0.04 m inclined downwards (C) 0.04 m inclined upward (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) 0.04 m inclined downwards
Description : Define i) Back Sight Reading ii) Height of instrument
Last Answer : i) Back Sight Reading: This is the first staff reading taken in any set up of the instrument after leveling has been perfectly done. This reading is always taken on a point of known RL i.e on bench mark ... by adding the BS reading to the RL of the BM or CP on which the staff reading was taken.
Description : Define the following: (i) Height of instrument (i) Back sight (iii) Fore sight (iv) Axis of bubble tube
Last Answer : i. Height of instrument: It is the reduced level of line of collimation when the leveling instrument is properly leveled. It is obtained by adding the BS reading to RL of bench mark or change point on which the ... when the bubble is at the center of its run i.e. at middle point of the tube.
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) In astronomical telescope, the rays from the object after refraction at the objective are brought to a focus before entering the eyepiece to produce ... the objective traversing through the eyepiece, is called line of sight (D) All the above
Description : Accurate measurement of deflection angles with a transit not properly adjusted may be made by (A) Setting the Vernier A at zero at back station and then plunging the telescope (B) Setting the ... back sights one with the telescope normal and the other with telescope inverted (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Taking two back sights one with the telescope normal and the other with telescope inverted
Description : Transition curves are introduced at either end of a circular curve, to obtain (A) Gradually decrease of curvature from zero at the tangent point to the specified quantity at the junction of the ... specified amount at the junction of the transition curve with main curve (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Gradual increase of super-elevation from zero at the tangent point to the specified amount at the junction of the transition curve with main curve
Description : In tangential tacheometry, an ordinary level staff is used (A) Leaning towards the instrument for inclined sights upward (B) Leaning away from the instrument for inclined sights downwards (C) Vertical in all cases (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Vertical in all cases
Description : While viewing through a level telescope and moving the eye slightly, a relative movement occurs between the image of the levelling staff and the cross hairs. The instrument is (A) Correctly focussed (B) Not correctly focussed (C) Said to have parallax (D) Free from parallax
Last Answer : (C) Said to have parallax
Description : The intercept of a staff (A) Is maximum if the staff is held truly normal to the line of sight (B) Is minimum if the staff is held truly normal to the line of sight (C) Decreases if the staff is tilted away from normal (D) Increases if the staff is tilted towards normal
Last Answer : (B) Is minimum if the staff is held truly normal to the line of sight
Description : A sewer is laid from a manhole to a manhole , 250 m away along a gradient of 1 in 125. If the reduced level of the invert at is 205.75 m and the height of the boning rod is 3 m, the reduced level of the sight rail at , is (A) 208.75 m (B) 202.75 m (C) 206.75 m (D) 211.75 m
Last Answer : (C) 206.75 m
Description : Consider the following pre-conditions for correct use of a theodolite: 1. The vertical axis need not be perpendicular to the plane of the plate level bubble. 2. The line of sight must be perpendicular to the horizontal axis. 3. The axis of ... ? (a) 1, 2, 3 & 4 (b) 2 only (c) 3 only (d) 1 & 4 only
Last Answer : (b) 2 only
Description : A transit is oriented by setting its vernier A to read the back azimuth of the preceding line. A back sight on the preceding transit station taken and transit is rotated about its vertical axis. The vernier ... (C) Back bearing of the forward line (D) Equal to 360°-azimuth of the forward line
Last Answer : (A) Azimuth of the forward line
Description : The back staff reading on a B.M. of R.L. 500.000 m is 2.685 m. If foresight reading on a point is 1.345 m, the reduced level of the point, is (A) 502.685 m (B) 501.345 m (C) 501.340 m (D) 504.030 m
Last Answer : (C) 501.340 m
Description : A relatively fixed point of known elevation above datum, is called (A) Bench mark (B) Datum point (C) Reduced level (D) Reference point
Last Answer : (A) Bench mark
Description : The convexity provided to the carriageway between the crown and edge of the pavement, is known as (A) Super-elevation (B) Camber (C) Height of the pavement (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Select the correct statement (A) Local atmospheric pressure depends upon elevation of locality only (B) Standard atmospheric pressure is the mean local atmospheric pressure a* sea level ... atmospheric pressure (D) A barometer reads the difference between local and standard atmospheric pressure
Description : Which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Local atmospheric pressure is always lesser than standard atmospheric pressure (b) Local atmospheric pressure depends upon the elevation of ... sea level (d) A barometer reads the difference between local, and standard atmospheric pressure
Last Answer : (c) Standard atmospheric pressure is the mean atmospheric pressure at sea level
Description : The first reading from a level station is (A) Foresight (B) Intermediate sight (C) Back-sight (D) Any sight
Last Answer : (C) Back-sight
Description : An insulation resistance test is performed on a particular piece of electric equipment. In addition to the resistance reading, what information listed below should be entered in the electrical log? A. ... D. The complete nameplate data from the resistance test instrument used to obtain the reading.
