Advanced Surveying MCQs

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15. The length of a ,parallel of X latitude between two meridians is equal to difference in logitudes multiplied by

16. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

A. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the equator

B. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the poles

C. One degree of longitude has the same value everywhere

D. One degree of latitude decreases from the equator to the poles

17. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

A. One degree of longitude has greatest value at the equator

B. One degree of longitude is about 111 km at equator

C. One degree of latitude is about 111 km everywhere

D. All the above.

18. A nautical mile is

A. one minute arc of the great circle passing through two points

B. one minute arc of the longitude

D. all the above.

19. The longitudes of two places at latitude 60? N are 93? E and 97? W. Their departure is

A. 5100 nautical miles

B. 5700 nautical miles

C. 120 nautical miles

D. 500 nautical miles

20. Pick up the correct statement from the following. The difference between the longitudes of the places is obtained.

A. by subtracting their longitudes if places are in the same hemisphere

B. by adding their longitudes if places are in the different hemispheres

C. by subtracting the sum of their longitudes exceeding 180? from 360? if places are in different hemispheres

D. all the above.

21. The shortest distance between two places measured along the surface of the earth, is

A. length of the equator between their longitudes

B. length of the parallel between their longitudes

C. length of the arc of the great circle passing through them

D. none of these.

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