1. What is the fundamental difference between plane surveying and geodetic surveying?

2. What do you mean by terms “topographical map” and cadastral map?

3. What is the main principle of surveying?
4. How is a chain folded and unfolded?
5. Two stations are not intervisible due to intervening high ground. How will you range
the line?
6. What do you mean by RF?
7. How many ranging rods are required to range a line?
8. What is the length of one link in a 20m chain?
9. What is the Principle of chain surveying?
10. Why is the triangle preferred to the quadrilateral?
11. What is the disadvantage of using ill – conditioned triangles?
12. How is a station marked on the ground?
13. Why is it necessary to provide tallies in a chain?
14. What do you mean by the term ideal triangle?
15. How will you set up a perpendicular with the help of only a chain and tape?
16. For indirect ranging the minimum no of ranging rods required is ______.
17. The direction of a line relative to a given meridian is called ______.
18. How many types of a compass are used in surveying?
19. In a reduced bearing system, bearing is measured from ______.
20. Prismatic Compass is based on the which bearing system?
21. How many meridians are used in surveying?
22. What is local attraction?
23. Describe “total station “.
24. Which apparatus is used to test liquid limit of a soil?
25. Determine the moisture content of a soil sample, the following data is available
Weight of container = 260 g, Weight of soil sample and = 320 g container, Weight of
soil sample (dried) and = 310 g container.
26. Water content of a soil sample is the difference of the weight of the given sample at
the given temperature and the weight determined after drying it for 24 hours at
temperature ranging from ______.
27. Define porosity and void ratio.
28. What is the range of degree of saturation of soil?
29. Draw a two phase diagram of soil.
30. What is specific gravity?
31. What is shear strength of soil?
32. What is bearing capacity?
33. What is permeability of soil?
34. Void ratio of which soil is more silt, clay and sand?
35. What is shallow foundation?
36. What is the purpose of laying foundation?
37. Which type of foundation can be provided in weak soil?
38. Draw the different types of pile foundation.
39. With the help of neat sketch show the various components of well foundation.
40. How do we differentiate between deep and shallow foundation?
41. What is a gravity dam?
42. What is sub surface irrigation? Mention its different types.
43. What is perennial irrigation?
44. Write the different methods of irrigation along with simple diagrams.
45. What do you mean by a spillway?
46. What is the function of a weir? What are the different types of weir?
47. What is cross drainage work? Mention the different types.
48. What is a supper passage?
49. What is siphon aqueduct?
50. What is a canal?
51. What is diversion headwork and storage headwork?
52. What are the advantages of irrigation?
53. What is surface irrigation? Mention its types.
54. What are arch dams and masonry dams?
55. Briefly discuss identifying the location for the construction of a dam.
56. What is meant by tractive resistance?
57. Classify the roads based on Nagpur road plan.
58. Write a short notes on geometric design of highway.
59. Draw the cross section of road in embankment and in cutting.
60. What is ROW?
61. What is meant by camber?
62. What is the min width of shoulder to be provided according to IRC?
63. What is IRC?
64. What is the min width of a single lane?
65. The width of 4 lane is _______.
66. What is a kerb? Mention different types of kerb.
67. Define superelevation. It is also known as ______.
68. Write a short notes on highway material.
69. What is ballast? Write down its function.
70. Draw the cross section view of permanent way on embankment.
71. What do you mean by rails? Draw the various types of rails.
72. What are the functions of sleepers?
73. What is traffic engineering?
74. What are the various methods to control traffic?
75. What are the different types of airport?
76. What is taxiway?
77. What are TORA and TODA?
78. Write short notes on wind rose diagram.
79. What is apron in airport engineering?
80. Hope you all learn something from this, by the way its not a question. Peace out.