The total change in level along the line is equal to total back sights
(A) Minus total fore sights
(B) The total rises minus total falls
(C) The reduced level of last point minus reduced level of the first point
(D) All the above
Description : The line of collimation method of reduction of levels, does not provide a check on (A) Intermediate sights (B) Fore sights (C) Back sights (D) Reduced levels
Last Answer : (A) Intermediate sights
Description : The rise and fall method of reduction of levels, provides a check on (A) Back sights (B) Fore sights (C) Intermediate sights (D) All of these
Last Answer : (D) All of these
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 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 : If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the (A) Effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change (B) Effective stress is ... D) Total stress is increased due to decrease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
Last Answer : (B) Effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
Description : Back bearing of a line is equal to (A) Fore bearing ± 90° (B) Fore bearing ± 180° (C) Fore bearing ± 360° (D) Fore bearing ± 270°
Last Answer : (B) Fore bearing ± 180°
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) Free surface ground water is subjected to atmospheric pressure (B) Water table surface rises and falls with seasons (C) ... directly proportional to the rate of drawl of water (D) Level of water table remains stationary
Last Answer : (D) Level of water table remains stationary
Description : The law of diminishing (marginal) returns states that as more of a variable factor is added to a certain amount of a fixed factor, beyond some point: a. Total physical product begins ... The marginal physical product rises c. The marginal physical product falls d. The average physical product falls
Last Answer : c. The marginal physical product falls
Description : Define- 1. Whole circle bearing 2. Reduced bearing 3. Fore bearing 4. Back bearing
Last Answer : 1.Whole circle bearing- The bearing measures only in the clockwise direction from meridian or north direction is known as whole circle bearing. 2.Reduced bearing The bearing measures with ... bearing The bearing observed in the direction of opposite of survey is called fore bearing.
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 : When a cube of ice floating on water in a beaker melts, the level of water in the beaker (a) rises (b) falls (c) remains the same (d) first rises and then falls
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : An ice block with a piece of lead embedded in it floats in water. If ice melts the water level – (1) Rises (2) Falls (3) Remains same (4) Falls first and them rises
Last Answer : (2) Falls
Description : An ice block with a piece of lead embeded in it floats in water. If ice melts the water level (1) Rises (2) Falls (3) Remains same (4) Falls first and then rises
Last Answer : Falls
Description : If total revenue rises when price falls, the demand curve is (a) Elastic (b) Unitary elastic (c) Inelastic (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (a) Elastic
Description : When a vessel containing a liquid is heated, the level of liquid initially falls and then rises up. Why does it happen so? OR Describe the irregular expansion of liquid.
Last Answer : On heating the liquid water from 0 degree C to 4 degree C, it contracts so the level of liquid initially falls. But after 4 degree C it expands so liquid rises up.
Description : Neoclassical economics concerns itself with the determination of various prices. In the branch of Microeconomics, economists are concerned with _________, while in Macroeconomics they consider _________ (a) Price ... prices: the aggregate price level ; (d) Costs to consumers: costs to producer
Last Answer : (c) Individual product prices: the aggregate price level ;
Description : The internal rate of return - (1) must be less than the interest rate if the firm is to in-vest. (2) makes the present value of profits equal to the present value of costs. (3) falls as the annual yield of an investment rises. (4) is equal to the market interest rate for all the firm's in-vestment.
Last Answer : (3) falls as the annual yield of an investment rises. Explanation: The internal rate of return on an investment or project is the "annualized effective compounded re-turn rate" or discount rate ... the investment equals the net present value of the benefits (positive cash flows) of the investment.
Description : The internal rate of return (1) must be less than the interest rate if the firm is to invest. (2) makes the present value of profits equal to the present value of costs. (3) falls as the annual yield of an investment rises. (4) is equal to the market interest rate for all the firm’s investment.
Last Answer : falls as the annual yield of an investment rises.
