Fundamental Concepts of Surveying PYQs, Surveying PYQs, GPSC Civil Engineering Previous Year Asked Questions

Basic principle of Surveying “working from whole to part” is:

A) to complete the work rapidly

B) to prevent accumulation of errors

C) to avoid mistakes in work

D) All of the above

B) to prevent accumulation of errors


A plan drawn to a scale of 1:4000 was measured by a scale of 1:5000. The % error in the length measured will be:

A) 10

B) 1000

C) 25

D) 1.25

C) 25


‘Representative Fraction’ (RF) is defined as

A) Length of an object in the drawing / Actual length of the object

B) Length of an object in the drawing / Isometric length of the object

C) Actual length of the object / Length of an object in the drawing

D) Isometric length of the object / Length of an object in the drawing

A) Length of an object in the drawing / Actual length of the object


The plan of a map was photocopied to a reduced size such that a line originally 120 mm, measures 90 mm. The original scale of plan was 1:1000. What will be the revised scale?

A) 1: 1200

B) 1: 1232

C) 1: 1333

D) 1: 1121

C) 1: 1333


A rectangular plot of 16 km2 in area is shown on a map by a similar rectangular area of 1 cm2. The Representative Fraction of the scale to measured a distance of 40 km will be

A) 1/1600

B) 1/400000

C) 1/400

D) 1/16000

B) 1/400000


A Topographic survey involves measuring

A) elevation of points

B) horizontal distances of points from a reference station or line

C) distances, directions and elevations

D) vertical angles

C) distances, directions and elevations


If a room of 2592 m3 is represented by a cube of 324 cm3 then the Representative Fraction will be (RF)?

A) 800

B) 200

C) 1/800

D) 1/200

D) 1/200


The type of surveying in which the curvature of earth is taken into account is called

A) Geodetic surveying

B) Plane surveying

C) Preliminary surveying

D) Topographical surveying

A) Geodetic surveying


The process of translating the plan of a work on actual ground in exact position in three dimensions is called

A) Tacheometry

B) planning of a work

C) setting out of work

D) plane table survey

C) setting out of work


A diagonal scale is used for measuring

A) Units and one-tenths of units

B) Units, tenths and hundredths of units

C) Diagonals of a closed polygons

D) Angles between lines in plan

B) Units, tenths and hundredths of units


Practice Test On Fundamental Concepts of Surveying PYQs, Surveying PYQs (Section 1-1)

GPSC Civil Engineering Previous Year Asked Questions

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‘Representative Fraction’ (RF) is defined as

2 / 10

A diagonal scale is used for measuring

3 / 10

The process of translating the plan of a work on actual ground in exact position in three dimensions is called

4 / 10

A rectangular plot of 16 km2 in area is shown on a map by a similar rectangular area of 1 cm2. The Representative Fraction of the scale to measured a distance of 40 km will be

5 / 10

A plan drawn to a scale of 1:4000 was measured by a scale of 1:5000. The % error in the length measured will be:

6 / 10

The plan of a map was photocopied to a reduced size such that a line originally 120 mm, measures 90 mm. The original scale of plan was 1:1000. What will be the revised scale?

7 / 10

The type of surveying in which the curvature of earth is taken into account is called

8 / 10

If a room of 2592 m3 is represented by a cube of 324 cm3 then the Representative Fraction will be (RF)?

9 / 10

A Topographic survey involves measuring

10 / 10

Basic principle of Surveying “working from whole to part” is:

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