Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS & Modern Instruments PYQs, Surveying PYQs, GPSC Civil Engineering Previous Year Asked Questions

Vertical control in surveying means

A) using precise levelling instruments

B) accurately measuring the vertical angles

C) accurately establishing the benchmarks

D) accurately establishing the contour lines

C) accurately establishing the benchmarks


GPS positioning is based on the principle of _____ which is the process of ranging off at least 3 objects with known position to determine a local position

A) Resection

B) Trilateration

C) Trisection

D) Triangulation

B) Trilateration


In Hyperspectral remote sensing the EM Spectrum is

A) Discontinuous

B) Continuous

C) Discrete

D) Alternating

B) Continuous


The box sextant can be used to

A) enlarge or reduce plans

B) measure distances

C) determine reduced levels of given points

D) measure angles and set gradients

D) measure angles and set gradients


Eidograph is used

A) for drawing profile of the ground

B) for drawing cross-section of the ground

C) to redraw maps at a smaller or larger scale

D) drawing lines on the plane table

C) to redraw maps at a smaller or larger scale


ERS, Envisat, Sentinel and RISAT are example of which type of satellites?

A) Optical

B) Passive

C) Thermal

D) Microwave

D) Microwave


Which band of the electromagnetic spectrum has ability to penetrate in ground

A) Visual

B) Infrared

C) Reflected infrared

D) Microwave

D) Microwave


Which of the following instruments is used for measurement of bases in India by the Survey of India?

A) Tellurometer

B) Jaderin’s apparatus

C) Colby apparatus

D) Hunter’s short base

C) Colby apparatus


Clinometer is a hand-held instrument used for

A) rough measurement of vertical angles

B) precise measurement of vertical angles

C) rough measurement of horizontal angles

D) precise measurement of horizontal angles

A) rough measurement of vertical angles


The Ceylon Ghat tracer is used to

A) trace locations in maps

B) find slopes and location points on a gradient

C) find horizontal distances

D) find horizontal angles

B) find slopes and location points on a gradient


Practice Test On Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS & Modern Instruments PYQs, Surveying PYQs (Section 1-1)

GPSC Civil Engineering Previous Year Asked Questions

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GPS positioning is based on the principle of _____ which is the process of ranging off at least 3 objects with known position to determine a local position

2 / 10

Which of the following instruments is used for measurement of bases in India by the Survey of India?

3 / 10

Vertical control in surveying means

4 / 10

Clinometer is a hand-held instrument used for

5 / 10

In Hyperspectral remote sensing the EM Spectrum is

6 / 10

Eidograph is used

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The box sextant can be used to

8 / 10

The Ceylon Ghat tracer is used to

9 / 10

ERS, Envisat, Sentinel and RISAT are example of which type of satellites?

10 / 10

Which band of the electromagnetic spectrum has ability to penetrate in ground

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