GATE (CE) : Transportation Engineering & Surveying #9

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Question 1

The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called

• AGeodetic surveying
• BPlane surveying
• CPreliminary surveying
• DTopographical surveying

Question 2

A scale of 1 inch = 50ft. is mentioned on an old map. What is the corresponding equivalent scale?

• A1cm=5m
• B1cm=6m
• C1cm=10m
• D1cm=12m

Question 3

The survey carried out to delineate natural features, such as hills, rivers, forests and manmade features, such as towns, villages, buildings, roads, transmission lines and canals is classified as

• AEngineering survey
• BGeological survey
• CLand survey
• DTopographic survey

Question 4

Two straight lines intersect at an angle of 60 °(deflection). The radius of the curve joining the two straight lines is 600 m. The length of long chord and mid-ordinate (in metres) of the curve are

• A80.4, 600.0
• B600.0, 80.4
• C600.0, 39.89
• D49.89, 300.0

Question 5

From a topographic map, the areas enclosed by contour lines for a proposed dam are given below.


The volume of impounded water, using trapezoidal formula, is ______ ha.m.

• A8450
• B8920
• C9010
• D9550

Question 6

The plan of a map was photo copied to a reduced size such that a line originally 100mm, measures 90mm. The original scale of the plan was 1:1000. The revised scale is

• A1:900
• B1:1111
• C1:1121
• D1:1221

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