Question Paper For Civil Engineering

Annamalai University
Deparment of Civil Engineering II & III Year Question paper

For what purpose the optical Staff Used?
How is the chain surveying plotted and checked.
Describe any three method of adjusting the Traverse.
Distinguish between dip and declination.
Enumerate the three-point Problem. How is it solved?
Explain the characteristic of contour lines.
What do you mean by orientation of the plan table? What are the methods of orientation?
Describe the method of reduction of level and discuss their relative merit and demerits
What are the permanent adjustments of a Dumpy level?
Enumerate the permanent adjustment of a theadolite?
Describe in details the collimation adjustment of a transit?
What are the fundamental axes in a transit theadolite? State the relationship that must exits between them.
Explain the method of repetition to find the horizontal angle between two survey lines using a transit theadolite.
Explain the method to determine the additive and multiplying constants for a tacheometer on the field?
Explain the ‘Double plane Method’ employed in stadia tacheometry.
State the principle of surveying.
What are Base, Check and tie Lines?
What is need for well-conditioned triangle?
Describe the various obstacles to chaining and method to overcome them with suitable sketch.
list the precaution in booking filed notes for the chain surveying.
Describe a prismatic campus with a neat sketch.
What are the whole circle bearing and quadrantal bearing?
What are the sources of error in campus surveying
Describe the various accessories used in a plane table surveying?
Explain the method of Intersection in plane table surveying
State the three –point problem .what are the various field method to solve it ? Explain any one them.
What are the Temporary adjustments of a Dumpy level?
Describe the method of reciprocal leveling. what re the error eliminated by using this method ?
Write short notes on profile leveling.
Explain the method of chaining indicating the duties of surveyor leader and the follower
Describe the method of reciprocal ranging. When the method is required to be employed ?
What are the corrections to be applied for a base line measurement?
What are the errors in chaining?
Explain the Difference between a prismatic campus and a surveyor’s Campus.
What are force and Back bearing of a line?
What is local attraction? How it can be detected and corrected?
Describe the method of plane table traversing?
Explain the Bassel’s method of solving the three-point problem.
State the two –point problem. describe a method to solve it
What are the Advantage of plane table surveying?
What is collimation error ? how it can be corrected?
Explain the two permanent adjustments of a transit theadolite?
Explain the method of reiteration to find the horizontal angle between two survey lines using a transite theodolite.
Describe the construction and use of different types of cross staff.
Write short notes on curvature and refraction
What are the temporary adjustment of a transit theodolite?
Explain the method of marking the survey stations.
Discuss about different types of errors in chaining.
What is back bearing and what are the advantages of observing it in a traverse?
Discuss with sketch, the various method of orienting the plane

51.Discuss with advantage and disadvantage of plan table surveying over other method.
52. What are the different method of plan table surveying?
53. What are the different Sources o error in leveling ? how they are eliminated ?
54. Explain the concept of differential leveling.
55. Explain how you would measure with a theadolite
(a) Horizontal angle by repetition
(b) Vertical angle
56. What are the Different error in theadolite work ?
57. What are conditions to be fulfilled by survey lines or survey stations ?
58. Explain the method of marking the survey stations.
59. Explain about prismatic compass and the temporary adjustment required set up the
Instrument.
60.What are the principal requirements of a magnetic needle ?
61. Differentiate between surveyor’s and prismatic compass.
62. Explain advantage and disadvantage of plan table surveying.
63. What is three point problem ? how it is solved by
(a) Bessle’s method ?
(b) Graphical method?
64. Describe with the help of Sketches .Lehman’s Rules
65.What are the different types of leveling staff? State the merit and demerit of each.
66.Define:
a) Bench Mark
b) Reduced Level
c) Back Sight
d) Dip of Horizon.
67. Give list of permanent adjustments of a transit theadolite and state the object of each
Adjustment.
68. What are the principles of surveying ?
69. Explain the method of a survey party.