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Date of Examination 20/08/2016 Code B is used for enlargement and 19. Bessel's solution of three point reduction of plans problem is also known as: (a) Planimeter (b) Clinometer (a) Trial and error method (c) Pentagraph (d) Lithograph (b) Traversing method 2. In surveyor's compass zero degree (c) Radiation method is marked at..............end (d) Graphical method North 20. Which circle passes through the South three ground points, in three point' North and South problem? East and West (a) Concentric circle 3. In an optical square the two mirrors (b) Eccentric circle are placed at an angle of: (c) Great Circle (d) Circle (a)25°(b)35°(c)45°(d)55° 21 . ............. is a point denoting 4. The inclination of the magnetic shifting of the level. needle with horizontal is known as: (a) Back sight (a) Dip (b) Stat ion point Intermediate point Declination (c) Closing error (d) Change point 22. The least count of a metric (d) Sighting error 5. I)irect ranging is possible only levelling staff: when the end points are: (a) 0.5mm (b) 0.05mm (a) more than 200 metres (c) 5mm (d) 15mm 23. Inasimple levelling the back sight (b) mutually intervisible (c) in hilly areas taken at 'A' of RL 100.00 is 2.350 and (d) in valley portion the foresight taken at 'C' isil.420then 6. The movable parts that are cleaned RL of'C' is: (b) 103.350 and lubricated comes under the (a) 102.350 categoi'of: (c) 101.930 (d) 100.00 (a) fieldwork (b) office work 24. lnworkingprofileofalongitudinal (c) designing work section, the depth of cuttings are (d) care and adjustment of writtenin: instrument (a) Red (b)Green 7. The lines passing through points at (c) Blue (d) Black same declination at agiven timeare: 25. While plottingthe cross-sections: (a) lsogonic lines (a) vertical scale is enlarged ten (h) Agonic lines times the horizontal scale (c) True lines (b) vertical scale is reduced by one(d) Magnetic lines -tenth of the horizontal scale 8. The horizontal angle which the (c) both the vertical and horizontal magnetic meridian makes with the scales are kept equal true or geographical meridian is (d) vertical is made double the known as: horizontal scale (a) 1)ip 26. Find the curvature correction for (b) Magnetic declination a distance of SOOm (c) True bearing (a) 0.05 in (b) 0.005 in (d) Magnetic bearing (c) 0.05 km (d) 0.005 km 9. GTS stands for: 27. Boning rods and sight rails are (a) Great triangle survey used for: (b) Great trignometrical survey (a) the road alignment (c) Great traverse survey (b) setting ourgradient (d) GreatTkngential survey (c) selecting the most economical 10. in a series of contour lines, if the and suitable site for engineering higher values are inside the bend or works loop it represents a: (d) contouring by tacheo metric ridge line method valley line 28. Contour intervals: (c) vertical cliff (a) the horizontal distance between (d) over hanging cliff two consecutive contours 11. A long offset is to be measured the least horizontal distance more than: between tow consecutive contours (a)Sm (b) lOm the distance between two (c) 1-Sm (d) 20 in consecutive contours along the grade 12. Obstacle for both vision and contour chaining is occurred when it crosses (d) the vertical distance between two I a: consecutive contours (a) Building (b) River 29. For directly applying Simpson's (e) Pond (d) sili rule the number of ordinates must be: 13. A Series of connected survey lines (a) odd of known length and directions are (b) Even called: (c) Odd or even (a) Plane surveying (d) None of the above (b) Geodetic surveying 30. It is more difficult to obtain good Traverse surveying results while measuring horizontal Levelling distance bystepping: 14. When two lines meetat apoint, the down hill sum of both interior anI exterior uphill angles is equal to: low undulating (a) 90° (b) 180° (c) 270° (d) 360° in plane areas 15. Brass handle is connected to the 31. A clinometer is used for: link by: (a) Angle of slope (a) Flexible joint (b) Line ofcolliination Ball and socketjoint To setout right angles (c) Butt joint (d) Natural features (d) swivel joint 32. Plani meter is used for measuring 16. The variation of magnetic (a)Volume declination occurredduetomagnetic (b) Area storms and earthquakes is: (c) Slope angle (a) Annual variation (d) Countour gradient (b) Irregular variation , 33. In metric levellingstaff,numberof Secular variation subdivisions per metre length are: l)iurnal variation (a) 100(b) 200(c) 500(d) 1000 17. Plane table is centered over a 34. The bearing of lines OA and OB station with the help of: are 26° 10' and 332° 18' the value of (a) Spirit level inculd angle BOA is: (b)Alidade (a) 316° 10' (b) 158° 28' Trough compass (c) 358° 28' (d) 53° 52' Plumbing fork with plumb-bob :35.Bearing of AB is 75° 10 and bear18. Which method is used for locating ing of BC is 100° 20' the angle ABC inaccessible objects? is: (a) Radiation (b) Intersection (a) 175° 30' (b) 154° (c) Resection (d) Traversing (c) 154° 50' (d) 255° 10' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