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 : In horizontal angles, the error due to imperfect levelling of the plate bubble is (A) Large when sights are nearly level (B) Large for long sights (C) Less for steeply inclined sights (D) Large for steeply inclined sights
Last Answer : (D) Large for steeply inclined sights
Description : The operation of making the algebraic sum of latitudes and departures of a closed traverse, each equal to zero, is known (A) Balancing the sights (B) Balancing the departures (C) Balancing the latitudes (D) Balancing the traverse
Last Answer : (D) Balancing the traverse
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 : Define the terms i) Fore Bearing, ii) Open traverse, iii) Closing error, iv) Reduced bearing
Last Answer : i) Fore bearing : The bearing observed in the direction of progress of survey in clockwise manner is called fore bearing ii) Open traverse : When the first and last survey lines does ... north or south direction in clockwise or anticlockwise manner is known as reduced or quadrantal bearing.
Description : If the plane table is not horizontal in a direction at right angles to the alidade, the line of sight is parallel to the fiducial edge only for (A) Horizontal sights (B) Inclined sights upward (C) Inclined sight downward (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Horizontal sights
Description : There are two stations A and B. Which of the following statements is correct? (A) The fore bearing of AB is AB (B) The back bearing of AB is BA (C) The fore and back bearings of AB differ by 180° (D) All the above
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 : Define ‘ Fore bearing ’ & ‘ back bearing ’ of line with a neat sketch
Last Answer : Fore bearing : The bearing of line observed in the direction of progress of survey is called fore bearing of the line. Bearing of line AB is observed at A' towards B' is called as fore bearing of the line ... The bearing observed at B' towards A' is called as back bearing of the line AB'
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 : "Marginal Cost" equals - (1) total cost minus total benefit for the last unit produced (2) total cost divided by total benefit for the last unit produced (3) total cost divided by quantity (4) the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity
Last Answer : (4) the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity Explanation: Marginal cost is the change in the total cost that arises when the quantity produced has an increment by unity. That is, it is ... Rs.50,002. That would mean the marginal cost-the cost of producing the next unit- was Rs.2.
Description : “Marginal Cost” equals (1) total cost minus total benefit for the last unit produced (2) total cost divided by total benefit for the last unit produced (3) total cost divided by quantity (4) the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity
Last Answer : the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity
Description : The reduced levels of points, 30 metres apart along the longitudinal section of a road portion between chainages 5 and 9 are shown in the given figure. If there is a uniform up-gradient of the road 120 in 1, the chainage ... 15) chains (B) (6 + 12) chains (C) (6 + 18) chains (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) (6 + 12) chains
Description : Gauge pressure at a point is equal to the absolute pressure __________ the atmospheric pressure. (A) Plus (B) Minus (C) Divide (D) Multiply
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : What falls and rises but never moves? -Riddles
Last Answer : A stockmarket.
Description : Which statement regarding air temperature is NOT trueCool air rises and warm air falls.Air heats up more quickly than land.Warm air is less dense than cool air.Air heats up more quickly than water?
Last Answer : Cool air rises and warm air falls is false. Cool air is denser than warm air, and therefore warm air will rise above cold air.
Description : What a period called when there business activity slows down prices and wages falls and unemployment rises?
Last Answer : That is a recession.
Description : When price of a substitute of commodity falls, the demand for - (1) falls (2) remains unchanged (3) increases at increasing rate (4) rises
Last Answer : (1) falls Explanation: Cross Price Effect refers to effect on the demand for a given commodity due to a change in the price of a substitute commodity. A change (increase or decrease) in the ... the given commodity (tea) also decreases. It shifts the demand curve of the given commodity towards left.
Description : Over short period, when income rises, average propensity to consume usually - (1) rises (2) falls (3) remains constant (4) fluctuates
Last Answer : (2) falls Explanation: Keynes postulated that aggregate consumption is a function of aggregate current disposable income. The Keynesian consumption function is written as: C = a + eY a > 0, 0 < c < 1; ... the disposal in-come. So as income increases, average propensity to consume (APC = C/Y) falls.
