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If the distance between the projectors is altered by a movement along X-axis of one projector,

A. The length of the air base is increased

B. The scale of the model is altered

C. y-parallax is not affected

D. All the above

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D. All the above


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From the principal point the horizon point lies on the principal line at a distance of

A. f tan θ

B. f sin θ

C. f cot θ

D. f cos θ

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. The horizontal direction of the pole is called astronomical north

B. The angle between the direction of true north and the direction of a survey line is called astronomical bearing

C. The astronomical bearing is generally called azimuth

D. All the above

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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

A. In truly vertical photographs without relief angles are true at the plumb point

B. In tilted photographs without relief, angles are true at the iso-centre

C. In tilled photographs with relief, angles are true at the principal point

D. None of these

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Longitude of a place is the angular distance between the meridian of the place and

A. The standard meridian

B. The international date line

C. That of Greenwich

D. Both (a) and (c) of above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. Refraction correction is zero when the celestial body is in the zenith

B. Refraction correction is 33' when the celestial body is on the horizon

C. Refraction correction of celestial bodies depends upon their altitudes

D. All the above

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A star may culminate at zenith if its declination is

A. Greater than the longitude of the place

B. Less than the latitude of the place

C. Equal to the latitude of the place

D. None of these

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The main object of the astronomer to obtain

A. Astronomical latitude

B. Astronomical longitude

C. Astronomical bearing

D. All of these

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To have greatest coverage of the area, the type of photography used, is

A. High oblique

B. Low oblique

C. Vertical

D. None of these

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International Date Line is located along

A. Standard meridian

B. Greenwich meridian

C. Equator

D. 180° longitude

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In a tropical year, the numbers of sidereal days are

A. One less than mean solar days

B. One more than mean solar days

C. Equal to mean solar days

D. None of these

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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

A. 1 m

B. 2 m

C. 4 m

D. 8 m

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The shortest distance between two places measured along the surface of the earth, is

A. Length of the equator between their longitudes

B. Length of the parallel between their longitudes

C. Length of the arc of the great circle passing through them

D. None of these

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

A. sin H = tan φ . cot δ

B. cos H = tan φ . cot δ

C. tan H = tan φ . cot δ

D. None of these

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Equation of time which is the difference between apparent solar time and mean solar time at any instant, vanishes during one year

A. Once

B. Twice

C. Thrice

D. Four times

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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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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

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Stellar astronomy deals with

A. Plane surveying

B. Geodetic surveying

C. Star observations

D. Planet observations

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The principal plane contains

A. Nadir point

B. Iso centre

C. Principal point

D. All the above

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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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In a spherical triangle ABC, right angled at C, sin b equals

A. sin a cos A

B. cos a sin A

C. tan a cot A

D. cot A tan a

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α and β are the angles subtended by a point of elevation h at their air station with respective plumb points. Photo scale and focal length of the lens being S and f respectively. Parallax displacement of the point due to relief, is

A. h tan α/S

B. h tan β/S

C. h (tan α + tan β)/S

D. h (tan α - tan β)/S

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. The vertical plane containing the zenith, the station of observation and the celestial pole is the observer's meridian plane

B. The angle between the direction of star in vertical plane and the direction of the star in horizontal plane is called the altitude of the star

C. The complement of the altitude of star is called the zenith distance of the star

D. All the above

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Parallax bar measures

A. Parallax

B. Height

C. Parallax difference

D. Height difference

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. North end of the polar axis is known as North Pole

B. South end of the polar axis is known as South Pole

C. Point where polar axis when produced northward intersects the celestial sphere, is known as north celestial pole

D. All the above

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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 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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If the equatorial distance between two meridians is 100 km, their distance at 60° latitude will be

A. 1000 km

B. 800 km

C. 600 km

D. 500 km

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The most convenient co-ordinate system for specifying the relative positions of heavenly bodies on the celestial sphere, is

A. Altitude and azimuth system

B. Declination and hour angle system

C. Declination and right ascension system

D. Declination and altitude system

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The negative sign is assigned to

A. Reduction to mean sea level

B. Correction for horizontal alignment

C. Correction for slope

D. All the above