Jamia M. Arch. Entrance Guidebo - Farrukh Nadeem

JAMIA M. Arch.
Entrance Guidebook
JAMIA M. Arch. Entrance guidebook
Authors: Fahad Shaheen, Farrukh Nadeem, Faisal Husaini
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Acknowledgement
First and foremost, thanks to Almighty God, without whose blessings this book wouldn’t be possible.
What if I reveal one of the biggest secret of Arcus, Arcus is most productive when its founders are
unemployed, we are again unemployed and yet again with a resourceful material like this in your
hand. All thanks to everyone for keeping us free.
A fair share of thanks to Ar. Moh’d Shoeb, the editor-in-cheap of Arcus, for formatting this entire
book just over a cup of tea, that too prepared by him only. His zeal and enthusiasm towards achieving
things, which in not even intended fully, motivates us to keep trying till end irrespective of end result
being failed. His life consolidates the proverb reality is indeed stranger than fiction sometime.
A special thanks to Amir Ahmad for coming back from New Zealand just to serve Arcus with his
culinary art. Your start-up idea of becoming richer quickly is also silently motivating us, otherwise we
would not have seen Arcus working after 12 am.
Arcus is highly indebted to Mrs and Mr Faisal Husaini, for showing us way-forward in life and teaching
us that even if contribution is small we should always take due acknowledgement.
Thanking you
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About Arcus
Arcus, an initiative of the few Architects from Jamia Millia Islamia, has been formed with an intent
of providing academic assistance to Architecture and Planning Students all over the country. Arcus
helps students in clearing doubts regarding Gate examination, Government jobs examination and
any other doubt in the academics. Arcus has been doing this job effectively since 2017.
This is the third book launched by Arcus after ‘A guidebook for Government jobs in Architecture and
Planning’ and ‘A guidebook for Government jobs in Planning’ for the preparation of Master of
architecture entrance of Jamia Millia Islamia. We hope you shall like and appreciate the effort
Thanking you
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Preface
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is one of the pioneers in Architecture education. It offers Master of
Architecture Programs in six different Streams. Every year a good number of students from all over
the country and abroad seek admission here. At ARCUS we are getting continuous queries related to
examination and request to provide the study material.
The study material in your hand is a result of the good amount of hard work and dedication of ARCUS
team. Detailed solution and possible explanation have been provided to each and every question.
Extreme care has been taken to avoid any kind of mistakes and error, however, if you find any, kindly
let us know. Any comment and suggestion are welcome.
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About the Authors
Fahad Shaheen, an under graduate in Architecture from Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi, is a post graduate City Planner from IIT Kharagpur.
He has worked as an Urban Planner in the Central Government scheme
of National Rurban Mission for the state Uttar Pradesh. He has also
been a visiting Faculty for Master of Architecture in Government
College of architecture, Lucknow and has been guiding students for the
betterment since then.
Farrukh Nadeem, is an undergraduate in Architecture and post

graduate in Building Services from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He
also has a P.G. Diploma in Urban Planning and Development to his
name. He has secured a single digit rank in GATE Architecture Exam,
and has been teaching and guiding students since 2015.
Faisal Husaini is an architect with PG specialization in Building

Services and PG diploma in Urban planning and development. He has
qualified GATE Architecture twice. Currently, he is practising
architecture in an UAE based Engineering Consultancy and guiding
students through ARCUS.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 01: JMI M. Arch. Entrance 2019 ...................................................................................... 1
Chapter 02: JMI M. Arch. Entrance 2018 ...................................................................................... 7
Chapter 03: JMI M. Arch. Entrance 2017 .................................................................................... 39
Chapter 04: JMI M. Arch. Entrance 2016 .................................................................................... 73
Chapter 05: Practice Set 01........................................................................................................ 89
Chapter 06: Practice Set 02...................................................................................................... 107
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CHAPTER ONE: JAMIA 2019
Chapter 01
JMI M. Arch. Entrance 2019
Jamia M.Arch. Entrance Guidebook 1

CUT-OFF: JAMIA 2019
Category wise cut off based on the merit of entrance test (2019-2020)
Healthcare Architecture
SI. No. Selection category Cut off marks
1 General 141.25
2 MM 103.25
3 M.OBC / M.ST. 85.00
4 MW 82.00
5 JK 51.25
Building services
1 General 145.25
2 MM 120.00
3 M.OBC / M.ST. 91.50
4 MW 95.75
Recreational Architecture
1 General 126.50
2 MM 86.50
3 M.OBC / M.ST. 79.50
4 MW 79.75
Urban Regeneration
1 General 140.00
2 MM 111.25
3 M.OBC / M.ST. 84.75
4 MW 97.50
5 JK 58.75

CUT-OFF: JAMIA 2019
M. Ekistics
1 General 125.75
2 MM 83.75
3 M.OBC / M.ST. 77.00
4 MW 73.50
Architectural Pedagogy
1 General 124.00
2 MM 77.00
3 M.OBC / M.ST. 67.50
4 MW 68.50

1. What is Air funnel 4. Match the premier Architecture Institute with

(a) Area under high air pressure their respective state
(b) It reflects the air flow direction
(c) Landing path of Aircraft near airdrome 1. SPA Bhopal a. Chandigarh
(d) Area under special height restriction 2. SPA Vijaywada b. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (c) 3. SPA Delhi c. Telangana
A cold air funnel is a high based weak circulation
that occurs in a cool air mass. By high based it is 4. JMI Delhi d. Delhi
meant it develops well above the earth's surface. 5. SAP Chennai e. Gujarat
6. CCA Chandigarh f. Andhra Pradesh
2. Identify the Shrine with respective state
7. CEPT Ahmedabad g. Tamil Nadu
1. Sarnath a. Uttrakhand 8. JNAFAU Hyderabad
2. Somnath b. Gujarat
3. Jagannath c. Uttar Pradesh (a) 1- b, 2 - g, 3 - e, 4 –c, 5-b, 6-d, 7-f, 8- d
(b) 1- b, 2 - f, 3 - d, 4 - d, 5-g, 6-a, 7-e, 8- c
4. Badrinath d. Orissa
(c) 1- f, 2 -g, 3 - e, 4 - d, 5-d, 6-c, 7-b, 8- d
(d) 1- a, 2 - g, 3 - e, 4 – d, 5- d, 6-c, 7-f, 8- d
(a) 1- c, 2 - b, 3 - d, 4 - a
(b) 1- a, 2 - b, 3 - d, 4 - c Answer: (b)
(c) 1- c, 2 -b, 3 - a, 4 - d
5. Pick the right sequence of introduction of
(d) 1- d, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 – c
Luminaries
Answer: (a) i. LED
ii. CFL
3. Identify the Shrine with respective state iii. Florescent Tube
iv. Incandescent Bulb
1. Vasihno Devi a. Uttar Pradesh (a) i, ii, iii, iv
2. Harminder Sahib b. Jammu Kashmir (b) iv, iii, i, ii
(c) iv, iii, ii, i
3. Salar Masud Ghazi c. Punjab
(d) ii, iii, iv, i
4. Moinuddin Chishti d. Gujarat
Answer: (b)
e. Rajasthan
6. Which marked Gadgets consumes less power
(a) 1- e, 2 - c, 3 - d, 4 - a giving same output
(b) 1- b, 2 - c, 3 - a, 4 - e (a) *****
(c) 1- d, 2 -c, 3 - b, 4 - a (b) ****
(d) 1- b, 2 - e, 3 - d, 4 – a (c) **
(d) *
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a)

A star rating system depicts the energy efficiency 9. Which is a virtue of Town Planning
of an electrical appliance. The higher the number (a) Social Sustainability
of stars, the more efficient it is. The star rating (b) Economic Sustainability
system was devised by the Bureau of Energy (c) Ecological Sustainability
Efficiency (BEE) India, with a range of 1 to 5 stars. (d) Energy Efficiency
7. BEE rating is used for Answer: (c)

(a) Fire Protection
(b) For protection from Bee 10. Claustrophobia is not caused because of
(c) For electrical safety (a) Dwarf space
(d) None of these (b) Low illumination
(c) Over crowding
Answer: (d) (d) Poor occupancy
BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) is an agency set
up by the government of India to constantly move Answer: (b)
towards maximum energy efficiency. It Claustrophobia is the fear of being in a small space
coordinates with all the intermediaries including or room and unable to escape. It can be triggered
the government, industries, manufacturers and by many situations or stimuli,
consumers in order to achieve their goals of an including elevators crowded to capacity,
energy efficient nation. windowless rooms, hotel rooms with closed doors
and sealed windows, small cars and even tight-
8. Which is a virtue of Architecture Practice necked clothing.
(a) Social Sustainability
(b) Economic Sustainability 11. Cantilever structures are designed using
(c) Ecological Sustainability (a) Newton’s Law of motion
(d) Energy Efficiency (b) Law of parallelogram of forces
(c) Principal of levers
Answer: (d)
The Roman architect Vitruvius in his treatise (d) None of these
on architecture, De Architectura, asserted Answer: (c)
that there were three principles of good A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as
architecture: a beam or a plate, anchored at one end to a
 Firmatis (Durability) – It should stand up
(usually vertical) support from which it protrudes;
robustly and remain in good condition. this connection could also be perpendicular to a
 Utilitas (Utility) – It should be useful and
flat, vertical surface such as a wall.
function well for the people using it.
 Venustatis (Beauty) – It should delight
12. In an Arch structure, which principle is used
people and raise their spirits. (a) Voussoir
(b) keystone
(c) Spring action
(d) Loading
Answer: (b)

13. Hall of Nation was in News because of external forces. Thus a triangular shape is the
(a) Its architectural design strongest one which is also called a rigid structure.
(b) Its structural design
16. Which is not a survey tool
(c) Being demolished
(a) Total Station
(d) It was designed by Raj Rewal
(b) Theodolite
Answer: (c) (c) Plain Table
On the morning of April 24th, Delhi’s architecture (d) Log Table
community reacted in shock and disgust to the
news that the city's Hall of Nations and the Answer: (d)
four Halls of Industries had been demolished.
17. Islamic Architecture is
14. In a beam, depth of a beam is important because (a) Buildings having arches and domes
(a) Bending moment goes up with depth in (b) Buildings built during Medieval period
Geometrical Propagation (c) Buildings having Islamic philosophy
(b) Bending moment goes up with depth in (d) Building for Islamic practices
Arithmetic Propagation
Answer: (a)
(c) Only cross section of the beam is important
(d) It reduces shear force
18. Which is not example of Cave Architecture
Answer: (a) (a) Ajanta
Moment of inertia is the second moment of Area (b) Khajuraho
which means that to increase the MoI Either the (c) Ellora
Area to be increased or the distance from the (d) Elephanta
Neutral Axis to the center of the Area is to
Answer: (b)
increased. As distance from the Neutral Axis to the
Khajuraho is one of the most popular tourist spots
center of the Area is squarly proportional to the
in Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for its ancient
MoI, it will be easy and economical to increase the
temples that depict some of the finest art in the
distance. ( MoI = A*r^2)
world.
15. Which is the most stable form
N.B: This is to be duly noted by students that, there
(a) Triangle
were 200 questions asked in Entrance examination
(b) Square
(c) Rectangle
of Jamia M arch. 2019. Out of these 200, many of
(d) Circle the questions were already asked in previous years
entrance therefore, we are just discussing unique
Answer: (a) questions of 2019 entrance here, rest all has been
The degree of freedom of the triangular chain discussed thoroughly in subsequent chapters.
(equivalent to plane triangular shape) has zero
degree of freedom this indicates that links of the
triangular chain can't move even a bit if links are
strong enough even under the application of

CHAPTER TWO: JAMIA 2018
Chapter 02

CHAPTER TWO: JAMIA 2018
1. Which one of the following is not a UNESCO world translation by Frederick Etchells, is a collection of
heritage site in India? essays written by Le Corbusier.
(a) Jama Masjid
(b) Malapuram 5. ‘Good City Form’ is authored by
(c) Rani-Ki-Vau (a) Francis D.K. Ching
(d) Khangchendzonga National Park (b) Le Corbusier
(c) Christopher Alexander
Answer: (-) (d) Kevin Lynch
Jama Masjid and Malapuram both are not in the
list of world heritage site Answer: (d)
With the publication of The Image of the City in
2. As per NBC the area required for each ECS inclusive 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of
of circulation for basement parking is exploring city form. First published in hardcover
(a) 15 sq. m under the title A Theory of Good City Form.
(b) 23 sq. m
(c) 32 sq. m 6. What is not a characteristic of Mughal Garden?
(d) 37 sq. M (a) Topiary Work
(b) Water Channels and Cascades
Answer: (c)
Area for each equivalent car space inclusive of (c) Orchards
circulation area is 23 m2 for open parking 28 m2 for (d) Pavilions
ground floor covered parking and 32 m2 for
basement. Answer: (a)
3. Pietra Dura is related to 7. Identify the correct order as theorised by C.A.

