GATE-GE SERIES
Geomatics-engineering

Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing

29 previous year questions.

Volume: 29 Ques
Yield: High

High-Yield Trend

29
2024

Chapter Questions
29 MCQs

01
PYQ 2024
hard
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
A four-band multispectral image with pixel size of 50 m x 50 m covers a ground area of 20 km × 20 km. If the radiometric resolution of the satellite data is 8 bits, then the uncompressed satellite image contains _______ kilobytes (kB) of data (in integer).
02
PYQ 2024
hard
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Using the given 3 × 3 pixel kernel and original image and applying the concept of convolution, the value of central pixel of the output image is _____ (in integer).
Using the given 3 × 3 pixel kernel and original image and applying the concept of convolution, the value of central pixel of the output image is _____ (in integer).
03
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following statements about image ratio is/are CORRECT?
1
It cannot be used to suppress the effects of topography
2
It cannot be used to suppress the effects of differential sun-illumination
3
It helps in suppressing the effects of differential sun-illumination
4
It helps in suppressing the effects of topography
04
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following filters can be used to suppress the low frequency component of a raster image?
Which of the following filters can be used to suppress the low frequency component of a raster image?
1
(i)
2
(ii)
3
(iii)
4
(iv)
05
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following statistical measures CANNOT be computed from the multispectral image histograms?
1
Mean, skewness, kurtosis
2
Covariance matrix
3
Co-occurrence matrix
4
Correlation matrix
06
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
For the following covariance matrix (Σ) of a multispectral image, which of the statements is/are INCORRECT?
For the following covariance matrix (Σ) of a multispectral image, which of the statements is/are INCORRECT?
1
band-1 and band-2 have maximum correlation
2
band-2 and band-3 are least correlated
3
band-3 conveys the maximum information content
4
band-1 conveys the minimum information content
07
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
The figure given below shows the Fourier spectrum obtained by applying filter on a remote sensing image in frequency domain. Zone A represents the location of ________ components.
The figure given below shows the Fourier spectrum obtained by applying filter on a remote sensing image in frequency domain
1
low frequency
2
mid frequency
3
mid to high frequency
4
high frequency
08
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
_______ is a raster image resampling technique that DOES NOT alter any of the output cell values from the input raster dataset.
1
Nearest neighbor
2
Cubic convolution
3
Bilinear
4
Kriging
09
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
A one-dimensional normalized kernel is convolved with an image to produce an intermediate result. The intermediate image of this operation is again convolved with the same kernel to produce a final result. The equivalent kernel to achieve the same final result in one step from the original image is given as
1
2
3
4
10
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
A four-band multispectral image of size 64 × 64 pixels has 560 header bytes. The per pixel depth of the image is 2 bytes. The total number of bytes required to store this image on the disk in the Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) format will be
1
33328
2
32338
3
33823
4
33283
11
PYQ 2024
hard
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
A high tower appeared on an aerial photograph taken at 1000 m above mean sea level with a camera lens of 15 cm focal length. The radial distances of the top and bottom images of the tower from principal point of photograph are 92.6 mm and 78.3 mm, respectively. If the average elevation of terrain is 300 m above mean sea level, then the height of the tower above ground is _________ m (rounded off to the nearest integer).
12
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
A line measures 15 cm on an aerial photograph, while it measures 5 cm on a map at 1:24000 scale. The photograph was taken using a camera lens of 20 cm focal length. Average elevation of terrain is 240 m above mean sea level. The flying height of the aircraft above mean sea level is___ m (in integer).
13
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
If the longitudinal overlap in aerial photographs is kept as 65%, the common overlap (superlap) between three successive photographs is_________ % (in integer).
14
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Isocentre of a tilted photograph is
1
intersection of the optical axis of the aerial camera with the plane of the photograph