36.A bearing of a line is also known as: True bearing Azimuth Magnetic bearing Reduced bearing 37.The operation of making the algebraic sum of latitudes and departures of a closed traverse equal to zero is known as: Balancing the sights Balancing the latitudes Balancing the departures Balancing the traverse 38.The ends of a given line are not intervisible from any intermediate points, in such a case the method adopted to establish intermediate point is: Random line method Lining in Balancing in Double sighting 39.Rotating the telescope of a theodolite in horizontal plane about its vertical axis is called: (a) Plunging (b) Swinging (c) Transiting (d) Reversing 40.The imaginary line joining the centre of the eye piece and optical centre of the objective in a theodolite is known as: Horizontal axis Vertical Axis Axis of altitude level Axis of the telescope 41.Weight of one bag cement is: (a) 200kg (b) 150kg (c) 100kg (d) 50kg 42.ln__type of bond stretchers and headers are arranged in alternate course. Stretcher bond Header bond English bond Flemish bond 43.The piece of a brick cut along the centre of width in such a way that its length is equal to that of full brick is called: (a) Half brick (b) Queen closer (c) King closer (d) Bevelled closer 44.A covering of concrete placed on the exposed top of an external wall, is known as: (a) Cornice (b) Friezo (c) Lintel (d) Coping 45.The construction in the storage headwork to discharge surplus water to down stream side safety is called: Sluice Barrage head regulator Spillway 46.The sum of interior angles of closed traverse is: (a) (2n-4)90° (b) (2n+4)90° (c) (n-4)90° (d) (n+4)90° 47.Tick the correct answer for the following: lkm=100metre lkm=1000metre lkm=1000cm lkm=100cm 48.ln any polygon the sum of the deflection angle will be equal to: (a) 90° (b) 180° (c) 270° (d) 360° 49. If angular measurements of a traverse are more precise than its linear measurements, balancing of the traverse is done by: Bowditch's rule Transit rule Empirical rule Random rule 50.The latitude of any traverse line is obtained by multiplying its length by: tangent of its reduced bearing sine of its reduced bearing cosine of its reduced bearing cosecant of its reduced bearing An engineers chain is .........long. (a) 100 ft. (b) 33 ft. (c) 16ft. (d) 66ft. Least count of theodolite is seconds. (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) 30 53 . ................ type of errors erises due to imperfect focussing.

Collimation Eccentricity Paralax Hypotenuse allowance 54. The angle subtended by the long chord of a simple curve at its centre is equal to: Deflection angle Intersection angle 2 times deflection angle I times deflection angle 55.

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Tangent distance Apex distance Length of curve Versine of curve 56. Over turning of vehicles on a curve can be avoided by using: Transition curve Vertical curve Compound curve Mean curve 57 . ................. is the time in days between the first watering for the preparation of land for sawing and its last watering before harvest. crop period base period period of growth maximum flood discharge 58. Sea-saw is an example of: First order lever Second order lever Third order lever Fourth order lever 59. The ability of material to deform without breaking is called: ductility malleability plasticity britility 60 Lateral strain - Lencer strain -. Poison's ratio Velocity ratio Efficiency ratio Mechanical advantage 61. The sidereal day is divided into: (a) 23h (b) 24h (c) 36h (d) 12h 62. ABCD is a square plot of land. If the bearing of AB is 52° 45', the bearing of CD is: (a) 142° 45' (b) 52° 45' (d) 322° 45' (c) 232° 45' 63. CPU stands for: Chief Performance Unit Central Processing Unit Chief Processing Unit Central Performance Unit 64. Maximise, minimise and close buttons are present in the: (a) Windows (b) Menu bar (c) Title bar (d) Control box 65. Which of the following is a volatile memory? (a) ROM (b) P-ROM (c) RAM (d) EP-ROM 66. Cut, copy and paste are the part of which of the menu? (a) View (b) Favourites (c) Format (d) Edit 67. The working principle of optical square is: (a) Refraction (b) Reflection Double refraction Double reflection 68. The back sight reading on a bench mark of 'RL' 200.00ni is 2.685 and fore sight reading on 'B' is 1.305 in the RL of B is: (a) 202.685 in (b) 201.380in (c) 203.990m (d) 201.305m 69. For preparation of a contour map for a route survey: Method of squares is uesd Method of s-trace contour is used Method of radial line is used Method of cross section is used 70. In quadrantal bearing system, back bearing of a line may be obtained from its forward bearing by: (a) Adding 180°, if the given bearing is less than 180° (b) Changing the cardinal points, i.e. substituting 'N' for 'S' and 'E' for 'W' and vice-versa