(a) Calligraphy Doxiadis.
(b) Stone Jali (a) Man, Society, Shell, Networks, Nature
(c) Arabesque patterns (b) Nature, Man, Society, Shell, Network
(d) All of the above (c) Network, Society, Nature, Shell, Man
(d) Man, Society, Shell, Nature, Network
Answer: (c)
Pietra dura is a term for using cut and fitted, highly Answer: (b)
polished coloured stones to create images. As a scientific mode of study, ekistics currently
relies on statistics and description, organized in five
4. ‘Towards A New Architecture’ is authored by ekistics elements or principles: nature, Anthropos,
(a) Ayn Rand society, shells, and networks
(b) Christopher Alexander
(c) Le Corbusier 8. For a typical water service connection in a house
(d) Kevin Lynch following is connected in the main line.
(a) Cistern
Answer: (c) (b) Gully Trap
Toward an Architecture but commonly known as
(c) Ferrule
Towards a New Architecture after the 1927
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Answer: (b) Any and all buried utility lines shall be placed at a
A gully trap is provided outside the building before minimum depth of 36" i.e 92 cm
connecting to external sewerage line and its collect
waste water from the building. 12. Council of Architecture was established in the year
(a) 1972
9. Which is not a trap used for the sanitary fitting? (b) 1974
(a) P (c) 1976
(b) Q (d) 1978
(c) R
(d) S Answer: (a)
The Council of Architecture (COA) is a body
Answer: (c) corporate by the Government of India under the
provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted by
the Parliament of India, which came into force on 1
September 1972
13. The first Master Plan for Delhi was released in the
year:
(a) 1947
(b) 1950
(c) 1957
10. What colour is the state highway denoted in India? (d) 1962
(a) Yellow
(b) Green Answer: (d)
(c) Orange The First DDA Master Plan was formed in 1962.
(d) Blue 14. The phenomenon of ‘Heat Island’ is found in
Answer: (b) (a) Ocean
(b) Forest
National Highway Milestone: Yellow and White color (c) Lakes
(d) Cities
State Highway Milestone: Green and White color
City/District Road Milestone: Blue/Black and White color Answer: (d)

Heat islands form as vegetation is replaced by
Rural Road Milestone: Red and White color asphalt and concrete for roads, buildings, and other
11. The minimum depth of Street Main Water line structures necessary to accommodate growing
should be? populations
(a) 76 cm
15. ‘Weep Hole’ are found in
(b) 92 cm
(a) Plinth Beam
(c) 72 cm
(b) Parapet
(d) 80 cm
(c) Retaining Wall
Answer: (b) (d) Culverts
Answer: (c)

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Weep holes are provided in masonry walls, 19. Volatile Organic Compounds are commonly found in
retaining walls, underpasses, wing walls and other (a) Paints and lacquers
ground draining structure. Weep holes provide an (b) Refrigerants
opening that allows the drainage of any moisture (c) Household appliances
that may come from back of the wall through (d) Air conditioners
penetration, capillary action or leakage.
Answer: (a)
16. ‘Last Mile Connectivity’ is related to
(a) Mass Rapid Transit System
20. The major contributor of Carbon monoxide is:
(b) Interstate Bus Transit
(a) Motor vehicles
(c) Railways
(b) Industrial processes
(d) All of the above
(c) Stationary fuel combustion
Answer: (d) (d) None of the above
The "last-mile" or "first and last-mile" connection
describes the beginning or end of an individual Answer: (a)
Motor-vehicle emissions are the primary source of
trip made primarily by public transportation.
CO in outdoor air in populated areas
17. The concept of ‘TOD’ can be described as:
21. Ozone is formed in the upper atmosphere by a
(a) Low development along the highway
photochemical reaction with:
(b) High density development close to the Airport
(a) Ultraviolet solar radiation
(c) High density development close to the Metro
(b) Infra-red radiation
Stations
(c) Visible light
(d) Medium density development close to the
Traffic Roundabouts
Answer: (a)
Answer: (c)
Stratospheric ozone is formed naturally by chemical
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of
reactions involving solar ultraviolet radiation
urban development that maximizes the amount
(sunlight) and oxygen molecules, which make up
of residential, business and leisure space within
21% of the atmosphere.
walking distance of public transport.
22. The ‘Finger Plan’ was conceived for the extension
18. HIA stands for
of the following city:
(a) Historic Impact Assessment
(a) Chennai
(b) House Impact Assessment
(b) Paris
(c) Heritage Impact Assessment
(c) Brasilia
(d) Health Impact Assessment
(d) Copenhagen
Answer: (c)
HIA evaluate impacts of change/development on Answer: (d)
The Finger Plan is an urban plan from 1947 which
Outstanding Universal value (OUV) of cultural
provides a strategy for the development of
World Heritage properties.
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23. The haphazard outgrowth of cities characterised by 27. What is the name of Entrance Gateway to Egyptian
mixing land use in unplanned ways is known as Temple?
(a) Strip cities (a) Triumphal Arch
(b) Megalopolis (b) Pylon
(c) Urban periphery (c) Proplyea
(d) Urban Sprawl (d) None of them
Answer: (d) Answer: (b)

Urban sprawl refers to the expansion of poorly Pylon, the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient
planned, low-density, auto-dependent development, Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral.
which spreads out over large amounts of land.
28. What the type of Roofing System was developed
24. Blue printing technique was invented by Alphonse during Roman period?
Louis Poitevin, a French chemist in (a) Pendentive
(a) 1861 (b) Vaults
(b) 1961 (c) Hypostyle Halls
(c) 1913 (d) Dome
(d) 1889
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) Vault is an architectural term for an arched form
used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof.
25. Who had not been head of Bauhaus School:
(a) Walter Gropius 29. Which city of Delhi developed along a river?
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright (a) Mehrauli
(c) Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe (b) Tughlaqabad
(d) Hannes Meyar (c) Firozabad
(d) Siri
Answer: (b)
Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer Answer: (c)
from 1928 to 1930 and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe One of the Tughlak rulers, Firoze Tughlak created
from 1930 until 1933 the fourth city of Delhi, Firozabad or Kotla Firoze
Shah next to the river Yamuna.
26. Bauhaus School was started in the year:
(a) 1919 30. What are deciduous trees?
(b) 1921 (a) Trees that shed leaves in winter.
(c) 1913 (b) Trees that shed leaves in summer.
(d) 1929 (c) Trees that shed leaves periodically throughout
the year.
Answer: (a) (d) None of the above
Bauhaus, was a German school operational from
1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine Answer: (a)
arts, and was famous for the approach to design Deciduous refers to any tree that drops its leaves in
that it publicized and taught. the fall and goes dormant during cold weather.
When the weather warms, deciduous trees produce
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31. What the ratio of slope appropriate is for physically 35. The sensible Heat is any heat that raises the
challenged? temperature but not
(a) 1:8 (a) Moisture
(b) 1:10 (b) Precipitation
(c) 1:12 (c) Volume
(d) 1:3 (d) Area
Answer: (c) Answer: (d)

As per CPWD guideline for barrier free design the Sensible heat - heat which produces a change in
maximum slope should not be greater than 1:12. temperature without any change in state.
32. In which season does Amaltas flowers? 36. The planning of New Delhi embodies what type of
(a) August - September city ideals?
(b) April - May (a) Industrial City
(c) December - January (b) Garden City
(d) February:March (c) Green City
(d) Eco City
Answer: (b)
Scientific name: Cassia fistula, Flowering Season: Answer: (b)
April-May Sir Edwin Lutyens was inspired by the ideas of the
Garden City Movement started by another English
33. What type of tree is Banyan?
architect, Ebenezer Howard,
(a) Deciduous
(b) Evergreen 37. What is the group of materials that are hard and
(c) Semi:evergreen brittle, but they are good insulators?
(d) None of these (a) Metals
(b) Polymers
Answer: (b) (c) Ceramics
Evergreens are trees that have foliage year round.
(d) Composites
The term “evergreen” means that trees will keep
growing leaves as other leaves fall off. Answer: (c)
Engineering ceramics are ideally suited for high
34. Softwood is obtained from which type of tree?
performance applications where a combination of
(a) Angiosperm properties such as wear resistance, hardness,
(b) Gymnosperm stiffness and corrosion resistance are important. In
(c) Both addition to these properties, engineering ceramics
(d) None of these have relatively high mechanical strength at high
Answer: (b) temperatures. They are good electrical insulators
Softwood is wood from GYMNOSPERM trees such
38. In which season does the bottlebrush bloom?
as conifers. The term is opposed to hardwood,
(a) August - September
which is the wood from angiosperm trees.
(b) April - May
Softwood trees have needles and exposed seeds,
(c) December - January
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Answer: (b) (a) Sir Ebenezer Howard

It blooms profusely from spring into summer, (b) Sir Patrick Geddes
usually March through July, and has occasional (c) Le Corbusier
flowers during other times of the year. (d) C.A. Doxiadis
39. Which of the following is a native of India? Answer: (b)

