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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. The plane passing through the perspective centre of a stereo pair and a ground point, is known as basal plane

B. Each pair of image points on stereo pair have their own basal plane

C. Relative orientation means reconstructing the basal plane

D. All the above

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D. All the above


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The difference of height of two points whose parallax difference is 0.8 mm on a pair of stereo pair taken from a height H is 100 m. If mean photo base is 95.2 mm, the flying height is

A. 8,000 m

B. 10,000 m

C. 12,000 m

D. 14,000 m

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At eastern elongation, the pole star moves

A. Eastward

B. Westward

C. Northward

D. Southward

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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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The declination and right ascension of the sun becomes 23° 27' N and 90° respectively on

A. March 21

B. June 21

C. September 21

D. December 22

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In a tropical year, the numbers of sidereal days are

A. 365

B. 365.2224

C. 365.2422

D. 366.2422

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Spring tides are caused when

A. Sun and moon are in line with earth

B. Solar tidal force acts opposite to lunar tidal force

C. Solar tidal force and lunar tidal force both coincide

D. None of these

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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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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. If the applied tension to the tape is more than the standard, the tension correction is positive

B. If the applied tension to the tape is less than the standard, the tension correction is negative

C. If the temperature during measurement is greater than the standard temperature, the temperature correction is positive

D. All the above

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When a star is between the pole and the horizon, the relationship between latitude (λ), zenith distance (z) and declination δ, is

A. θ = z + δ

B. θ = δ - z

C. θ = 180° - (z + δ)

D. θ = (z + δ) - 180°

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In field astronomy, the quantities observed are entirely

A. Lengths

B. Angles

C. Heights

D. All of these

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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 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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If 16 flight lines are run perpendicular to an area 30 km wide, their spacings on a photographical map on scale 1 : 50,000 , will be

A. 1 cm

B. 2 cm

C. 3 cm

D. 4 cm

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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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The difference in longitude of two places expressed in time is equal to the difference in their

A. Sidereal time

B. Apparent solar time

C. Mean solar time

D. All the above

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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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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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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 nearest star is so far away from the earth that the directions to it from two diametrically opposite points on the earth differs less than

A. 0.01 second

B. 0.001 second

C. 0.0001 second

D. None of these

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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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Rotation of the camera at exposure about horizontal axis normal to the line of flight, is known as

A. Swing

B. Tilt

C. Tip

D. None of these

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. The measured stereoscopic base of photographs is obtained by dividing the air base in metres by the mean scale of the photograph

B. The difference between the absolute parallax of two points depends upon the difference in their elevations

C. The line joining the principal point of a photograph and the transferred principal point of the adjoining photograph, is called stereoscopic base

D. All the above

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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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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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The altitude of a circumpolar star is maximum when it is

A. At east elongation

B. At upper culmination

C. At west elongation

D. At lower culmination

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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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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A. The star's movement is apparent due to the actual steady rotation of the earth about its axis

B. The stars move round in circular concentrated parts

C. The centre of the circular paths of stars is the celestial pole

D. All the above

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For any star to be a circumpolar star, its

A. Declination must be 0°

B. Declination must be 90°

C. Distance from the pole must be less than the latitude of the observer

D. Hour angle must be 180°

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The normal longitudinal overlap is generally kept

A. 50 %

B. 60 %

C. 70 %

D. 75 %

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Right ascension of a heavenly body is its equatorial angular distance measured

A. Westward from the first point of Libra

B. Eastward from the first point of Aeries

C. Westward from the first point of Aeries

D. Eastward from the first point of Libra