Adding 90° Subtracting 180°, if the given bearing is greater than 180° 71. The hard signal 'Both hands above head and then brought down' is: Move slowly to the right Move slowly to the left Fix Correct 72. During the reconnaissance the surveyor should prepare: Site plan Key plan Field note Reference points on ground 73. Bevelled edged of the alidade is: Fiducial edge Ram-Sadan Edge Lining edge Sighting edge 74. The Ceylon ghatt tracer is used for: Tracing points Measuring the depth of water Taking bearing Setting out a grade contour 75. The process of levelling in which the elevations of points are computed from the vertical angles and horizontal distances measured in the field: Simple levelling Fly levelling Trigonometrical levelling Check levelling 76. The art of determining and representing the relative heights or elevations of different points on the surface of the earth: (a) levelling (b) surveying (c) traversing (d) balancing 77. Which scale is used to read three dimensions? Plane scale Diagonal scale Comparative scale Full scale 78. The main principle of surveying is two work form: (a) lower level to higher level (b) higher level to lower level (e) whole to part (d) part to whole 79. The longest chain line in chain surveying is called: (b) Check line (a) Base line (c) Tie line (d) Traverse line 80 . ........... tape is used for the work of the highest precession: (a) Cloth tape (b) Metallic tape (c) Linen tape (d) Invar tape 81. Among the following who was not chairperson of National Commission for women? Jayanthi Patnaik Poornima Advani Meira Kumar GirijaVyas 82. Which Constitutional amendment raised the number of Loksabha seats to 545? (a) 16th (1963) (b) 30th (1973) (c) 31st (1973) (d) 42th (1976) 83. 'Narakara Vadham' was on attakatha written by: Karthikathirunal Rama Varma Kottayam Raja Aswathi Thirunal llaya Thampuran lrayimman Thampi 84. 'Vaidyajeevanam' is a work written on Ayurveda by: Pachu Muthath Itty Achuthan Appu Bhatt Vailathol Narayana Menon 85. 'Neelakanta Theertha Padar' was the disciple of: (a) Saliodaran Ayyappan

Brahmananda Sivayogi Chattampi Swaniikal Ayankali 86. 'Mitavadi' was founded by: C. Krishnan T.K. Madhavan S K.P. Kesavamenon Moorkoth Kumaran 87. Among the following who was not an associate of Ayyankali (a) Thomas Vadhyar (h) Paraji Tharakan Kavalam Charathan Solomon Yesudasan S 88. 'Kishore Sakthi Yojana' is aimed to: impart training for employment of rural women improve the nutrition and health of teenage girls holistic empowerment of women enhancing the opportunities of female education 89. The dance form 'Ramanattam' was invented by: Kottarakkara Thampuran Unnayi 'Msrier Ambadi Naraya Poduval Kottayani Raja 90. The father of 'Panchayati Raj' is: (a) Gandhiji (b) Rajiv Gandhi (c) Asoka Mehta (d) Balvant Roy 91. The Minister from a malabar in the Rajagopalachari cabinet of 1937 was: P. Ramunni Menon K. Kelappan Kongattil Raman Menon U. Gopala Menon 92. The first Kerala State conference of congress held at Ottappalam in 1921 was chaired by: (a) Annie Basant (b) T. Prakasham (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) K. Kelappan 93. Who is known as 'Dharmaraja'? Ayilyam Tirunal Indukotha Varma Utram Tirunal Balarania Kartika Tirunal Rama Varma 94. 'Deepika' was the publication of: Vakkom Moulavi C. Krishnan Moyyarath Sankaran K. Kelappan 95. In which session of the congress S.K. Pottekkatt attended from Kerala? (a) Haripura (b) Nagpur (c) Tripuri (d) Bombay 96. Among the following who was not a leader of Salt Satyagraha held at Kozhikode: Manjeri Rama Iyer P. Krishna Pillai K. Kelappan T.R. Krisha Swami lyer 97. Which was not a work of Makthi Thangal? Paropakari Sathyaprakashani Thurki Samacharam None of these 98. 'Vasla Seva Samithi' was established at: (a) Thevara (b) Vaikom (c) Paravur (d) Aiiapuzha 99. The novel 'Saravla' is written by: Ambadi Narayana Poduval Chanthu Menon Bhavatratan Nambutiripad None of these 100. Who among the following got Bharat Ratna before becoming the President of India? Dr. Zakir Hussain V.V. Gin Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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