(a) Mangifera Indica Lord Pentland, Governor from 1912 to 1919. It was
(b) Delnoix regia he who invited a genius called Patrick Geddes, an
(c) Prosopis juliflora eminent British town planning architect, to visit
(d) None of these Madras and advise the Municipal authorities, in
1914
Answer: (a)
Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is 43. ‘Dynamic City’ concept was given by
native to the Indian subcontinent where it is (a) Sir Ebenezer Howard
indigenous (b) Sir Patrick Geddes
(c) Le Corbusier
40. Which of the following plants introduced by British
(d) C.A. Doxiadis
are invasive?
(a) Bauhinia purpurea Answer: (d)
(b) Azadirachta Indica
(c) Prosopic juliflora 44. Which of these is not associated with effective
(d) None of these temperature?
(a) Ambient temperature
Answer: (c) (b) Enthalpy
Prosopis juliflora is a shrub or small tree in the (c) Relative humidity
family Fabaceae, a kind of mesquite. It is native to
(d) Air movement
Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.
Answer: (b)
41. Bosquets were a distinguishing feature of which The temperature at which motionless saturated air
garden style: would induce, in a sedentary worker wearing
(a) Egyptian ordinary indoor clothing, the same sensation of
(b) French comfort as that induced by the actual conditions of
(c) Chinese temperature, humidity, and air movement.
(d) Islamic
45. Which of the following prepared the Urban
Answer: (b) Planning designs for Chicago?
In the French formal garden, a bosquet is a formal
(a) Daniel Burnham
plantation of trees, at least five of identical species (b) Albert Mayer
planted as a quincunx, or set in strict regularity as (c) Otto Wagner
to rank and file, so that the trunks line up as one
(d) Le Corbusier
passes along either face.
Answer: (a)
42. Who visited in India in 1915 on the invitation of
Governor of Chennai to advice on the problems
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The Burnham Plan is a popular name for the 1909 with unnecessary furniture. What they did have,
Plan of Chicago, co-authored by Daniel Burnham however, they invented; and their designs are still
and Edward H. Bennett in use today.
46. Who designed Petronas Tower at Kuala Lumpur? 50. F.A.R. regulation is use to control
(a) Cesar Pelli (a) Density
(b) Norman Foster (b) Total volume of building
(c) Leo Ming Pei (c) Height of Building
(d) Eero Saarinen (d) Ground coverage
Answer: (a) Answer: (a)

The Petronas towers were designed by Argentine The floor area ratio (FAR) can be used in zoning to
architect César Pelli limit urban density. While it directly limits building
density, indirectly it also limits the number of
47. A powder like deposit on exposed masonry or people that a building can hold, without controlling
concrete surface caused due to leaching and a building's external shape.
crystallization of soluble salts from within the
51. If in a Housing scheme of 10000 sq. m, there are
material is:
240 Dwelling units, what is the density per hectare
(a) Efflorescence
taking household size of 5?
(b) Effervescence
(a) 900
(c) Staining
(b) 1800
(d) Effluent
(c) 1200
Answer: (a) (d) 3600
48. Garden city concept has been realised in which of

Answer: (c)
 Population = 240 x 5 = 1200
the following modern city of India?
 Density = Population / Area = 1200/1 hectare =
(a) New Delhi
1200
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Bhubaneswar
52. Dry risers are for
(d) A & B
(a) Dry cleaning
Answer: (d) (b) Fresh Air supply
(c) Fire Fighting
49. The first example of making of usable furniture are (d) None of these
found in:
(a) Egyptian civilization Answer: (c)
(b) Harappan civilization A dry riser is a normally empty pipe that can be
(c) Greek civilization externally connected to a pressurized water source
(d) Renaissance by firefighters. It is a vertical pipe intended to
distribute water to multiple levels of a building or
Answer: (a) structure as a component of the fire suppression
Although the Egyptians were importing wood at an systems.
early date, their climate was hot and dusty, and
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53. Fire detector are based on (d) 3Wl/16

(a) Heat sensor
(b) Fire sensor Answer: (d)
In simply supported beam when the load is not
(c) Smoke sensor
concentrated at the middle maximum bending
(d) Light sensor moment will be W.a.b / L
Where W is the load, ‘a’ and ‘b’ are length from the
Answer: (all) end and L is the total length.
So maximum bending moment = W x (L/4) x (3L/4)
54. Identify the shapes used in Architecture in correct
/ L = 3WL / 16
order:
57. A simply supported beam of span l, subjected to a
UDL, w per unit length, Shear force will be zero at
(a) At mid span
(b) At support
(a) Pavilion, Cross, Octagonal, Barrel (c) At l/3
(b) Pavilion, Octagonal, Barrel, Cross (d) At no location
(c) Barrel, Cross, Octagonal, Pavilion Answer: (a)
(d) Barrel, Pavilion, Octagonal, Cross
58. As per IS 456: 2000 stress: strain curve of concrete
Answer: (c)
in Limit state design method is:
55. Degree of static indeterminacy of a fix end beam is (a) Triangle
(a) 1 (b) Parabola
(b) 2 (c) Rectangle
(c) 3 (d) Combination of Rectangle & Parabola
(d) 4 Answer: (b)
In limit state design method, the curve is parabolic.
Answer: (c)
Degree of static indeterminacy = No. Of

unknown reactions — static equations
=5-2=3
56. A simply supported beam of span l, subjected to a

point load W at distance of l/4 from left end,
maximum bending moment will be:
(a) Wl/8
(b) Wl/12
(c) Wl/4

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59. Young’s modulus of elasticity is determined for

mild steel in tension (E1) and compression (Ec) the
ration of E1/Ec is:
(a) 1
(b) 0.25
(c) 1.2
62. According to IS 456: 2000 maximum percentage of
(d) 1.5
reinforcement in column is
Answer: (a) (a) 8%
In the linear range there is no difference between (b) 4%
tensile young's modulus and compressive young's (c) 6%
modulus, they are same. The young’s modulus of (d) 3%
mild steel is 200 GPA. So the ratio of Et/Ec will be
200/200 i.e. 1 Answer: (c)
As per IS: 456-2000, for column longitudinal
60. The ratio of maximum shear stress to average shear reinforcement shall not be less than 0.8% and shall
stress for a rectangular section is: not be more than 6%.
(a) 0.5
63. Earnest money refers to the:
(b) 2
(a) Cost of Tender document
(c) 1.5
(b) Money deposit with Tender
(d) 2/3
(c) Money kept after award of Tender
Answer: (c) (d) Money not refundable
The ratio of maximum shear stress to average shear
stress for a rectangular section is 1.5. The Answer: (b)
relationship between maximum shear stress and The amount of EMD shall be submitted by bidder
average shear stress of different section are; while submitting the tender / bid.
64. 74th Constitutional Amendment refers to:

(a) JNNURM
(b) Panchayati Raj
(c) Local Urban Governance
(d) None of these
61. According to IS 456: 2000 minimum grade of
concrete to be used in reinforced concrete is Answer: (c)
73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments were
(a) M 15
passed by Parliament in December, 1992. Through
(b) M 20
these amendments local self-governance was
(c) M 25
introduced in rural and urban India.
(d) M 30
Answer: (b)
According to IS: 456-2000 Minimum Grade of
Concrete with Normal Weight Aggregates of 20
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65. Windows installed on sloping roofs is known as

(a) Bay Window
(b) Dormer Window
(c) Gable Window
(d) Clearstory Window
Answer: (b)
Dormer Window: A window that projects vertically
from a sloping roof.
68. Which site in India is known for ‘Petro glyphs’:

(a) Bhimbetka
(b) Mahabalipuram
66. Bottle trap is used to drain (c) Dholavira
(a) Water Closet (d) Ajanta
(b) Wash Basin
(c) Bath Tub Answer: (a)
Petroglyphs are images created by removing part
(d) All of these
of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or
Answer: (b) abrading, as a form of rock art.
The bottle trap is an essential element of the basin's
plumbing that keeps the bathroom hygienic and 69. Which of the following is a reusable material from
odour-free. When we use the basin, the used water demolished building when constructing new
goes down the basin waste, into the drainage pipe, building?
and then into the sewer, where a lot of other waste (a) Bricks
and dirt is accumulating (b) Paint
(c) Carpet
67. Identify the correct sequence: (d) Insulation
(a) Master Plan, Zonal Development Plan, Local
Area Plan, Sector Plan Answer: (a)
(b) Sector Plan, Master Plan, Local Area Plan, Zonal
70. It is often more _______________to adapt existing
Development Plan
buildings to new uses:
(c) Sector Plan, Zonal Development Plan, Master
(a) Expensive
Plan, Local Area Plan
(b) Economical
(d) Master Plan, Local Area Plan, Zonal
(c) Dangerous
Development Plan, Sector Plan
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)

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71. As per NBC, what is the minimum fire rating for the 75. To join two pipes of varying diameter which fitting
transformer room or enclosure in a basement? is used:
(a) 2 Hr (a) Union
(b) 4 Hr (b) Coupling
(c) 6 Hr (c) Elbow
(d) 8 Hr (d) Reducer
Answer: (b) Answer: (d)

When housed inside the building, the transformer
shall be of dry type and shall be cut off from the  A union, allows the convenient future disconnection
other portion of premises by walls/ doors/cut-out of pipes for maintenance or replacement
having fire resistance rating of 4 h.  A coupling connects two pipes
 An elbow is installed between two lengths of pipe
72. An acre equals to:
(or tubing) to allow a change of direction
(a) 0.4047 hectare
 If their sizes differ, the fitting is known as a reducing
(b) 4047 sq.M
coupling, reducer, or an adapter
(c) 4840 sq. Yd
76. What is refunded, when a tender is not selected:
Answer: (d) (a) Cost of the Tender document
73. The test conducted to determine consistency and (b) Earnest money
workability of the concrete mix is: (c) Performance Guarantee
(a) Slump Test (d) None of the above
(b) Compression Test
Answer: (b)
(c) Core Test
Earnest money deposit: To ensure that a Bidder
does not submit a Dummy Bid or back out at time
Answer: (a) of tender opening, Department collects a small
The concrete slump test measures the consistency refundable fee from each bidder, which is called
of fresh concrete before it sets. It is performed to EMD. EMD is always in form of a Demand Draft &
check the workability of freshly made concrete, and cheques or cash are strictly not allowed. EMD is
therefore the ease with which concrete flows. returned when all Bids are opened & tender is
awarded to other firm. In case Tender is cancelled,
74. Topiary work is defined as: the EMD is returned.
(a) Clipping and trimming of trees and shrubs into
ornamental shapes 77. Pilaster refers to:
(b) Planting trees along a road (a) Masonry elements projecting a wall for
(c) Planting and pruning grass in a play field structural and ornamental purpose
(d) Transplanting a tree from a construction site (b) A mortar mix applied on a wall and ceilings
(c) A wall constructed by rat-trap bond
Answer: (a) (d) None of the above
The art or practice of clipping shrubs or trees into
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Answer: (c)
Bleeding is one form of segregation, where water
comes out to the surface of the concrete, being
lowest specific gravity among all the ingredients of
concrete.
81. Palladian style is:

(a) Classical style
(b) Non Classical style
(c) Renaissance style
(d) Gothic style
The pilaster is an architectural element in classical Answer: (a)

Palladian architecture is a European style of
architecture used to give the appearance of a
architecture derived from and inspired by the
supporting column and to articulate an extent of
designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio
wall, with only an ornamental function.
(1508–1580). That which is recognised as Palladian
78. “Entasis” is a visual correction for end columns by architecture today is an evolution of Palladio's
providing: original concepts. Palladio's work was strongly
(a) A slight convexity to the column based on the symmetry, perspective and values of
(b) A slight concavity to the column the formal classical temple architecture of the
(c) A major convexity to the column Ancient Greeks and Romans.
(d) A major concavity to the column
82. TMT stands for
Answer: (a) (a) Steel used in construction
Entasis - A slight convex curve in the shaft of a (b) Timber used in Building construction
column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of (c) Tools and machines
concavity produced by a straight shaft.
(d) None
79. Drawing submitted for approval need not have
Answer: (a)
(a) Plan
TMT bars or Thermo-Mechanically Treated bars are
(b) Section high-strength reinforcement bars having a tough
(c) Elevations
outer core and a soft inner core.
(d) Perspective
83. Plants grown in desert:
Answer: (d)
(a) Hydrophytes
Generally drawing that is required for the approval
(b) Mesophytes
are Key plan, Site Plan, Floor plan elevation and
(c) Lithophytes
section.
(d) Xerophytes
80. Bleeding in construction means:
Answer: (d)
(a) Mortar turning red
A xerophyte is a species of plant that has
(b) Oxidation of mortar adaptations to survive in an environment with little
(c) Water coming out of mortar
liquid water, such as a desert.
(d) Rust coming out of mortar

