A star is said to elongate
A. When the star momentarily moves vertically
B. When the angle at the star of the spherical triangle is 90°
C. When the star
D. All the above
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If the intercept on a vertical staff is ob-served as 0.75 m from a tacheometer, the horizontal distance between tacheometer and staff station is
A. 7.5 m
B. 25 m
C. 50 m
D. 75 m
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The latitude of a place was obtained by subtracting the zenith distance of a star from its declination, the observed star was between
A. Horizon and equator
B. Equator and zenith
C. Zenith and pole
D. Pole and horizon
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The latitude of a place was obtained by subtracting the declination of a star from its zenith distance, the observed star was between
A. Horizon and equator
B. Zenith and pole
C. Equator and zenith
D. Pole and horizon
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The flying height of the camera is 1,000 m above mean ground level, the distance of the top of a building from a nadir point is 10 cm and the relief displacement of building is 7.2 mm. The height of the building, is
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The stereo plotting instruments are generally manufactured on the principle of
A. Optical projection
B. Optical mechanism projection
C. Mechanical projection
D. All the above
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The true and mean suns occupy the same meridian at the same time on
A. April 15
B. June 14
C. September 1
D. All the above
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If E is the spherical excess and R the radius of the earth, the surface area of the triangle, is
A. 90 ∘ π R 2 E
B. 180 ∘ π R 2 E
C. 270 ∘ π R 2 E
D. 360 ∘ π R 2 E
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The station which is selected close to the main triangulation station, to avoid intervening obstruction, is not known as
A. Satellite station
B. Eccentric station
C. False station
D. Pivot station
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In a spherical triangle ABC right angled at C, sin b equals to
A. sin c sin B
B. cos c cos B
C. tan c tan B
D. sin c cos B
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23 cm × 23 cm photographs are taken from a flying height with a camera of focal length of 3600 m and 15.23 cm respectively. A parallax difference of 0.01 mm represents
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The declination and right ascension of the sun becomes 23° 27' N and 90° respectively on
A. March 21
B. June 21
C. September 21
D. December 22
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The declination and right ascension of the sun becomes 23° 27' S and 270° respectively on
A. March 21
B. June 21
C. September 21
D. December 22
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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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The horizontal angle between the true meridian and magnetic meridian at a place is called
A. azimuth
B. declination
C. local attraction
D. magnetic bearing
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A ’level line’ is a
A. horizontal line
B. line parallel to the mean spheriodal surface of earth
C. line passing through the center of cross hairs and the center of eye piece
D. line passing through the objective lens and the eye-piece of a dumpy or tilting level
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Accidental errors
A. Do not follow any definite mathematical law
B. Cannot be removed by applying corrections to the observed values
C. Are generally small
D. All the above
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Pick up the correct statement from the following. The difference between the longitudes of the places is obtained.
A. By subtracting their longitudes if places are in the same hemisphere
B. By adding their longitudes if places are in the different hemispheres
C. By subtracting the sum of their longitudes exceeding 180° from 360° if places are in different hemispheres
D. All the above
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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
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The number of horizontal cross wires in a stadia diaphragm is
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