358. Assertion : The main advantage of the non-transiting telescopes was that it did not require high supports. Reason : The instrument is made comparatively compact.
359. Assertion : The change of zero is neither possible nor feasible. Reason : The vertical angles are influenced by atmosphefic refraction, the effects of which are somewhat irregular,
360. Assertion : The counting of the paces by the leader when pulling the chain forward should be carefully noted. Reason : It saves the follower to search for the arrow in high grass.
361. Assertion : Measurement on the ground yields better results than stepping. Reason : On short slopes of varying degree the method of stepping is quicker and generally used.
362. Assertion : The refined ranging in chaining is necessary if offsetting is to be done. Reason : The offsets are put in error by the full amount of the divergence.
363. Assertion : The measured distance of a line at a height above sea level is longer than the distance between the points that are vertically below the ends of line. Reason : The curvature of the earth increases the length.
364. Assertion : If an area has more than three straight boundaries, it is not sufficient to measure the sides only. Reason An infinite number of figures can be drawn satisfying the data.
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