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Homologous point is

A. Photo principal point

B. Ground principal point

C. Ground isocenter

D. All the above

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D. All the above


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Homologous points are

A. Opposite corners of a photograph

B. Nodal points of the camera lens

C. Corresponding points on the ground and photograph

D. Plumb points of stereo pair of photographs

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. Aerial photographs may be either vertical or oblique

B. Vertical photographs are taken with the axis of camera pointing vertically downward

C. Vertical photographs are used for most accurate maps

D. All the above

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The equation which is obtained by multiplying each equation by the coefficient of its un-knowns and by adding the equations thus formed, is known as

A. Observation equation

B. Conditional equation

C. Normal equation

D. None of these

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The prime vertical passes through

A. The east point of the horizon

B. The west point of the horizon

C. The zenith point of the observer

D. All the above

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The distance between the projection centre and the photograph, is called

A. Principal distance

B. Principal line

C. Isocentric distance

D. Focal length

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The point where a vertical line through the optical centre of the camera lens intersects the ground, is known as

A. Ground principal point

B. Ground plumb point

C. Iso-centre

D. Perspective centre

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The net ground area of a vertical photograph 20 cm × 20 cm on scale 1 : 10,000 having overlaps 60% and 30%, is

A. 0.50 sq km

B. 0.56 sq km

C. 0.60 sq km

D. 0.64 sq km

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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The angular distance of heavenly bodies on observer's meridian measured from the pole, is

A. Co-declination

B. Co-altitude

C. Co-latitude

D. Polar distance

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The length of a parallel of λ latitude between two meridians is equal to difference in longitudes multiplied by

A. sin λ

B. cos λ

C. tan λ

D. cot λ

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The longitudes of two places at latitude 60° N are 93° E and 97° W. Their departure is

A. 5100 nautical miles

B. 5700 nautical miles

C. 120 nautical miles

D. 500 nautical miles

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The moon rotates round the earth once in every

A. 29 days

B. 29.35 days

C. 29.53 days

D. 30 days

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Assuming human normal vision distance 25 cm, smallest measurable angle 20, and intraocular distance 6.5 cm, the smallest depth to be discerned is

A. 0.1 mm

B. 0.5 mm

C. 1.00 mm

D. 1.1 mm

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If δ is the declination of the star and φ is the latitude of the observer, then the azimuth of the star at elongation is given by

A. sin z = sec φ . cos δ

B. cos z = sec φ . cos δ

C. tan z = sec φ . cos δ

D. None of these

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Circumpolar stars

A. Rotate round the North Pole

B. Rotate round the celestial pole

C. Remain always above the horizon

D. Are seldom seen near the pole star

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At the first point of Aeries, the sun moves

A. Northward

B. Southward

C. From south to north of the equator

D. From north to south of the equator

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The great circle whose plane is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the earth, is called

A. Equator

B. Terrestrial equator

C. 0° latitude

D. All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. The sun's right ascension increases for 0 h to 24 h when it returns to the First point of Aries

B. The maximum declination of the sun increases up to 23 ½° N on about 21st June

C. The minimum declination of the sun is zero' on 22nd September

D. All the above

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G.M.T. corresponding to given mean time, equals

A. L.M.T. - East longitude in time

B. L.M.T. + East longitude in time

C. L.M.T. - West longitude in time

D. None of these

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The point where vertical line passing through the perspective centre intersects the plane of the photograph, is known as

A. Photo plumb point

B. Plumb point

C. Nadir point

D. Isocenter

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The station pointer is generally used in

A. Triangulation surveying

B. Astronomical surveying

C. Hydrographical surveying

D. Photogrammetric surveying

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The correction for parallax, is

A. - 8.8 cos α

B. + .8 sin α

C. + 8.8 cos α

D. - 8.8 cos α

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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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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. Ursa Minor's remains always north of pole star

B. Polar star remains always north of Polaris

C. Polaris remains always north of Ursa Minor's

D. Ursa Minor's pole star and Polaris are the names of the same star

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the equator

B. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the poles

C. One degree of longitude has the same value everywhere

D. One degree of latitude decreases from the equator to the poles

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Pick up the correct statement for horizontal photographs.

A. Parallel lines do not appear parallel in central projection

B. The two sides of a road meet at the vanishing point

C. The lines parallel to the negative plane are projected as parallel lines

D. All the above

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In a truly vertical photograph,

A. Principal point coincides the isocenter

B. Iso-centre coincides the plumb point

C. Plumb point coincides the principal point

D. All the above

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The hour angle of the heavenly body for Greenwich meridian equals the hour angle of the body for any other meridian + longitude:

A. Mean sun

B. True sun

C. Vernal equinox

D. All the above

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If the altitudes of a star at its upper and lower transits are 60° 30' and 19° 30' respectively, the latitude of the place, is

A. 30°

B. 35°

C. 40°

D. 45°

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The orthogonal projection of the perspective centre on a tilted photograph, is called

A. Nadir

B. Isocenter

C. Principal point

D. Plumb point

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On vertical photographs, height displacement is

A. Positive for points above datum

B. Negative for points below datum

C. Zero for points vertically below the air station

D. All the above