UNIT 1

1. Define surveying and what are the principles of surveying?

2. What is the object or purpose of surveying?
3. Name the different ways of classification of surveys.
4. What is meant by geodetic surveying?
5. What do you mean by plane surveying?
6. Classify the surveying based on the equipments.
7. Define chain surveying. What is the fundamental principle of chain surveying?
8. Write about well conditioned triangles?
9. Define chaining and ranging
10.What are the operations involved in chain survey?
11.When do you require indirect ranging?
12.Explain the use of reciprocal ranging?
13.Write the different types of chain.
14.Differentiate between gunters chain and Engineers chain.
15.Define (a) Main stations (b) subsidiary stations (c) Tie stations.
16.Distinguish between a check line and a tie line.
17.What are the instruments used for setting out right angles to a chain line?
18.What are offsets? Classify them
19.What is the purpose of optical square?
20.What is the use of a line ranger?
21.What are the steps involved in chain survey?
22.What are the different tape corrections?
23.What are the errors in chaining?
24.What are the different sources of error in chain surveying?
25.A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a
scale of 1cm = 40m and the result was 468m. Later, however, he discovered
that he used a scale of 1 cm = 20m. Find the true distance between the two
points.
UNIT 2
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Define: Compass surveying. What are the objects of compass surveying?

Write the names of instruments used in compass surveying.
Distinguish between the true meridian and magnetic meridian.
Define (a) True meridian and bearing (b)Magnetic meridian and bearing
What do you understand by whole circle bearing and quadrantal bearing of a
line
6. Convert the following whole circular bearings to reduced bearing (a) 15120`
(b) 33240`
7. Differentiate between prismatic compass and surveyors compass with
reference to reading and tripod.
8. Define fore bearing and back bearing.
9. Define Magnetic Dip.
10.Define magnetic declination