This book Surveying volume 1, 5th edition covers the essentials of practical Surveying in line with Civil Engineering graduate courses. It will also be useful to self-studying students and those aspiring for competitive and GATE examinations. The exhaustive theory has been fine-tuned into a systematic, point-wise pattern and supported with numerous chapter-end exercises. The book is updated with the recent developments in international standards of Surveying. In-depth coverage of theodolite, traversing, levelling and contouring dedicated chapters on electronic instruments and total station survey supports outcome-based learning explanatory notes on common Surveying operations exhaustive pedagogy covers 160+ Solved examples, 30+ check your fundamentals, 270+ exercises, 50+ conceptual questions and answers and 350+ objective-type questions colour plates for better visualisation and understanding of instruments.