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84. In a high rise building busbar is used for: 88. Which of the following parameters are not used in
(a) Transportation the preparation of Mahoney table?
(b) Bus Stop (a) Rain fall
(c) Electric supply distribution (b) Annual Mean Temperature
(d) Parking (c) Wind
(d) Day lighting
Answer: (c)
A Busbar is a metallic strip or bar (typically copper, Answer: (d)
brass or aluminium) that conducts electricity within The Mahoney Tables proposed a climate analysis
a switchboard, distribution board, substation, sequence that starts with the basic and widely
battery bank, or other electrical apparatus. available monthly climatic data of temperature,
humidity and rainfall.
85. Tensile Fabric is used for:
(a) Hosing 89. As intermediate space created by introduction of
(b) Beadings slab between floor and ceiling of a room, passage
(c) Structural covering or whatever it is provided with maximum clear
(d) Robes height of 1.5 meter for storage purpose only is
called
Answer: (c) (a) Mezzanine floor
(b) Mumty
86. Planning which involves the participation of
(c) Loft
interest groups other than the government to
(d) Parapet
formulate alternative plans:
(a) Structure Planning Answer: (c)
(b) Advocacy Planning Loft, in architecture, upper space within a building,
(c) Strategic Planning or a large undivided space in a building used
(d) Comprehensive Planning principally for storage in business or industry.
Answer: (b) 90. Green colour identifies:

Advocacy planning was formulated in the 1960s by (a) Earth wire
Paul Davidoff. It is a pluralistic and inclusive (b) Gas pipe
planning theory where planners seek to represent (c) Telephone line
the interests of various groups within society (d) T.V. Line
87. Which of the following is not true about OPC Answer: (a)
cement? Colour code of wire in India is as follow
(a) OPC cement are available in three grades, such
33 Grade, 43 Grade, 53 Grade
(b) It has higher strength the PPC in the initial stage
(c) Use of OPC is favourable in aggressive weather.
(d) It has high rate of hydration, making it
unfavourable for mass construction
Answer: (c)

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91. In RCC design of seismic consideration in columns: 94. This building is a temple of which religious group in
(a) Stirrups are placed more closely India:
(b) Additional bars are provided
(c) Steel is provided at the centre of the column
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Stirrups also impart ductility. So in earthquake
prone zones we increase their numbers
92. Anti-termite treatment is done at:

(a) Foundation level
(b) Foundation and Ground floor level
(c) Foundation Floor and Roof level
(d) Only at Roof and Floor level (a) Jews
Answer: (b) (b) Sikh
Anti-termite treatment is done foundation level as (c) Zoroastrians
well as top surface of plinth level. (d) Muslims
Answer: (c)
93. A column designed with ᵩ16mm, 12 bar retaining
the same quantity of steel, what could be the 95. Which is not related to Kevin Lynch work?
substitute arrangement: (a) Imagibility
(a) No substitute arrangement (b) Legibility
(c) Way Finding
(b) ᵩ20 mm 8 bars (d) Sustainability
(c) ᵩ20 mm 12 bars Answer: (d)
(d) ᵩ20 mm 10 bars 96. The first MRTS project in India was:
(a) Delhi Metro
Answer: (b) (b) Mumbai Metro
 Quantity of steel in column having 16mm dia. of (c) Kolkata Metro
12 bar = π r2 x 12 = 3.14 x 82 x 12 = 2411 sq.mm. (d) Bangalore Metro
 Quantity of steel in column having 20 mm dia. Answer: (c)

The Kolkata Metro was the first metro railway in
of 8 bar = π r2 x 08 = 3.14 x 102 x 8 = 2512 sq.mm
India, opening for commercial services from 1984.
 So, 20 mm dia. of 8 bar could be a replacement.
97. Gothic Architecture is characterised by:
(a) Semi-circular Arch
(b) Pointed Arch
(c) Horseshoe Arch
(d) Basket Handle Arch

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Answer: (b) 101. Akbar’s tomb is located at:

The three important element of gothic architecture are (a) Fatehpur Sikri
 The pointed arch (b) Sikandra
 The ribbed vault (c) Agra
 The flying buttress
(d) Lahore
98. Brick laid vertically with longer face exposed is Answer: (b)
called: Akbar's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal emperor,
(a) Header Akbar and an important Mughal architectural
(b) Sailor masterpiece. It was built in 1604–1613 and is
(c) Soldier situated in 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, a
(d) Stretcher suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Answer: (c) 102. Identify correct combination of Buddhist

 Stretcher or stretching brick: A brick laid flat Architecture in India:
with its long narrow side exposed. (a) Torana, Vihara, Vimana, Chattri
 Header or heading brick: A brick laid flat with (b) Vedika, Ratha, Chaitya, Mandapa
its width exposed. (c) Vedika, Vihara, Vimana, Chattri
 Soldier: A brick laid vertically with its long (d) Torana, Vedika, Chattri, Chaitya
narrow side exposed.
 Sailor: A brick laid vertically with the broad Answer: (d)
face of the brick exposed.
103. What is the minimum turning radius for a manual
wheelchair?
99. “Less is Bore” is stated by:
(a) 1500 mm
(a) Walter Gropius
(b) 1525 mm
(b) Robert Venturi
(c) 1550 mm
(c) Mies van der Rohe
(d) 1950 mm
(d) Frank Lloyd Right
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) 1500 mm is the minimum required turning radius,
it is desirable to provide an 1800 mm turning radius
100. The temperature at which air becomes saturated
with water vapour is called 104. What is the population of urban population in
(a) Dry bulb temperature India as per Census 2011?
(b) Dew point (a) 31%
(c) Wet bulb temperature (b) 28%
(d) Effective temperature (c) 25%
(d) 39%
Answer: (b)
The atmospheric temperature (varying according Answer: (a)
to pressure and humidity) below which water
droplets begin to condense and dew can form.

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105. Identify the right order of names of Domes of 107. Talab, Paar, Johad, Pat, Bandha and Kund are
Mughal period Delhi terms associated with “
(a) Traditional Water harvesting system
(b) Traditional Drainage system
(c) Traditional construction techniques for buildings
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
(a) Humanyu’s Tomb, Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Taj
Mahal, Safdar Jung Tomb 108. How many forest type does India have?
(b) Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Taj Mahal, Safdar Jung (a) Five
Tomb, Humanyu’s Tomb (b) Seven
(c) Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Safdar Jung Tomb, (c) Three
Humanyu’s Tomb, Taj Mahal (d) None of these
(d) Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Taj Mahal, Humanyu’s
Tomb, Safdar Jung Tomb Answer: (a)
India has 5 major types of forests.
Answer: (a)  Tropical evergreen
 Tropical Deciduous
 Thorny Scrubs
106. What is the right order in Dravidian Temple?  Montane forests
(a) Shikhara, Garbhagriha, Vimana, Mandapa,  Mangrove forests
Gopuram
(b) Shikhara, Vimana, Garbhgriha, Mandapa, 109. The orientation of a mosque is governed by:
Gopuram (a) Mihrab
(c) Shikhara, Mandapa, Garbhariha, Vimana, (b) Mimbar
Gopuram (c) Qibla
(d) Shikhara, Gopuram, Garbhagriha, Vimana, (d) Iwan
Mandapa
Answer: (c)
The Qibla is the direction that should be faced
Answer: (b)
when a Muslim prays during Ṣalāṫ.
110. The population of an urban settlement classified

as ‘Metro city’ is
(a) One Lac
(b) Five Lac
(c) Ten Lac
(d) Twenty Lac
Answer: (c)
Metropolis or Metro City: 10 lakhs (1 Million) to
50 Lakhs (5 Million) population

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111. FAR is calculated as: 114. Who is the architect of the Parliament House in
(a) Total floor Area/Site Area New Delhi?
(b) Total Builtup Area/ Site Area (a) Herbert Baker
(c) Total Floor Area/ Total Builtup Area (b) Lord Hardinge
(d) Total Carpet Area/ Site Area (c) Edwin Lutyen
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
112. As per NBC 2005, provision of Fire Escape The Indian Parliament building was designed by
staircase is mandatory for Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker, who were
(a) A building with height greater than 15 meter responsible for the planning and construction of
(b) A building with floor height greater than 3 New Delhi too.
meter
(c) A building with height greater than or equal to 115. True/False
15 meter and floor area of 1000 sq.m or more. Statement 1: The birthplace of European
(d) A building with height greater than or equal to Renaissance was Florence in Italy.
15 meter and floor area of 500 sq.m or more. Statement 2: Renaissance was categorised by the
emergence of middle class as patrons of art and
Answer: (d) architecture.
All buildings, which are 15m in height or above, and (a) Statement 1 is false
all buildings used as educational, assembly, (b) Statement 2 is false
institutional, industrial, storage and hazardous (c) Statement 1 & Statement 2 are true
occupancies and mixed occupancies with any of the (d) Statement 1 & Statement 2 are false
aforesaid occupancies, having area more than
500m2 on each floor shall have a minimum of two Answer: (c)
staircases.
116. Who planned the city of ‘Jahan Panah’
113. The monument built in 1931 to commemorate the (a) Shahjahan
Indian Army soldiers fighting in World War 1 is. (b) Behlol Lodi
(a) Amar Jawan Jyoti (c) Mohammad Tughlaq
(b) Gateway to India (d) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
(c) India Gate
(d) Victoria Memorial Answer: (c)
Jahanpanah was the fourth medieval city
Answer: (c) of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by Muhammad
The India Gate (originally called the All India War bin Tughlaq (1321–51), of the Delhi Sultanate.
Memorial) is a war memorial located astride
the Rajpath, on the eastern edge of the 117. Put them in right order from later to earlier, A:
"ceremonial axis" of New Delhi, India, formerly Shahjahanbad, B- Ferozabad, C- Tughlaqabad, D-
called Kingsway. India Gate is a memorial to Sirifort, E- Lalkot
70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who (a) BCDEA
died in the period 1914–21 in the First World War. (b) CDEAB
(c) CDABE
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Answer: (d) 120. As per the Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control)
Eight Cities of Delhi Rules 2000, in the residential areas, during
 Lal Kot or Qila Rai Pithora daytime, the maximum limit of noise in db is:
 Siri (a) 75
 Tughlqabad (b) 65
 Jahan Panah (c) 55
 Firozobad (d) 50
 Shergarh
Answer: (c)
 Shahjahanabad
 New Delhi
118. Choose the odd one: Agora, forum, souq, bazaar,

palestra
(a) Agora
(b) Souq
(c) Palestra
(d) Forum
Answer: (c)
The palaestra was the ancient Greek wrestling 121. The process of making the background rough to
school. Rest all are market place. act as a key for plastering is called as:
(a) Hacking
119. Statement 1: Obstructions in the pathway should (b) Dubbing Out
be easy to detect and if possible, should be placed (c) Peeling
along on one continuous line. (d) Chiselling
Statement 2: All types of signs should be visible,
clear, simple, easy to read and understand, and Answer: (a)
Hacking is done on the finished wall before
properly lit at night.
application of plaster of paris or tiles. It is the
Statement 3: A guide strip painted in a
process of roughening the wall surface so that
contrasting colour should be constructed to
plaster can rest on it otherwise it would get shear
guide sightless and partially sighted pedestrians
off due to plane surface of the wall.
to the location of the curb ramp.
(a) These statements are part of the urban 122. Persistence of sound even after the source of
design considerations for designing a barrier sound has ceased is:
free environment. (a) Reverberation
(b) These statements are part of the (b) Rarefaction
architectural design considerations for (c) Resonance
designing a barrier free environment. (d) Damping
(c) Both
(d) None Answer: (a)
The persistence or prolongation of sound in a hall
Answer: (c) even though the sound source is stopped is called
reverberation.

