GATE CE Surveying PYQs & Answers

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Which one of the following statements is TRUE with respect to leveling survey?

Your answerChoose one option.

A level surface at all points is normal to the direction of the force of gravity.

Two level surfaces can cross each other.

Ellipsoid is an irregular surface approximating the physical surface of the Earth.

Geoid is a regular surface approximating the physical surface of the Earth.

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A tourist visiting a city holds a map prepared at a scale of 1:2500. The tourist measures the distance between place A and place B in the city as 12.0 cm on the map. Assuming both the places are connected by a straight road, the distance (in km) the tourist needs to walk from A to B is __________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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For the traverse given below, the benchmark is at ground point L. The Reduced Level (RL) of L is 150.000 m. The direction of the traverse is from L to N. The readings on levelling staff using the same levelling instrument kept at Stations S1 and S2 during the traversing are shown in the figure.

Diagram for Civil Engineering question 41

Column 1	Column 2
(I) Sum of Back Sights	(P) 3.300 m
(II) Sum of Fore Sights	(Q) 2.500 m
(III) RL of Point N	(R) 150.300 m
	(S) 3.000 m
	(T) 150.500 m

Matching the information given under Column 1 and Column 2, which one of the following options is CORRECT?

Your answerChoose one option.

(I) – (P) ; (II) – (S) ; (III) – (R)

(I) – (P) ; (II) – (Q) ; (III) – (R)

(I) – (S) ; (II) – (P) ; (III) – (T)

(I) – (S) ; (II) – (Q) ; (III) – (T)

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Interior angles measured at the locations of a closed traverse ABCDA are given in table below.

Location	Interior angle
A	71° 1′ 40″
B	104° 54′ 23″
C	107° 4′ 10″
D	76° 20′ 42″

The total error in the measured angles (in degrees) is ____________ (rounded off to three decimal places).

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