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : In levelling operation (A) When the instrument is being shifted, the staff must not be moved (B) When the staff is being carried forward, the instrument must remain stationary (C) Both (a) and (b) (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
Last Answer : (C) Both (a) and (b)
Description : While calculating the overtaking sight distance, the height of the object above road surface, is assumed (A) 50 cm (B) 75 cm (C) 100 cm (D) 120 cm
Description : The elevation Z of the watershed is: (where letters carry their usual meanings) (A) Reduced level of the top most point of the basin (B) Reduced level of the lower most point of the basin (C) Average ... highest and lowest point of the drainage basin (D) Obtained by the formula Z = + + + anzn)/A
Description : What is the height of a hill when the distance between its angles of elevation which are 20.92 degrees and 31 degrees on level ground is 110 meters?
Last Answer : Using trigonometry the height of the hill works out as 115.58meters rounded to two decimal places
Description : What is the height of a mountain when the distance between its angles of elevation which are 16.6 degrees and 22.3 degrees on level ground is 500 meters?
Last Answer : This can be solved using the Tangent trigonometric ratio.The larger angle of elevation is the closer angle.Let the horizontal distance from this point to the peak of themountain be d metres; then:height = d ... tan 22.3°≈ 546 m(Generally mountains are more than 600 m, so this is more of ahill.)
Description : What is the height of a building when the distance between its angles of elevation which are 29 degrees and 37 degrees is 30 meters on level ground?
Last Answer : Using trigonometry its height works out as 63 meters to thenearest meter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------let ... substitute the values of α, β and x in and find theheight:h = (30 m tan 37° tan 29°)/(tan 37° - tan 29°) ≈ 63 m
Description : The distance between terminal points computed from a subsidiary traverse run between them, is generally known, as (A) Traverse leg (B) A base (C) Traverse base (D) All the above
Last Answer : (C) Traverse base
Description : In levelling operation, (A) The first sight on any change point is a back sight (B) The second sight on any change point is a fore sight (C) The line commences with a fore sight and closes with a back sight (D) The line commences with a back sight and closes with a foresight
Last Answer : (D) The line commences with a back sight and closes with a foresight
Description : Which one of the following factors does not affect the scale of the air photographs? (A) Focal length (B) Flying height (C) Ground elevation (D) None of these
Description : One of the Lehmann's rules of plane tabling, is (A) Location of the instrument station is always distant from each of the three rays from the known points in proportion to their distances ( ... to the most distant point as the inter-section of the other two rays (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Location of the instrument station is always distant from each of the three rays from the known points in proportion to their distances
Description : The surface of zero elevation around the earth, which is slightly irregular and curved, is known as (A) Mean sea level (B) Geoid surface (C) Level surface (D) Horizontal surface
Last Answer : (B) Geoid surface
Description : Dumpy level is most suitable when (A) The instrument is to be shifted frequently (B) Fly levelling is being done over long distance (C) Many readings are to be taken from a single setting of the instrument (D) All of the above
Last Answer : (C) Many readings are to be taken from a single setting of the instrument
Description : A dumpy level was set up at mid-point between pegs A and B, 80 m apart and the staff readings were 1.32 and 1.56. When the level was set up at a point 10 m from A on BA produced, the staff readings obtained at A ... this set up at S should be (A) 1.435 (B) 1.345 (C) 1.425 (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) 1.345
Description : An object nearer to a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an ______ image. a. Inverted b. The same in size c. Virtual d. Smaller size
Last Answer : c. Virtual
Description : An object farther from a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an _____ image. a. Inverted b. The same in size c. Virtual d. Smaller size
Last Answer : a. Inverted
Description : An object farther from a converging lens than its focal point always has an _______ image. A. virtual B. the same in size C. inverted D. smaller size
Last Answer : C. inverted
Description : An object nearer to a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an ______ image. ∙ a. Inverted ∙ b. The same in size ∙ c. Virtual ∙ d. Smaller size
Description : An object farther from a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an _____ image. ∙ a. Inverted ∙ b. The same in size ∙ c. Virtual ∙ d. Smaller size
Description : An elderly hypertensive was treated with hydrochlorothiazide 50 mg daily. Even after a month, his BP was not reduced to the desired level and another antihypertensive was added. After 2 hours of taking the ... likely other drug given to him is: A. Atenolol B. Captopril C. Methyldopa D. Amlodipine
Last Answer : B. Captopril
Description : What action should be taken if contact is lost with the runway during a circling approach? a. Descend to Decision Height and if still no contact with the runway, initiate a missed approach b. Land on the instrument runway c. Initiate a missed approach d. Return to the FAF
Last Answer : c. Initiate a missed approach