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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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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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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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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 station which is selected close to the main triangulation station, to avoid intervening obstruction, is not known as

A. Satellite station

B. Eccentric station

C. False station

D. Pivot station

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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

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If a star whose declination is 60° N culminates at zenith, its altitude at the lower culmination, is

A. 10°

B. 20°

C. 30°

D. 40°

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The maximum error in radial line assumption, is

A. h/H f tan θ

B. h/H f² tan θ

C. h/H f² sin θ

D. h/H f cos θ

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If θ and δ be the latitude of a place and declination of a star respectively, the upper culmination of the star will be north of zenith if its zenith distance, is

A. δ - θ

B. θ - δ

C. θ + δ

D. (θ + δ)/2

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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 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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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. 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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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 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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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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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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The flying height of the camera is 1, 000 m above mean ground level, the distance of the top of a building from a nadir point is 10 cm and the relief displacement of building is 7.2 mm. The height of the building, is

A. 52 m

B. 62 m

C. 72 m

D. 82 m

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The latitude (λ) of a place and the altitude (α) of the pole are related by

A. λ = α

B. λ = 90° - α

C. λ = α - 90°

D. λ = 180° - α

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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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The relation between the air base (B), photographic base (b), flying height (H) and the focal length (f) of a vertical photograph, is

A. B = bH/f

B. B =f/bH

C. B = b/fH

D. B = H/bf

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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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At lower culmination, the pole star moves

A. Eastward

B. Westward

C. Northward

D. Southward

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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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Triangulation surveys are carried out for providing

A. Planimetric control

B. Height control

C. Both planimetric and height control

D. None of these

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The zenith is the point on the celestial sphere

A. East of observer

B. West of observer

C. North of observer

D. South of observer

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The parallax equation Δp = BmΔh/H - h is applicable to entire overlap of the photographs only if parallax is measured

A. Normal to base line

B. Parallel to base line

C. Both (a) and (b)

D. Neither (a) nor (b)

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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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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 Polaris describes a small circle round the pole whose radius is approximately

A.

B.

C.

D.

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In observations of equal precision, the most probable values of the observed quantities are those that render the sum of the squares of the residual errors a minimum, is the fundamental principle of

A. Gauss' Mid Latitude formula

B. D'Alembert's method

C. Legendre's method

D. Least square method