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GATE Geomatics Engineering: Principles of surveying: plane and geodetic surveying, errors and adjustment – Previous Year Questions

7 GATE previous year questions on Principles of surveying: plane and geodetic surveying, errors and adjustment (Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q32 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – To finalize the direction of a survey, four surveyors set up a theodolite at a station P and performed all the temporary adjustments. From the station…
  2. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A child walks on a level surface from point P to point Q at a bearing of 30°, from point Q to point R at a bearing of 90° and then directly returns to…
  3. GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – If the number of sides resulting in a closed traverse is increased from three to four, the sum of the interior angles increases by
  4. GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A bird is resting on a point P at a height of 8 m above the Mean Sea Level (MSL). Upon hearing a loud noise, the bird flies parallel to the ground…
  5. GATE 2025 CE (CE1) Q26 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – If the horizontal distance between a staff point and the point of observation is d, the error due to the curvature of earth is proportional to
  6. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q26 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which one of the following statements is TRUE with respect to levelling survey?
  7. GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A 30 m long tape is standardized at 25 °C. It was used to measure the length of a line which came out to be 200 m. The temperature during the…