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123. Ciudad de Lineal is a concept given by: 126. For a body to be in static equilibrium:
(a) Arturo Soria y Mata (a) Sum of horizontal forces must be equal to
(b) Ebenezer Howard zero
(c) C.A. Doxiadis (b) Sum of vertical forces must be equal to zero.
(d) Howard Roark (c) Sum of moment about a point must be equal
to zero.
Answer: (a) (d) All above
Ciudad Lineal (Linear city in English) is
a district in Madrid (Spain).The linear city Answer: (d)
design was first developed by Arturo Soria y For a body to be in static equilibrium following
Mata in Madrid, Spain during the 19th century. conditions should be met,
I. Sum of horizontal forces must be equal to zero
124. The Broad Acre City Model was proposed by: II. Sum of vertical forces must be equal to zero.
(a) Le Corbusier III. Sum of moment about a point must be equal
(b) Oscar Niemeyer to zero.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright
(d) Louis Kahn 127. Modulus of rigidity is defined as the ratio of.
Answer: (c) (a) Longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
Broadacre City was an urban or suburban (b) Shear stress to shear strain
development concept proposed by Frank Lloyd (c) Stress to strain
Wright throughout most of his lifetime. (d) Stress to volumetric
125. The Census of India is conducted every ten years Answer: (b)
under The modulus of rigidity, also known as shear
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs modulus, is defined as a material property with a
(b) Ministry of Population and Planning value equal to the shear stress divided by the
(c) Ministry of Urban Development shear strain.
(d) Ministry of Human Resource Development 128. Which of the following is defined a horizontal
Answer: (a) angle measured clockwise from north base line or
The decennial Census of India has been meridian?
conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been (a) Azimuth
conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1872, the (b) Nadir Point
first complete census was taken in the year (c) Brise Soleil
1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by (d) Angle of Incidence
the Registrar General and Census Commissioner
Answer: (a)
of India under the Ministry of Home In land navigation, azimuth is usually denoted
Affairs, Government of India. alpha, α, and defined as a horizontal angle
measured clockwise from a north base line or
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129. An ornamental canopy of stone or marble 132. Which of the following is not a member of Council
permanently placed over the alter in a church is Architecture?
called: (a) Union Minister of Urban Development
(a) Basilica (b) Two persons nominated by Institution of
(b) Atrium Engineer
(c) Baldachin (c) An Architect from each State nominated by
(d) Spire the Government of that State
(d) Two persons nominated by AICTE
Answer: (c)
A baldachin, is a canopy of state typically placed Answer: (a)
over an altar or throne. The Council shall consist of the following
members, namely: -
130. A traditional style in European Architecture in the
 Five architects possessing recognized
last 16th Century characterised by the
qualifications elected by the Indian Institute of
unconventional use of classical elements:
Architects from among its members:
(a) Baroque
 Two persons nominated by the All India Council
(b) Rococo
for Technical Education established by the
(c) Mannerism
Resolution of the Government of India in the
(d) Neoclassicism
late Ministry of Education No.F.16-10/44-E.III,
Answer: (a) dated the 30th November, 1945;
Baroque architecture is the building style of the  Five person selected from among themselves
Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, by heads of architectural institutions in India
that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance imparting full-time instruction for recognized
architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and qualifications;
theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of  The Chief Architects in the Ministries of the
the Catholic Church. It was characterized by new Central Government to which the Government
explorations of form, light and shadow, and business relating to defense and railways has
dramatic intensity. been allotted and the head of the Architectural
Organization in the Central Public Works
131. Which of the following is not an example of Department, ex officio;
Saracenic Architecture?
 One person nominated by the Central
(a) Taj Mahal, Agra
Government;
(b) Rashtrapati Bhawan, Delhi
 An architect from each State nominated by the
(c) Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Government of that State(g) two person
(d) Mysore palace, Mysore
nominated by the Institution of Engineers
Answer: (a) (India) from among its members; and
Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the best  One person nominated by the Institution of
example of Mughal architecture and a symbol of Surveyors of India from among its members
India's rich history.

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133. The science of obtaining information about (c) Obtain B. Arch degree from any University
objects or area from a distance, typically from (d) Obtains registration of the Council of
aircraft or satellites: Architecture
(a) GIS
Answer: (d)
(b) GPS
(c) Remote sensing
138. BIM stands for
(d) Imagery
(a) Building information management
Answer: (c) (b) Building information modelling
(c) Building informatics module
134. Which of the following is not associated with (d) Building Integrated Machine
sound
(a) Decibel Answer: (b)
(b) Reverberation
139. Pick the odd-one out
(c) Recoil
(a) Golden Section
(d) Resonance
(b) Fibonacci Series
Answer: (c) (c) Le Modular
(d) Diagonal series
135. Agenda 21 is associated with:
(a) Architects act 1972 Answer: (d)
(b) Indian Institute of Architects
140. Computer modelling, programming, simulation
(c) Sustainable Development
and imaging to create both virtual forms and
(d) Congress Internationaux d’ architecture
physical structures is known as:
modem (CLAM)
(a) Fractal Architectures
Answer: (c) (b) Digital Architecture
Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the (c) Network Architecture
United Nations with regard to sustainable (d) Model Architecture
development
Answer: (b)
136. What is the defect liability period of Architects? Digital architecture uses computer modelling,
(a) One year after completion of the project programming, simulation and imaging to create
(b) Two year after completion of the project both virtual forms and physical structures. The
(c) Not Defined terminology has also been used to refer to other
(d) Life long after completion of the project aspects of architecture that feature digital
technologies.
Answer: (c)
141. GRIHA is a rating for Green Building given by:
137. Anyone can be called Architect in India if: (a) The Energy and Research institute
(a) Obtain the membership of Council of (b) Development Alternatives
Architecture (c) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(b) Obtain membership of Indian Institute of (d) Ministry of Power
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Answer: (a) Answer: (b)

Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment in the above expression ‘A’ is the total absorption
(GRIHA) is India’s own rating system jointly in Sabine.
developed by TERI and the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, Government of India. 146. The unit of illuminance is
(a) Lumen
142. Which ancient city did not develop between Tigris (b) Lux
and Euphrates? (c) Siemens
(a) UR (d) Steredian
(b) Catalhoyak
Answer: (b)
(c) Korsabad
(d) All the above
147. In refrigeration cycle, the condenser removes
Answer: (b) enough heat to change the refrigerant from:
(a) Vapour to solid
143. The weight of one bag of Ordinary Portland (b) Vapour to liquid
Cement is: (c) Liquid to vapour
(a) 2 Kg (d) None of the above
(b) 50 Kg
(c) 100 Kg Answer: (b)
Inside the condenser, the refrigerant vapor is
(d) 80 Kg
compressed and forced through a heat exchange
Answer: (b) coil, condensing it into a liquid and rejecting the
heat previously absorbed from the cool indoor area.
144. The dry bulb temperature is
(a) The temperature of an electric bulb 148. Albedo refers to:
(b) Enthalpy (a) Ratio of reflected radiation from the surface
(c) The temperature of a 100% relative humidity to incident radiation upon it
bulb (b) Landscape
(c) Computer
(d) True air temperature
(d) Sustainable Development
Answer: (d)
The dry-bulb temperature (DBT) is the Answer: (a)
temperature of air measured by a thermometer
freely exposed to the air, but shielded from 149. An applied science of design concerning human
radiation and moisture. That’s why DBT is usually characters and configurations aiming at effective
thought of as true air temperature. utility and safety is called:
(a) Ergonomics
145. The reverberation time is given approximately by (b) Anthropometry
the expression, T=0.05V/A, the unit of A is. (c) Universal design
(a) m2 (d) Cognitive mapping
(b) Sabine
(c) Ω Answer: (c)
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150. The horizontal member of a structure that 154. Bhubaneshwar was planned by?
subdivides a window is called (a) Le Corbusier
(a) Mullion (b) Louis Kahn
(b) Transom (c) Doxiadis
(c) Reveal (d) Otto Koenigsberger
(d) Purlin
Answer: (d)
Answer: (b)
155. The Mazars of Maulana Azad, Zakir Hussain and
151. What does EIA stands for? Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad were designed by
(a) Environmental Impact Association (a) Man Singh Rana
(b) Environmental Impact in Asia (b) J.R. Bhalla
(c) Environmental Impact Audit (c) B.V. Doshi
(d) Environmental Impact Assessment (d) Habib Rehman
Answer: (d) Answer: (d)
152. The fictional capital city of Wakanda portrayed in 156. Which of the following kind of pyramids cannot
the movie “Black Panther” is inspired by the be found in Egypt?
works of: (a) True pyramids
(a) Renzo Piano (b) Inverted pyramids
(b) Norman Foster (c) Bent Ptramids
(c) Zaha Hadid (d) Step Pyramids
(d) Frank Gehry
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c) The inverted pyramid is a metaphor used by
The afro-futurist architecture featured in hit journalists and other writers to illustrate how
movie Black Panther is an unexpected blend of information should be prioritized and structured
Zaha Hadid and Buckingham Palace, according to in a text.
designer Hannah Beachler.
157. Slump test is done to check:
153. GIFT city stands for: (a) Consistency of mortar
(a) Green Industrial and Finance Tech (b) Hardness of concrete
(b) Gujrat International Finance Tech (c) Tensile strength of steel
(c) Gandhinagar Industrial & Finance Tech (d) Defect in RCC casting
(d) Gujrat Industrial and Finance Tech
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) The concrete slump test measures the consistency
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) - A of fresh concrete before it sets. It is performed to
Global Financial Hub. India's first smart city with check the workability of freshly made concrete,
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158. Finial is (d) WYE

