GATE-GE SERIES
Geomatics-engineering

Aerial Photograph

6 previous year questions.

Volume: 6 Ques
Yield: Medium

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6
2025

Chapter Questions
6 MCQs

01
PYQ 2025
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geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-

A 23 cm square format camera with a focal length of 152.4 mm is used for taking vertical aerial photographs with 60% end-lap. These photographs are viewed under a stereoscope with a base-height ratio of 0.15. The vertical exaggeration while stereoviewing these photographs is ___________ (Answer in integer).}

02
PYQ 2025
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-

A 23 cm square format camera with a focal length of 152.4 mm is used for taking vertical aerial photographs with 60% end-lap. These photographs are viewed under a stereoscope with a base-height ratio of 0.15. The vertical exaggeration while stereoviewing these photographs is ___________ (Answer in integer).

03
PYQ 2025
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-

Consider an infinitely sized square grid pattern (as shown in the figure below) overlaid on a flat ground at an elevation of 120 m above mean sea level. An image is taken by a camera from flying height of 450 m above mean sea level. Assume that the flying height remains constant throughout the operation of the flight. The flying direction is along the line FL, as shown in the figure below. The camera is looking in the off-nadir in the flight direction resulting in a low oblique photograph. Which of the following statements for the resulting low oblique photograph is/are correct?

1
Scale of the photograph is not uniform along the flight direction
2
Parallel lines on the ground do not always appear parallel in the resulting photograph
3
Horizon is visible in the photograph
4
Cells A, B and C appear as squares in the resulting aerial photograph
04
PYQ 2025
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-

Consider a pair of overlapping vertical aerial photographs taken from a flying height of 665 m above a point A on the ground, with a camera having a focal length of 152.4 mm. The height of the point A above the mean sea level is 535 m. The parallax bar reading of the point A as measured from the photographs is 10.96 mm. Assuming the air base to be 400 m, the parallax bar constant is _________ mm.

1
80.71
2
457.96
3
39.84
4
24.18
05
PYQ 2025
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Select the correct statement in the context of relief displacement in vertical aerial photographs.
1
It is zero for principal point, irrespective of whether the point is above or below the datum
2
It increases with increased flying height above datum
3
It occurs radially from one of the image corners
4
It has no effect on the appearance (in the aerial photograph) of the straight roads over an undulating terrain
06
PYQ 2025
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which one of the following parameters does NOT affect the scale of a vertical aerial photograph?
1
Size of the photograph
2
Focal length of the camera
3
Flying height
4
Terrain elevation