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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. High oblique photographs

A. May have tilt up to 30°

B. May include the image of the horizon

C. May not include the image of the horizon

D. None of these

Correct Answer :

D. None of these


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If the general ground level of any area is 10% of the flying height, the principal points may be used as the centres of radial directions for small scale mapping even in tilted photograph up to

A.

B.

C.

D.

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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 solar tidal force divided by lunar tidal force is

A. 1/3

B. 1/2

C. 3/4

D. 5/4

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Places having same latitude

A. Lie on the parallel of the latitude

B. Are equidistant from the nearer pole

C. Are equidistant from both the poles

D. All the above

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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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The angle between the direction of star and the direction of earth's axis of rotation is called

A. Co-declination

B. Co-latitude

C. Declination

D. Latitude

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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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The scale of a tilted photograph of focal length f, taken from an altitude H, along the plate parallel through plumb point, is

A. f/H sec θ

B. f sec θ/H

C. f/H

D. f/H cos ½θ

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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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The necessary geometrical condition for triangulation adjustment is:

A. The sum of the angles around a station should be 360°

B. The sum of the three angles of a plane triangle should be 180°

C. The sum of the eight angles of a braced quadrilateral should be 360°

D. All the above

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Sidereal day

A. Is the period of time taken by the earth in making a complete rotation with reference to stars

B. Is slightly shorter than an ordinary solar day

C. Is divided into the conventional hours, minutes and seconds

D. All the above

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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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The sidereal day is the time interval between two successive upper transits of

A. Mean sun

B. First point of Aries

C. First point of Libra

D. The polar star

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A star is said to elongate

A. When the star momentarily moves vertically

B. When the angle at the star of the spherical triangle is 90°

C. When the star's declination is greater than the observer's latitude

D. All the above

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The following points form a pair of homologous points:

A. Photo principal point and ground principal point

B. Photo isocenter and ground isocenter

C. Photo plumb point and ground plumb point

D. All the above

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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 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 slotted template method

A. Is prepared, by graphical method

B. Is suitable for large areas with less control

C. Is rapid and accurate

D. All the above

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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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In triangulation surveys

A. The area is divided into triangular figures

B. Control stations are located from which detailed surveys are carried out

C. Sides are not measured excepting the base line

D. All the above

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The correction applied to the measured base of length L is

A. Tension = (P - Ps)L/AE

B. Sag = L3w²/24P² where w is the weight of tape/m

C. Slope = (h²/2L) + (h4/8L3) where h is height difference of end supports

D. All the above

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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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Pick up the correct statement from the following. The difference between the longitudes of the places is obtained.

A. By subtracting their longitudes if places are in the same hemisphere

B. By adding their longitudes if places are in the different hemispheres

C. By subtracting the sum of their longitudes exceeding 180° from 360° if places are in different hemispheres

D. All the above

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If the image of a triangulation station of R.L. 500 m is 4 cm from the principal point of a vertical photo taken from an altitude of 2000 m, above datum, the height displacement will be

A. 2 mm

B. 4 mm

C. 6 mm

D. 10 mm

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At upper culmination, the pole star moves

A. Eastward

B. Westward

C. Northward

D. Southward

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The First Point of Aeries

A. Is the point in the celestial sphere where zero meridian crosses the celestial equator

B. Is usually denoted by the Greek letter γ

C. Is located near the very conspicuous rectangle of stars in the constellations of Pegasus and Andromeda

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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Latitude of a place is the angular distance from

A. Greenwich to the place

B. Equator to the poles

C. Equator to the nearer pole

D. None of these

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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. 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