(a) Final finish
(b) An ornamental finishing of the apex Answer: (d)
It is a type of Tee which has the branch at a 45°
(c) Finishing of floor
angle, or an angle other than 90°. Wye tee allows
(d) Final surface of terrace
one pipe to be joined to another at a 45° angle.
Answer: (b)
A Distinctive section or ornament at the apex of a 162. The mass of water vapour present in a unit
roof, canopy, etc. on a building is known as Finial. volume of air is termed as
(a) Relative Humidity
159. ETFE is commonly used for: (b) Absolute Humidity
(a) Water proofing (c) Specific Humidity
(b) Plumbing (d) Humidity Ratio
(c) Facade
Answer: (b)
Absolute humidity is the mass of water vapour
Answer: (d) divided by the mass of dry air in a certain volume
Ethylene tetra fluoro ethylene (ETFE) is a fluorine- of air at a specific temperature.
based plastic. It was designed to have high
corrosion resistance and strength over a wide Relative humidity also measures water vapour
temperature range. ETFE film is self-cleaning (due but RELATIVE to the temperature of the air. It is
to its non-stick surface) and recyclable. It is prone expressed as the amount of water vapour in the
to punctures by sharp edges and therefore mostly air as a percentage of the total amount
used for roofs. ETFE can be bonded with FRP as a that could be held at its current temperature.
thermoplastic liner and used in pipes, tanks, and 163. Humanyu’s Tomb was constructed under the
vessels for additional corrosion protection. patronage of
160. uPVC is commonly used in the construction of (a) Humanyu
(a) Flooring (b) Akbar
(b) Windows (c) Jehangir
(c) Pile Foundation (d) Babar
(d) None of the above Answer: (b)
The tomb was commissioned by Bega Begum,
Answer: (b)
The major use of uPVC has been for piping, and Humayun’s Persian wife and chief consort in 1565
now it has been used for fenestration, it is used AD, nine years after the Emperor’s death. It was
predominantly as a material for window framing completed in 1572 AD under the patronage of the
for residential as well as commercial sector. Mughal Emperor Akbar, the third Mughal ruler
and Humayun’s son.
161. To join branch pipes at 45-degree angle which of
the following fittings are used:
(a) Cross
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164. ‘Volute’ is a characteristic feature of Answer: (b)

(a) Doric order Schumacher uses the term "parametricism" to
(b) Tuscan order denote the use in architecture of advanced
(c) Ionic Order computational design techniques. In 2008 he
(d) All of above launched a manifesto for "parametricism" at the
Venice Biennale of Architecture and a year later
Answer: (c) published the article "Parametricism: A New Global
A volute is a spiral, scroll-like ornament that Style for Architecture and Urban Design" in the
forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the
journal Architectural Design.
capital of the Ionic column.
168. What does the ecological footprint refer to?
165. Chrysler Building is an example of (a) The land that has to be preserved as forest to
(a) De Stijl ensure clean air for communities
(b) Cubism (b) The land area necessary to supply natural
(c) Art Nouveau resources to a community and for the disposal
(d) Art Deco of their wastes.
Answer: (d) (c) The land area required by a community by its
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco sewerage and solid waste.
style skyscraper located on the East (d) The land area in which deforestation takes
side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. places, expressed as area per person per year
166. Moorish Architecture is characterised by Answer: (b)

(a) Semi-Circular Arch
169. The Pritzker Prize of 2017 was awarded to:
(b) Pointed Arch
(a) Zaha Hadid
(c) Horseshoe Arch
(b) Jean Nouvel
(d) Basket Handle Arch
(c) Rafael Aranda, Carne Pigem, Roman Vilalta
Answer: (c) (d) Norman Foster
Answer: (c)
170. What differentiates CPM and PERT?

(a) Critical path v/s Critical Activities
(b) Deterministic Approach v/s Probabilistic
Approach
(c) Project Management v/s Network Analysis
(d) Arrow Notation v/s Precedence Notation
167. Which one of the following Architects is Answer: (b)
renowned for his work in “Parametric Design”?
(a) Norman Foster
(b) Patrick Schumacher
(c) Hassan Fathy
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171. Ryonji is a fine example of garden style: 174. The soil most susceptible to liquefaction are
(a) Egyptian (a) Saturated dense sands
(b) French (b) Saturated fine and medium sands of uniform
(c) Chinese particle size
(d) Japanese (c) Saturated clays of uniform size
(d) Saturated gravels and cobbles
Answer: (d)
Ryōan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Answer: (b)
Kyoto, Japan 175. Which of the following agencies for giving World
Heritage Site status?
172. Kohi division of Delhi corresponds to:
(a) UNDP
(a) Hilly tracts corresponding to Ridge (b) UNESCO
(b) Delhi’s arable land (c) UNO
(c) Riverine land
(d) UNICEF
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) Only countries that have signed the World
On the basis of soil formation, the soil of Delhi can Heritage Convention, pledging to protect their
be classified into four broad divisions such as natural and cultural heritage, can submit
 Khadar (new alluvium), nomination proposals for properties on their
 Banger (old alluvium), territory to be considered for inclusion in
 Dabar soil low lying areas and UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
 Kohi soil (rocky areas)
176. The international guidelines for the conservation
Kohi is composed of quartzites or sandstones of and restoration of monuments and sites
the Delhi ridge. recommended by ICOMOS are known as
(a) Venice Charter
173. Measure of destruction of an earthquake is
(b) Amsterdam Declaration
(a) Magnitude
(c) Granada Convention
(b) Amplitude of wave
(d) Burra Charter
(c) Intensity
(d) Acceleration Answer: (a)
Answer: (c) 177. Which of the following is not a criterion for

Intensity is based on the observed effects of
defining urban areas in India?
ground shaking on people, destruction of
(a) Population size
buildings, and natural features. It varies from
(b) Percentage of male working population
place to place within the disturbed region
engaged in non-agricultural pursuits
depending on the location of the observer with
(c) Density of population
respect to the earthquake epicentre.
(d) Percentage of Pucca Houses
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178. In internal lights what capacity switches are used the country making them citizen friendly and
(a) 5 Ampere sustainable
(b) 15 Ampere
(c) 25 Ampere These Cities were selected in 5 round
(d) 30 Ampere  1st round - 20
 2nd round - 13
Answer: (a)  3rd round - 27
 4th round - 30
179. Architecture of Emperor Shahjahan is not related to:
 5th round – 9
(a) Peitra Dura
(b) Multifoil Arch
182. Identify the correct hierarchy of urban roads:
(c) Lime Stucco ornamentation
(a) Expressway, Arterial Road, Collector Road,
(d) Extensive Marble Cladding
Sector Road
Answer: (b) (b) Sector Road, Expressway, Collector Road,
Arterial Road
180. Super Built up Area is defined as: (c) Expressway, Collector Road, Arterial Road,
(a) Built up area plus proportionate common area Sector Road
(b) Carpet area plus proportionate common area (d) Sector Road, Collector Road, Arterial Road,
(c) Built up area minus proportionate common Expressway
area
(d) Carpet area minus proportionate common Answer: (a)
area
183. Which of the sites is not related to Indus Valley
Answer: (a) civilization in India?
Super Built Up Area is the built up area plus (a) Bhimbetka
proportionate area of common areas such as the (b) Lothal
lobby, lifts shaft, stairs, etc. Sometimes it may (c) Dholavira
also include the common areas such, swimming (d) Rakhigarhi
pool, garden, clubhouse, etc.
Answer: (a)
181. How many cities were selected in the Smart City The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an
Program by Ministry of Urban Development in archaeological site in central India that spans the
India: prehistoric paleolithic and mesolithic periods, as
(a) 100 well as the historic period.
(b) 99
184. CTBUH stands for:
(c) 71
(a) Council of Transportation Building & Urban
(d) 29
Hospital
Answer: (a) (b) Council of Tall Building & Urban Habitat
Smart Cities Mission, sometimes referred to (c) Council of Tall Building & Urban Hotel
as Smart City, is an urban renewal (d) None of above
and retrofitting program by the Government of
Answer: (b)
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185. The structure of Sears Tower is designed by: 189. Match the building construction components in
(a) Fazlur Rahman Khan Group I with their application area in Group II
(b) Norman Foster
(c) Habib Rahman Group I Group II
(d) Tadao Ando P. Bracket Plate 1. Steel Column
Q. Kick Plate 2. Curtain Wall
Answer: (a)
R. Pressure Plate 3. Rolling Shutter
186. Who designed Trinity Church in Boston? S. Base 4. Stone Wall
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright 5. Toilet Door
(b) Louis Sullivan
(c) Henry Hobson Richardson
(a) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
(d) Le Corbusier
(b) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-4
Answer: (c) (c) P-2, Q-5, R-3, S-1
The church and parish house were designed by (d) P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-1
Henry Hobson Richardson and construction took Answer: (c)
place from 1872 to 1877, when the complex was
consecrated. 190. Match the correct pair in Group 1 with Group 2.
187. Farnsworth house was designed by:

Group 1 Group 2.
(a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(b) Philip Johnson P. Radburn 1. Patrick Geddes
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright Q. Garden City 2. Clarence Perry
(d) None of the above
R. Neighbourhood 3. Clarence Stein
Answer: (a) S. Conurbation 4. Ebenezer Howard
The Farnsworth House was designed and
constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
between 1945 and 1951. (a) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3
(b) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
188. The older and durable core of the tree trunk is (c) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-4
called (d) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
(a) Hard Wood
Answer: (b)
(b) Heart Wood
(c) Sap Wood
(d) Soft Wood
Answer: (c)
Sapwood is the living, outermost portion of a
woody stem or branch, while heartwood is the
dead, inner wood, which often comprises the
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191. Match the books in Group I with their authors in 193. Match the building construction components in
Group II Group I with their application area in Group II
Group I Group II
P. Space, Time and and 1. Jane Jacob Group I Group II
Architecture P. Bracket Plate 1. Steel Column
Q. Form, Space and Order 2. Kevin Lynch
Q. Kick Plate 2. Curtain Wall
R. The Death and Life 3. of Ian McHag
Great American Cities R. Pressure Plate 3. Rolling Shutter
S. The Image of the City 4. Francis D.K. Ching
S. Base 4. Stone Wall
5. Gideon S
5. Toilet Door
(a) P-5, Q-4, R-3, S-2
(b) P-5, Q-4, R-1, S-2
(c) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1 (a) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
(d) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-5 (b) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-4
Answer: (b) (c) P-2, Q-5, R-3, S-1
(d) P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-1
Answer: (d)
192. Match the correct pair in Group 1 with Group 2.
Group 1 Group 2 194. Match the correct pair in Group 1 with Group 2.
A. Sun-Temple Konark 1. Dravidian Style

Group 1 Group 2.
B. Virmana 2. Nagara Style
P. Radburn 1. Patrick Geddes
C. Shikhara 3. Kalinga Style
D. Panch-Rathas 4. Pallavn Style Q. Garden City 2. Clarence Perry
R. Neighbourhood 3. Clarence Stein
(a) A2, B1, C4, D3 S. Conurbation 4. Ebenezer Howard
(b) A4, B2, C3, D4
(c) A3, B1, C2, D4 (a) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3
(d) P2, B2, C1, D2 (b) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
Answer: (c) (c) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-4
(d) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
Answer: (b)

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195. Match the books in Group I with their authors in 197. The apex body in the field of housing finance is
Group II (a) HUDCO
(b) HDFC
Group I Group II (c) NHB
(d) SBI
P. Space, Time and
1. Jane Jacob
Architecture Answer: (C)
Q. Form, Space and Order 2. Kevin Lynch National Housing Bank (NHB), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was set
R. The Death and Life 3. of Ian McHag up on 9 July 1988. NHB is an apex financial
Great American Cities institution for housing.
198. Housing and Urban Development Corporation is a
(a) Private sector enterprise
5. Gideon S
(b) Public sector enterprise
(c) Semi-public enterprise
(a) P-5, Q-4, R-3, S-2 (d) None of above
(b) P-5, Q-4, R-1, S-2
Answer: (b)
(c) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
(d) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-5 199. Archaeological survey of India (ASI) works under
Answer: (b) (a) Ministry of culture
(b) Ministry of Housing
(c) Ministry of human resource development
196. Match the correct pair in Group 1 with Group 2. (d) CPWD
Group 1 Group 2. Answer: (a)

