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Civil Engineering - Advanced Surveying

Exercise : Advanced Surveying - Section 4
16.
A star in northern sphere is said to transit
when its altitude is maximum
when its azimuth is 180°
when it is in south
all the above.
Answer: Option
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17.
In observations of equal precision, the most probable values of the observed quantities are those that render the sum of the squares of the residual errors a minimum, is the fundamental principle of
Gauss' Mid Latitude formula
Delamber's method
Legendr's method
Least square method.
Answer: Option
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18.
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The angular distance of hevenly bodies on observer's meridian measured from the pole, is
co-declination
co-altitude
co-latitude
polar distance
none of these.
Answer: Option
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19.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Centre of the celestial sphere is taken as the position of the observer
Centre of the celestial sphere is taken as the centre of the earth
stars move and maintain their relative positions
Celestial bodies though fixed, appear to revolve from east to west round the celestial pole.
All the above.
Answer: Option
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20.
Parallax bar measures
parallax
height
parallax difference
height difference.
Answer: Option
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