M.Sc.

Hydrology 3rd Semester Subject: Remote Sensing and GIS (Theory)

Name: __________________ Roll No. __________

Q. 1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) (20*1=20)

1. GIS is composite of
a) Software b) Hardware
c) People d) All of the above

2. The projection suitable for equatorial regions is:

a) Conical b) Cylindrical
c) Azimuthal d) None of the Above

3. Earth curvature is insignificant less than ______ Km in flat earth model.

a) 10 b) 15
c) 20 d) 25

4. An approximate shape of earth is:

a) Ellipsoidal b) Spheroid
c) Geoid d) None of the above

5. WGS is an abbreviation of:

a) World Geolocation System b) World Geocentric System
c) World Geodetic System d) All of the above

6. WGS is a ______ datum.

a) Local b) Global
c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of the above

7. NAD27 is a _____ datum.

a) Local b) Global
c) Semi-local, Semi global d) Both (a) and (c)

8. Google Earth and smart phones are programmed for the following datum/geoid _____.
a) WGS b) WGS84
c) WGS72 d) None of the above
9. Conformal projections preserve the _______ related information in the best way.
a) Area b) Shape
c) Direction d) All of the above
10. UTM is a ______
a) Cylindrical Projection b) Conical Projection
c) Azimutal Projection d) None of the above

11. The Mercator and Transverse Mercator projections are

a) Conformal projections b) Equal Area projections
c) Planar projections d) None of the above

12. Total number of latitudes are (in whole number)?

a) 180 b) 181
c) 0 - 90 d) None of the Above

13. Latitude is taken along

a) X-axis b) Y-axis
c) Z-axis d) All of the above

14. To store this value 33301-1234567-8 the “field type” should be

a) Numeric b) Text
c) Long Integer d) Double

15. GCP stands for

a) Global Control Point b) Global Current Position
c) Both (a) and (b) d) Ground Control Point

16. Third order polynomial required minimum points ___________

a) 5 b) 10
c) 6 d) 15

17. Projective transformation is usually recommended for

a) Scanned maps b) Survey of Pakistan sheets
c) Satellite Images d) None of the above

18. Whenever the GCPs are collected using highly precise instruments then one of the following
transformation is highly recommended.
 a) Polynomial Transformation b) Adjust
c) Spline d) All of these

19. SPOT and Landsat are names of ___________.

a) GIS Software b) Satellites
c) Shapefiles d) Data Sources
20. Small scale maps contain:

a) Less information, larger area b) More information, larger area

c) More information, small area d) Both (a) and (b)

Q. 2. True / False (1*5=5)

1) .sbn is not an extension of shapefile.

2) During editing of shapefile we can add any field in attribute table of shapefile.

3) Your georeferenced data is only as accurate as the data to which it is aligned.

4) RMS is an abbreviation of Rout Mean Square Error.

5) Zero RMS error is a guarantee of hundred percent accuracy of geo-referencing.

Q. 3. Short Questions (2*5=10)

1) Write down the definition of geoid and its properties.

2) Write down the formula to calculate the number of minimum required GCPs for polynomial
transformation and calculate the minimum number of GCPs for zero order, 1st order and 3rd order
polynomials using its formula.

3) Enlist the most necessary three supporting files (i.e. extensions) and their uses and abbreviations for
shapefile.

4) How many types of co-ordinate systems are and describe their measuring units?

5) Describe the particular uses of adjust and spline transformation methods and minimum number of
GCPs to execute these transformations.