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under
A. Sun-Temple Konark 1. Dravidian Style the Ministry of Culture, is the premier
organization for the archaeological researches
B. Virmana 2. Nagara Style and protection of the cultural heritage of the
nation.
C. Shikhara 3. Kalinga Style
200. ICOMOS stands for
D. Panch-Rathas 4. Pallavn Style (a) International convention on Monuments
and Sites
(b) Indian Council on Monuments and Sites
(a) A2, B1, C4, D3
(c) International Council on Monumental
(b) A4, B2, C3, D4
structure
(c) A3, B1, C2, D4
(d) International Council on Monuments and
(d) A2, B2, C1, D2
Sites
Answer: (c)
Answer: (d)

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1. The forces which meet at one point but their lines 4. Modulus of rigidity is defined as the ratio of
of action do not lie in one plane are called: (a) Longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
(a) Co-planer concurrent forces (b) Shear stress to shear strain
(b) Co-planer non-concurrent forces (c) Stress to strain
(c) Non Co-planer concurrent forces (d) Stress to volumetric
(d) Non Co-planer non concurrent forces
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c) For explanation,
Non-coplanar concurrent forces: In this refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 127
system, all forces do not lie in the same
plane, but their line of action passes through 5. Degree of static indeterminacy of a fix end beam is
a single point. (a) 1
(b) 2
2. For a body to be in static equilibrium: (c) 3
(a) Sum of horizontal forces must be equal to (d) 4
zero
(b) Sum of vertical forces must be equal to zero. Answer: (c)
(c) Sum of moment about a point must be equal
to zero.
(d) All above.
Answer: (d)
For explanation,
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 126 Degree of static indeterminacy = No. Of
unknown reactions — static equations
=5-2=3
3. The centre of gravity of a plane lamina will not be
at its geometrical centre if it is a 6. A simply supported beam of a span L. Supported
(a) Square to a point load w at distance of L/4 from left end
(b) Rectangle maximum bending moment will be,
(c) Right angled triangle (a) WL/8
(d) Equilateral triangle (b) WL/12
(c) WL/4
Answer: (c)
(d) 3WL/16
the centre of gravity of plane lamina does
not lie at its geometrical centre. Answer: (d)
In simply supported beam when the load is
not concentrated at the middle maximum
bending moment will be W.a.b / L
Where W is the load, ‘a’ and ‘b’ are length
from the end and L is the total length.
So maximum bending moment = W x (L/4) x

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7. A simply supported beam of span, subjected to a For explanation,

UDL w per unit length, shear forces will be at zero refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 59
at.
(a) At mid span 10. The shape of the Kern area for a rectangular cross
(b) At support section is
(c) At L/3 (a) Circle
(d) At no location. (b) Square
(c) Rectangle
Answer: (a) (d) Parallelogram
in a simply supported beam of span,
subjected to a UDL w per unit length, shear Answer: (d)
forces at the mid span will be at zero KERN - The kern of a section is the region in which
compressive point load may be applied without
producing any tensile stress on the cross section.
Kern B L The kern concept is widely used in the
design of pre-stressed concrete beams, footings
and concrete dams. The shape of kern area for
rectangular section is parallelogram.
8. As per IS 456:2000 stress-strain curve of concrete

in Limit state design method is
(a) Triangle
(b) Parabola
(c) Rectangle
(d) Combination of Rectangle and
Parabola.
11. A column will have maximum equivalent length if.
Answer: (b) (a) Both end fixed
For explanation, (b) One end fixed and other end hinged
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 58 (c) Both ends hinged
(d) One end fixed and other end free
9. Young’s Modulus of elasticity is determined for
Answer: (d)
mild steel in tension (Et) and Compression (Ec),
The equivalent or effective length is defined as
the ratio of Et/Ec is
the distance between two adjacent points of
(a) 1
contra flexure on the column. The point of contra
(b) 0.25
flexure is defined as the point on the column
(c) 1.2
where the there is a change in the direction of the
(d) 1.5
axis of the column.
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14. The ratio of maximum shear stress to average

shear stress for a rectangular section is
(a) 0.5
(b) 2
(c) 1.5
(d) 2/3
12. A material which recovers fully after unloading Answer: (c)
but not instantaneously is known as For explanation,
(a) Plastic refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 60
(b) Elastic
(c) Partially Elastic 15. Two beams of equal cross sectional area are subjected
(d) An-elastic to equal bending moment. If one beam has square
cross section and the other has circular section
Answer: (d)
(a) Both beams will be equality strong
A material which recovers fully after unloading
(b) Square section beam will be economical
but not instantaneously is known as An-elastic
(c) Circular section beam will be economical
material.
(d) Suitability of section will depend on
nature of loading.
13. A cantilever beam of diameter D, cross sectional
area A, length L is subjected to uniformly Answer: (b)
distributed load w per unit length, maximum Square section beam will be more economical
bending moment will be than circular.
(a) wL2A/2
(b) wL2A/4 16. According to IS: 456-2000, Minimum grade of
(c) wL2/2 concrete to be used in reinforced concrete is:
(d) wLD/2 (a) M 15
(b) M 25
Answer: (c)
(c) M 30
The maximum B.M. in a cantilever beam of
(d) M 20
length L, subjected to uniformly distributed load
w per unit length is given by WL2 / 2. Answer: (d)
For explanation,
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 61
17. According to IS: 456-2000, Maximum percentage

of reinforcement in column is
(a) 8%
(b) 4%
(c) 6%
(d) 3%
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For explanation, Answer: (b)

refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 62 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the
18. Measure of destruction of an earthquake is identification, protection and preservation of
(a) Magnitude cultural and natural heritage around the world.
(b) Amplitude of wave
(c) Intensity 22. ‘Entasis’ is a visual correction for end columns by
(d) Acceleration providing:
(a) A slight convexity to the columns
Answer: (c) (b) A slight concavity to the columns
For explanation, (c) A major convexity to the columns
(d) A major concavity to the columns
19. The coefficient of active earth pressure for a loose Answer: (a)
sand having an angle of internal friction of 300 is: For explanation,
(a) 1/3 refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 78
(b) 3
(c) 1 23. The international guidelines for the conservation and
(d) ½ restoration of monuments and sites recommended
by ICOMOS are known as
Answer: (a): (a) Venice Charter
Coefficient of active earth pressure is given by (b) Amsterdam Declaration
(1-sinθ)/ (1+sinθ) = (1-Sin30) / (1+sin30) (c) Granada Convention
= (1-0.5) / (1+0.5) = 1/3 (d) Burra Charter
20. The soil most susceptible to liquefaction are Answer: (a)

(a) Saturated dense sands The international guidelines for the conservation and
(b) Saturated fine and medium sands of restoration of monuments and sites recommended
uniform particle size by ICOMOS (international council of monuments and
(c) Saturated clays of uniform size sites) are also known as Venice Charter.
(d) Saturated gravels and cobbles
24. Which of the following is not a criterion for
Answer: (b): defining urban areas in India?
The soils which is most susceptible to liquefaction (a) Population size
is saturated fine and medium sands of uniform (b) Percentage of male working population
particle size. engaged in non-agricultural pursuits
(c) Density of population
21. Which of the following agencies responsible for (d) Percentage of Pucca Houses
giving World Heritage Site status?
(a) UNDP Answer: (d)
(b) UNESCO As per the Census of India 2011, the definition of
(c) UNO urban area is as follows; All places which
(d) UNICEF satisfied the following criteria:

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 A minimum population of 5,000; 28. For Seismic consideration

 At least 75 per cent of the male main working (a) Vertical Forces are taken in consideration
population engaged in non-agricultural (b) Horizontal Forces are also taken in
pursuits; and consideration
 A density of population of at least 400 (c) No additional Forces are taken in consideration
persons per sq. km (d) Diagonal forces are taken in account.
Answer: (b)
25. In internal lights what capacity switches are used
For seismic design horizontal forces are also
(a) 5 Ampere
taken into consideration.
(b) 15 Ampere
(c) 25 Ampere
29. In RCC design for Seismic consideration in columns
(d) 30 Ampere
(a) Stirrups are placed more closely
Answer: (a) (b) Additional Bars are provided
For internal light 5 Amp switch are used. (c) Steel is provided at the centre of the column
(d) None of these
26. Green Colour identifies
Answer: (d)
(a) Earth wire
(b) Gas pipe 30. Anti-termite treatment are done at
(c) Telephone Line (a) Foundation level
(d) TV line (b) Foundation and Ground Floor level
(c) Foundation, Floor and Roof level
Answer: (a)
(d) Only at Roof and Floor level
For explanation,
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 90 Answer: (b)
For explanation,
27. Water supply pipe cannot be of refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 92
(a) GI
(b) CPVC 31. A column designed with ᵩ16mm 12 bar, retaining
(c) PVC the same quantity of steel, what could be
(d) Copper substitute arrangement.
(a) No substitute arrangement
Answer: (a)
For water supply the least favourable option (b) ᵩ 20mm 08 bars
among the above four is GI pipe.
(c) ᵩ 20mm 12 bars
(d) ᵩ 20mm 10 bars
Answer: (b)
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32. Ancient Indian Temples are having which of the 34. Identify the right order of names of Domes of
roofing system Mughal period Delhi
(a) Arch
(b) Domes
(c) Corbelling
(d) None of these
Answer- (c)
Ancient Hindu temple’s roof always have
(a) Humanyu’s Tomb, Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Taj
corbelled roof. At that time there wasn’t
Mahal, Safdar Jung Tomb
much advanced technologies, they started
(b) Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Taj Mahal, Safdar Jung
using corbelling.
Tomb, Humanyu’s Tomb
(c) Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Safdar Jung Tomb,
Humanyu’s Tomb, Taj Mahal
(d) Khan Khanan’s Tomb, Taj Mahal, Humanyu’s
Tomb, Safdar Jung Tomb
Answer: (a)
33. This building is a temple of which religion
The right order is Humanyu’s Tomb (1569) < Khan
practiced in India:
Khanan’s Tomb (1598) < Taj Mahal (1632) <
Safdar Jung Tomb (1754)
35. In the Stupa identify the right order
(a) Jewish (a) CHATTRA SIPRE, ANDA, TORANA, HARMIKA,

(b) Sikhism MEDHI, VEDIKA
(c) Zoroastrian (b) CHATTRA SPIRE, TORANA, HARMIKA, ANDA,
(d) Islamic MEDHI, VEDIKA
(c) CHATTRA SPIRE, HARMIKA, ANDA, TORANA,
Answer: (c) MEDHI, VEDIKA
fire temple shown in the image is place of (d) CHATTRA SPIRE, MEDHI, HARMIKA, ANDA,
worship of Zoroastrian (Parsi). TORANA, VEDIKA
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37. Soft Landscape means

(a) Velvet Grass
(b) Shrubs
(c) Climbers
(d) All of these
Answer: (d)
Hardscape and soft cape are both elements in
CHATTRA SPIRE, HARMIKA, ANDA, TORANA, landscaping. Hardscape refers to the heavier
MEDHI, VEDIKA elements in landscape design, such as stones,
rocks, patios and driveways. Soft cape refers to
36. In a Dravidian Temple, Identify the right order. everything else, such as soil, plants, flower and
colour schemes.
38. Amaltas flowers

(a) Yellow
(b) Orange
(c) Blue
(d) Purple
(a) Shikhara, Garbhagriha, Vimana,
Answer: (a)
Mandapa, Gopuram
The color of Amaltas flower (cassia Fistula) is
(b) Shikhara, Vimana, Garbhgriha,
yellow.
Mandapa, Gopuram
(c) Shikhara, Mandapa, Garbhariha,
39. Gulmohar flowers
Vimana, Gopuram
(a) Magenta
(d) Shikhara, Gopuram, Garbhagriha,
(b) Orange
Vimana, Mandapa
(c) Blue
Answer: (b) (d) Purple
Answer: (b)
Gulmohar (Delonix regia) is one of the most
beautiful trees found in parks, on street-
sides, on home lawns in India. The color of
Gulmohar flower is orange.
40. Jacaranda Flowers
Shikhara, Vimana, Garbhgriha, Mandapa, (a) Yellow

Gopuram. (b) Orange
(c) Blue
(d) Purple
Answer: (d)

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41. Plants grown in Desert 45. Who designed IIM Ahmedabad?