2
Jaxis where the point of aerial photograph where a plumb line dropped from exposure station pierces the photograph
3
angle of tilt of the photograph
4
the point on the photograph where the bisector of the angle of tilt meets the photograph
15
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Scale of a vertical aerial photograph of an undulating terrain is
1
directly proportional to the height of terrain
2
inversely proportional to the focal length of camera lens
3
directly proportional to the flying height of aircraft
4
uniform throughout the photograph
16
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
"Transit the telescope" of a theodolite involves
1
rotating the theodolite about its vertical axis
2
rotating the telescope about its trunnion axis
3
rotating the telescope about its line of collimation
4
rotating the theodolite by 90° in horizontal plane
17
PYQ 2024
hard
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Using the following data, the spatial resolution of a push-broom sensor is _________ m (in integer).
Data:
Orbital altitude (above earth surface) = 1000 km
Number of spectral bands = 5
Number of detectors/CCDs (charged coupled devices) in a row = 4000
Ground swath = 20 km
18
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following parts of the electromagnetic spectrum is/are used in satellite remote sensing for earth observation?
1
Visible wavelengths
2
Thermal Infrared wavelengths
3
Radio wavelengths
4
Gamma wavelengths
19
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following CANNOT be used as visual interpretation key(s) for satellite images?
1
Texture
2
Projection
3
Pattern
4
Association
20
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT for satellite image interpretation?
1
SWIR band is sensitive to moisture in soil and vegetation
2
Blue band is not useful to discriminate between water and snow
3
NIR band is useful to discriminate between land and water
4
Green band is useful to discriminate between cloud and snow
21
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?
1
CARTOSAT-1 satellite can acquire across-track stereoscopic pairs of images of a geographical region on the same day.
2
CARTOSAT-1 satellite can acquire across-track stereoscopic pairs of images of a geographical region on successive days.
3
CARTOSAT-1 satellite can acquire along-track stereoscopic pairs of images of a geographical region on the same day.
4
CARTOSAT-1 satellite can acquire along-track stereoscopic pairs of images of a geographical region on successive days.
22
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?
1
Network analysis can be done with vector data.
2
Linear features are clearly identified as discrete features in vector database.
3
Satellite images are in vector format.
4
Digital elevation model is in raster format.
23
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Find the best match between Column A and Column B
Column AColumn B
(P) Radiant flux (1) Dimensionless
(Q) Radiant energy (2) Watts
(R) Radiant Exitance (3) Joules
(S) Reflectance (4) Watts
(5) Watts
1
P-5, Q-4, R-3, S-1
2
P-5, Q-4, R-2, S-3
3
P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4
4
P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
24
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Find the best match between remote sensing sensors (Column A) with their characteristics (Column B)
Column AColumn B
(P) IRS LISS-III (1) 36 bands
(Q) Landsat TM (2) along track scanner
(R) MODIS (3) across track scanner
(S) Hyperion(4) 18 bands
(5) 242 bands
1
P-1, Q-5, R-2, S-3
2
P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
3
P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-5
4
P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-5
25
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
The wavelength at which maximum energy is radiated or emitted from the forest fire at temperature of 700 °C is __________ (rounded off to one decimal place).
26
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Part of the solar radiation incident on the water surface gets refracted as per
1
Rayleigh's law
2
Snell's law
3
Moore's law
4
Newton's law
27
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Hyperspectral sensor consists of
1
large number of wide and discrete bands
2
small number of wide and contiguous bands
3
large number of narrow and contiguous bands
4
small number of narrow and discrete bands
28
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
The approximate altitude (above earth surface) of polar sun-synchronous orbits of ISRO's remote sensing satellites is
1
< 90 km
2
90 km to 200 km
3
200 km to 400 km
4
400 km
29
PYQ 2024
medium
geomatics-engineering ID: gate-ge-
Water bodies appear in dark tone in Near Infrared (NIR) image, because water _______ most of the NIR radiations incident on it.
1
absorbs
2
emits
3
reflects
4
scatters