PLANE TABLE SURVEYING MCQs 17 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/17 Subscribe 1. The method of surveying in which the field work and plotting are done simultaneously is called: (A) Chain surveying (B) Tachometric surveying (C) Compass surveying (D) Plane table surveying 2. The operation of setting the plane table so that all the lines on the paper are parallel to the corresponding lines on the ground is called: (A) Orientation (B) Centering (C) Setting (D) Levelling 3. In plane table survey, the operation which must be carried out is: (A) Radiation (B) Intersection (C) Orientation (D) Traversing 4. In plane tabling, the instrument used to measure horizontal and vertical distance directly is called: (A) Clinometer (B) Telescopic alidade (C) Tacheometer (D) Plane alidade 5. The working edge of the alidade is known as the: (A) Tapered edge (B) Beveled edge (C) Fiducial edge (D) Straight edge 6. The north line of the map is marked on the: (A) Right-hand bottom corner (B) Left-hand top corner (C) Right-hand top corner (D) Left-hand bottom corner 7. The centering fork is required for: (A) Orientation (B) Levelling (C) Centering (D) Sighting 8. The principle of plane table surveying is: (A) Triangulation (B) Parallelism (C) Traversing (D) Intersection 9. Instrument used for orientation of plane table is: (A) Plumb bob (B) Prismatic compass (C) Alidade (D) Centering fork 10. An instrument used in plane tabling for sighting is called: (A) Trough compass (B) Plumbing bob (C) U-frame (D) Alidade 11. Method of plane table surveying suitable in uneven ground is: (A) Resection (B) Traversing (C) Intersection (D) Radiation 12. The plane tabling of small area which can be commanded from a single station is usually done by the method of: (A) Intersection (B) Radiation (C) Traversing (D) Offsetting 13. Plotting of inaccessible points on a plane table can be conveniently done by: (A) Radiation (B) Intersection (C) Traversing (D) Offsetting 14. Locating the position of the plane table station by making observations to three known points is called: (A) Orientation (B) Intersection (C) Three point problem (D) Two points problem 15. Locating the position of station occupied by the plane table station by making observations to well defined points is called: (A) Resection (B) Intersection (C) Traversing (D) Orientation 16. Three points problem is solved to locate: (A) Occupied station (B) Missing data (C) New station (D) Orientation 17. Two point and three point problems are methods of: (A) Resection (B) Intersection (C) Orientation (D) Traversing