Description : 'Law of demand' implies that when there is excess demand for a commodity, then (1) price of the commodity falls (2) price of the commodity remains same (3) price of the commodity rises (4) quantity demanded of the commodity falls
Last Answer : (3) price of the commodity rises Explanation: The Law of demand states that the quantity demanded and the price of a commodity are inversely related, other things remaining constant. That is, if ... of the commodity the price starts rising and it continues to rise till equilibrium price is reached.
Description : For an inferior good, demand falls when - (1) price rises (2) income rise (3) price falls (4) income falls
Last Answer : (2) income rise Explanation: In economics, income elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the demand for a good to a change in the income of the people demanding the good. ... opposite is observed. Normal goods are those for which consumers' demand increases when their income increases.
Description : Which of the following occurs when labour productivity rises? (1) The equilibrium nominal wage falls. (2) The equilibrium quantity of labour falls. (3) Competitive firms will be induced to use more capital (4) The labour demand curve shifts to the right
Last Answer : (4) The labour demand curve shifts to the right Explanation: As labour productivity increases, the production function shifts up and simultaneously the labor demand curve shifts out and right. At ... , the production function shifts up and simultaneously the labor demand curve shifts out and right.
Description : If the price of an inferior good falls, its demand - (1) rises (2) falls (3) remains constant (4) can be any of the above
Last Answer : (1) rises Explanation: Some goods are known as inferior goods. With inferior goods, there is an inverse relationship between real income and the demand for the good in question. If real incomes rise, the ... than rely on the more inferior bus, so the demand for bus travel falls as real incomes rise.
Description : A storm is predicted if atmospheric pressure – (1) Rises suddenly (2) Rises gradually (3) Falls suddenly (4) Falls gradually
Last Answer : (3) Falls suddenly Explanation: Atmospheric pressure is basically the weight of air in the atmosphere above the reservoir, so the level of mercury continues to change until the weight of mercury in the ... reduces the weight of air above the reservoir so the mercury level drops to a lower level.
Description : When the __________ the relative humidity of air decreases, despite an increase in the absolute humidity. (A) Temperature rises (B) Pressure rises (C) Temperature falls (D) Pressure falls
Last Answer : (A) Temperature rises
Description : The relative humidity of air decreases in-spite of an increase in the absolute humidity, when the (A) Temperature rises (B) Pressure rises (C) Temperature falls (D) Pressure falls
Description : An index showing the rises and falls of prices of manufactured goods as they leave the factory is called 1. Sales Index 2. Wholesale Price Index 3. Individual Price Index 4. International Price Index 5. None of these
Last Answer : Wholesale Price Index
Description : The law of demand states that: a. as the quantity demanded rises, the price rises b. as the price rises, the quantity demanded rises c. as the price rises, the quantity demanded falls d. as supply rises, the demand rises
Last Answer : c. as the price rises, the quantity demanded falls
Description : The activity of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDks) rises and falls. Why?
Last Answer : •The activity of cyclins and Cdks fluctuates during the cell cycle, molecularly, it either receives a message to go ahead or not to go ahead.
Description : Arrange the knitting sequence in correct order 1. Needle falls, old loop rises closing latch of the needle 2. Needle is now ready to repeat cycle 3. Old loop is held on the stem of the needle. The latch is open 4. Old loop is cast off; new ... a. 2,1,5,3,4 b. 3,5,1,4,2 c. 3,5,4,1,2 d. 2,1,4,3,5
Last Answer : b. 3,5,1,4,2
Description : If prices of petrol rises from `40. To `48 per lt., the demand for cars falls from 60 per month to 45 per month, the cross elasticity of petrol and Car is (a) 1.5 ; (b) 1.25 ; (c) 1.0 ; (d) 1.59
Last Answer : (b) 1.25 ;
Description : Tea and Coffee are perfect substitute of each other, given the price of Tea and Coffee being `100 and `200 per Kg. a consumer is prepared to buy 3 Kg. of each. If the price of tea remain same and the price of ... elasticity of substitution between Tea and Coffee is (a) 1 ; (b) 4 ; (c) 5 ; (d) 3
Last Answer : (c) 5 ;