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GATE Civil Engineering · Surveying - Photogrammetry · 2018-2025

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2025 Q35

A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a scale of 1 cm = 40 m and the result was 468 m. Later, it was discovered that the scale used was 1 cm = 20...

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2025 PYQ

A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a scale of $1 \mathrm{~cm}=40 \mathrm{~m}$ and the result was 468 m . Later, it was discovered that the sca...

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2024 Q30

For a reconnaissance survey, it is necessary to obtain vertical aerial photographs of a terrain at an average scale of 1: 13000 using a camera. If the permissible flying height is...

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2024 Q45

A map is prepared with a scale of 1:1000 and a contour interval of 1 m. If the distance between two adjacent contours on the map is 10 mm, the slope of the ground between the adjac...

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2024 PYQ

For a reconnaissance survey, it is necessary to obtain vertical aerial photographs of a terrain at an average scale of 1: 13000 using a camera. If the permissible flying height is...

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2023 Q35

If the size of the ground area is 6 km × 3 km and the corresponding photo size in the aerial photograph is 30 cm x 15 cm, then the scale of the photograph is 1 : ________ (in integ...

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2023 PYQ

If the size of the ground area is 6 km × 3 km and the corresponding photo size in the aerial photograph is 30 cm × 15 cm, then the scale of the photograph is 1 : ________ (in integ...

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2022 Q23

An aerial photograph is taken from a flight at a height of 3.5 km above mean sea level, using a camera of focal length 152 mm. If the average ground elevation is 460 m above mean s...

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2022 PYQ

An aerial photograph is taken from a flight at a height of 3.5 km above mean sea level, using a camera of focal length 152 mm. If the average ground elevation is 460 m above mean s...

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2019 Q33

A camera with a focal length of 20 cm fitted in an aircraft is used for taking vertical aerial photographs of a terrain. The average elevation of the terrain is 1200 m above mean s...

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2018 Q55

An aerial photograph of a terrain having an average elevation of 1400 m is taken at a scale of 1:7500. The focal length of the camera is 15 cm. The altitude of the flight above mea...

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