UNIT WISE QUESTION BANK AND ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

I UNIT

1) Describe plane Table intersection method with the help of neat sketches.
Under what circumstances this method is resorted to.
2) Explain the various sources of errors in plane Table Surveying.
3) What is local attraction. How is it detected and removed.
4) What do you understand by closing error of a compass traverse. Show
how
can it be adjusted by graphical method.
5) Give a detailed classification of Surveys.
6) A line 3.2 km long is measured with a steel tape which is 20m under no
pull at 30oC. The tape in section is 1/8 cm wide and 1/20 cm thick. If one half
of the line is measured at a temperature of 40 oc and the other half at 50 oC
and the tape is attached to a pull of 200N, find the corrected total length of
the line given the coefficient of expansion is 11.5 × 10−6 per degree C,
weight of tape per Cubic cm of steel = 0.77504N, and E = 2.1 × 105N/mm2.

II UNIT

1) Explain the terms : Check Line, Base Line, Tie Line, and oblique offset.
2) Find the maximum length of offset so that the displacement on paper from
both sources of error does not exceed 0.2 mm given that the offset is
measured with an accuracy of 1 in 25 and the scale is 1cm = 50m.

3) What are the essential differences between chain Survey and compass
Survey. Under what circumstances compass Survey is preferred to other
types of Surveys.
4) Find which station is free from local attraction and work out the correct
bearings.
Line F.B B.B
AB 191o45′ 13o00′00′′
BC 39o30′ 222000′30′′
CD 22o15′ 200030′00′′
DE 242o45′ 60045′00′′
EA 330o15′ 147045′00′′
5) Explain the terms : Check Line, Base Line, Tie Line, and oblique offset.
6) Find the maximum length of offset so that the displacement on paper from
both sources of error does not exceed 0.2 mm given that the offset is
measured with an accuracy of 1 in 25 and the scale is 1cm = 50m.
7) Explain the different methods of plotting a compass traverse.
8) The following are the bearings of a closed traverse. Find out which of the
stations are affected by local attraction. Tabulate the corrected bearings of
lines.
Line F.B B.B
AB N50030′W S47030′E
BC N54000′E S53000′W
CD S3030′E N4000′W
DE S41030′E N41030′W
EA S79030′W N78000′E

III UNIT
1. Explain the following principal methods of levelling:
(a) Barometric levelling
(b) Trigonometric levelling
(c) Spirit levelling

2). The following observations were made during the testing of a dumpy
level:
Instrument at Staff reading on
AB
A 1.702 2.244
B 2.146 3.044
Distance AB=150m Is the instrument in adjustment? To what reading should
the line of collimation be adjusted when the instrument was at B? If the R.L
of A=432.052, what should be the R.L. of B.
3) What are“temporary adjustments”?
4) Name the temporary adjustments of a level? Briefly explain them.
5. With the help of neat sketches explain the following terms:
(a) Mean sea level
(b) Bench mark
(c) Line of collimation
(d) Bubble line

IV UNIT
1). The areas enclosed by various contours on the upstream side of a dam
are given below. Determination.
(a) the capacity of the reservoir if the full reservoir level (FRL) is 125m.
(b) the elevation of the water surface when the reservoir is half-full. Ignore
the
volume below R.L. 100m.
Contour(m) 100 105 110 115 120 125
Area(ha) 3 8 10 15 20 25
2. What are the methods of measuring volume ? Explain the measurement of
volume from spot level.
3. A railway embankment 400m long is 12m wide at the formation level and
has the side slope 2 to 1. The ground levels at every 100m along the centre
line one:
Distance: 0 100 200 300 400
R. L. 204.8 206.2 207.5 207.2 208.3
The formation level at Zero chainage is 207 and the embankment has a
rising gradient of 1 in 100. The ground is level across the centre line.
Calculate the volume of earthwork.

V UNIT
1) What do you understand by ‘Temporary Adjustment’? Describe in brief the
various temporary adjustments of a Theodolite.
2) Discuss the procedure of measuring a horizontal angle with a theodolite
3. What are the methods of measuring volume? Explain the measurement of
volume from spot level.
4. The table below gives the lengths and bearings of the lines of a traverse
ABCDEA, the length and bearing of EA having been omitted. Calculate the
length and bearing of the line EA.
Line Length (m) Bearing
AB 204.0 87030′
BC 226.0 20020′
CD 187.0 28000′
DE 192.0 210030′
EA ? ?

5. The following lengths and bearings were recorded in running a Theodolite

traverse.
Determine the omitted observations, the length & bearing of SP.
Line Length (m) WCB
PQ 255 140 042′
QR 656 350 00′
RS 120 3380 42′
SP – –

VI UNIT
1). Differentiate between the fixed hair method and the movable hair
method. Discuss
the advantages and disadvantages of each method
2) What is tangential system of tacheometry? What are its advantages &
disadvantages over the stadia method?
3) Determine the constants of a tacheometer if for the line of collimation
horizontal, the staid readings for he staff held at 25 m and 50 m are
respectively
1.900, 1.410 and 2.22, 1.23
4) Derive an expression for the horizontal distance of a vertical staff from a
tacheometer, if the line of sight is horizontal.
5) The following readings were taken with a vernier theodolite on to a vertical
Staff
Horizontal distance Stadia readings
46.20 m 0.780, 1.010, 1.240
61.20 m 1.860, 2.165, 2.470
Calculate the Tacheometric constants
6. Determine the gradient from a point A to a point B from the following
observations made with a tacheometer fitted with an anallactic lens. The
constants of the instruments was 100 and the staff was held vertically:
Inst.Station Staff point Bearing Verticalangle Staff reading
P A 1340 +10032′ 13.60, 1.915, 2.470
B 2240 +506′ 1.065, 1.885, 2.705

VII UNIT
1) What is a compound curve. If in a compound curve, the direction of the
two straights and one radius are known, deduce the formula for other radius.
2) Tabulate the necessary data to set out a right handed simple circular
curve of
600m radius to connect two straights intersecting at a chainage of 3605m by
Rankines method of deflection angles. The angle of deflection of the curve is
25 and the peg interval is 30m.
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3) Draw a neat sketch of a simple circular curve and represent different

elements of it.
4) Establish the relation δ = 1718.9C R minutes where δ = deflection angle of
the chord; C = length of chord. R= Radius of the curve,
5) Calculate the perpendicular offsets at 20m intervals along the tangents to
set out first five pegs of a simple circular curve of 250m radius
6) Describe the method of setting out a simple circular curve using two
Theodolites.

7) Two roads meet at angle of 127 030′. Calculate the necessary data for
setting out a curve of 450m radius to connect two straight portions of the
road if a Theodolite is available.
8) List out different methods of setting out simple curves. Explain Rankine’s
method of deflection angles for setting out a simple curve.
9) Calculate the offsets at 15m intervals along the tangents to set out a
simple circular curve of 300m radius.

VIII UNIT

1) What is Geodetic Surveying? How it is different from Plane surveying

2) Explain the importance of electronic surveying in the field of surveying
3) What are the components of a GIS and give a brief account of them
4) Give an account of sources of GIS Data
5) What are the Spatial data models accounted in GIS and describe of each
Model
6) Define geographic information system and describe the relationship
between traditional analog map and Geographic Information System.
7) Suggest possible users of a GIS and how it might benefit them.
8) What is the total station? What are the functions of the processor in the
total station?