(a) Hydrophytes (a) Le Corbusier
(b) Mesophytes (b) Louis Kahn
(c) Lithophytes (c) Charles Correa
(d) Xerophytes (d) None of these
Answer: (d) Answer: (b)

For explanation, Louis Kahn, one of the finest modern
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 83 architects, designed the IIM-A campus in 1974
42. Plants grown in arid climate 46. Who planned Bhubaneshwar?

(a) Hydrophytes (a) Le Corbusier
(b) Mesophytes (b) Louis Kahn
(c) Lithophytes (c) Doxiadis
(d) Xerophytes (d) Otto Koenigsberger

Xerophytes are the plant which grow in the Bhubaneshwar city was designed by the
desert region or arid climate. German architect Otto Königsberger in 1946.
43. Who is a famous Landscape Architect in India? 47. The Mazars of Maulana Azad, Zakir Hussain and
(a) Raj Rewal Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad were designed by
(b) Ravinder Bhan (a) Man Singh Rana
(c) Nalini Thakur (b) J.R. Bhalla
(d) B.V. Doshi (c) B.V. Doshi
(d) Habib Rehman
Answer: (b)
Ravindra Bhan is one of the country’s pioneer Answer: (d)
landscape architects. He was involved in the
48. Gandhinagar in Gujrat was designed by:
master planning of Delhi.
(a) B.V. Doshi
44. Who designed Jeevan Bharati Building at (b) H.K. Mewada
Connaught Place New Delhi (c) Raj Rewal
(a) Charles Correa (d) Charles Correa
(b) Raj Rewal Answer: (b)
(c) Joseph Allen Stein The planner of Gandhinagar was H.K. Mewada
(d) Achyut Kanvinde
49. In a high-rise building Busbar is used for
Answer: (a)
This office complex for the Life Insurance (a) Transportation
Corporation of India (LIC) is situated on the outer (b) Bus Stop
road of Connaught Circle was designed by Ar. (c) Electric supply distribution
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Answer: (c) Answer: (d)

For explanation, 2-D rendering can be done in AutoCAD,
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 84 Adobe Photoshop or in Corel draw.
50. “Oops” command in AutoCad is used for 54. Pick the odd-one out
(a) Reverting to last erase without undoing (a) Golden Section
(b) Reverting to last save in a single command (b) Fibonacci Series
(c) Undoing all commands till last save. (c) Le Modular
(d) Undoing change in a book reference. (d) Diagonal series
Answer: (a) Answer: (d)

OOPS command restores objects erased by Except diagonal series all others are related
the last ERASE command. to architectural design.
51. In which of the following applications, commands 55. Computer modelling, programming, simulation
for AutoCad can be programmed? and imaging to create both virtual forms and
(a) Visual basic physical structures is known as:
(b) VB script (a) Fractal Architectures
(c) C++ (b) Digital Architecture
(d) Auto lisp (c) Network Architecture
(d) Model Architecture
Answer: (c)
Answer: (b)
52. BIM stands for
For explanation,
(a) Building information management refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 140
(b) Building information modelling
(c) Building informatics module 56. GRIHA is a rating for Green Building given by:
(d) Building Integrated Machine (a) The Energy and Research institute
Answer: (b) (b) Development Alternatives
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is an (c) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
intelligent 3D model-based process that gives (d) Ministry of Power
architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) Answer: (a)
professionals the insight and tools to more For explanation,
efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 141
buildings and infrastructure.
57. The principle of Solid Waste Management involves
53. 2-dimensional rendered architectural (a) Reproduce, Reuse, Recycle
presentations can be done with the help of (b) Recycle, Replenish, Reuse
(a) Adobe Photoshop (c) Reduce, Reuse, Reproduce
(b) Corel Draw (d) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
(c) AutoCAD
(d) All the above Answer: (d)

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The principle of Solid Waste Management (c) The temperature of a 100% relative humidity bulb
involves Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. (d) True air temperature
58. ECBC stands for “

Answer: (d)
For explanation,
(a) Electrical Conduit in Building Construction
(b) Energy Conservation Building Code refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 144
(c) Electrical Credit in Building Code
62. The equation of heat flow rate through a wall is
(d) Energy Credit in Building Construction
Q=A X U X Delta T, where A= surface area in m2.
Answer: (b) U= transmittance value in W/m2deg C, delta T=
The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), Temperature difference, then Q is
was launched by Ministry of Power, Government (a) Radiation
of India in May 2007. The ECBC was developed by (b) Radiation
Committee, set up by India’s Bureau of Energy (c) Conduction
Efficiency. (d) All of the above
59. SWOT analysis is used for examining a situation’s

Answer: (c)
inherent the given equation Q=A X U X Delta T is of heat
(a) Strength, Wastefulness, Opportunity and flow rate through a wall due through conduction.
Tactfulness
63. What ratio of slope for ramp is an appropriate for
(b) Sanction, Weakness Ownership and Treat
the physically challenged?
(c) Strength Weakness, Opportunity and Threat
(a) 1:8
(d) Support, Wastefulness, Ownership and
(b) 1:10
Transparency
(c) 1:12
Answer: (c) (d) 1:3
A SWOT analysis is a study performed by an
Answer: (c)
organization that identifies its internal strengths
As per CPWD guideline for barrier free design the
and weakness and then looks at its external
maximum slope should not be greater than 1:12.
opportunities and threats.
64. Taj Mahal is a fine example of

60. The weight of one bag of Ordinary Portland
(a) Carving
Cement is:
(b) Stucco
(a) 2 Kg
(c) Inlay
(b) 50 Kg
(d) Gilding
(c) 100 Kg
(d) 70 Kg Answer: (c)
Inlays (also known as pietra dura or parchin
Answer: (b)
kari) is a method of inlaying coloured
61. The dry bulb temperature is marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone
(a) The temperature of an electric bulb base, often in geometric or flower patterns.
(b) Enthalpy

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65. A fenestrated (windowed) wall that is carried 68. Patio is a

higher than the surrounding roof, to light interior (a) Covered space in a house
space is a. (b) Open space in a house
(a) Arcade (c) Semi covered space in a house
(b) Triforium (d) None of these
(c) Skylight
(d) Tracery Answer: (b)
A patio is an outdoor space generally used for
Answer: (c) dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is
In architecture, any fenestrated (windowed) wall typically paved.
of a room that is carried higher than the
surrounding roofs to light the interior space is 69. Atrium is a
known as Clearstory. Since clearstory is not given (a) Space in public building for decorative purpose
in the option So Skylight would be the right (b) Space for building services
answer because it serves the function of lighting (c) Reception Area
interior space. (d) None of these.
66. Which of the following kind of pyramids cannot

Answer: (d)
be found in Egypt? In architecture, an atrium is a large open air or
skylight covered space surrounded by a building.
(a) True pyramids
(b) Inverted pyramids
70. Mullion is
(c) Bent Pyramids
(a) A part of Window
(d) Step Pyramids
(b) Part of Slab
Answer: (b) (c) Part of door
There are three type of pyramid in Egypt; (d) None of these
 True pyramids
Answer: (a)
 Bent Pyramids
Mullions are members that form vertical
 Step Pyramids
divisions between units of a window.
67. Which of the following term refers to a small

71. Pediment is at
dome set on top of another dome or roof?
(a) Entrance
(a) Cupola
(b) Inside atrium
(b) Dromos
(c) Under the dome
(c) Nymphaeum
(d) Under a vault
(d) Canopy
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
the triangular upper part of the front of a
A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on
classical building, typically surmounting a
top of a larger roof or dome is known as Cupola.
portico at the entrance.

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72. In Planning Density is controlled by: 75. Finial is

(a) Number of households (a) Final finish
(b) Number of dwellings (b) An ornamental finishing of the apex
(c) Number of rooms (c) Finishing of floor
(d) Number of floors (d) Final surface of terrace
Answer: (b) Answer: (b)

For explanation,
73. Trowel is
(a) Drawing instrument
(b) Carpenters tool 76. Frieze is
(c) Blacksmith tool (a) Below the pediment
(d) Mason’s tool (b) Above the pediment
Answer: (d) (c) Above the plinth
A trowel is a hand trowel used in brickwork or (d) Below the plinth
stonework for levelling, spreading and shaping Answer: (a)
mortar or concrete. the part of a classical entablature between
the architrave and the cornice, usually
74. In a Building where is Apron located
decorated with sculpture in low relief and
(a) Inside the Kitchen
often situated below the pediments.
(b) In the Toilets
(c) In the bed room
(d) Outside the building
Answer: (d)
An apron is a raised section
of ornamental stonework below a window
ledge, stone tablet, or monument.
77. Cement is made of:

(a) Lime Stone
(b) Clay
(c) Mud
(d) Granite
Answer: (a)
Portland cement is manufactured by crushing,
milling and proportioning the materials like
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78. Drawing submitted for approval need not have In flat slab structures, this occurs at column
(a) Plans support points.
(b) Section
(c) Elevations 82. Sagging may occur at
(d) Perspective (a) Beams
(b) Foundation
Answer: (d) (c) Column
For explanation,
(d) At all the places
Answer: (a)
79. Bleeding in constructions means Sagging is the terms used to define the sign of a
(a) Mortar turning red bending moment. The bending moment which
(b) Oxidation of mortar causes a beam to bend with the concave side
(c) Water coming out of mortar upwards, is called a Sagging Bending Moment.
(d) Rust coming out of water
Answer: (c)
For explanation,
83. CPCB is
(a) Central Pesticides Control Board
(b) Central Pollution Control Board
80. If the breath remains constant and Depth of the
(c) Connaught Place Civic Body
beam is increased two times, bending moment
(d) Central periphery Control Board
will increase by:
(a) 2 Times Answer: (b)
(b) Remain same The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India
(c) Reduce to half is a statutory organization under the Ministry of
(d) 4 times Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Answer: (b)
84. The first class brick when immersed in water for a
Bending moment does not depend on the cross
period of 24 house should not absorb water of by
section of the beam. So by even doubling the
weight “
depth bending moment will remain the same.
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
81. In structural failure punching may occur at
(c) 40%
(a) Beams
(d) 50%
(b) Slab
(c) Column Answer: (a)
(d) At all the places Water Absorption: After immersing the brick in
water for 24 hours, water absorption should not
Answer: (b)
be more than 20 per cent by weight.
Punching shear is a type of failure of reinforced
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85. The reverberation time is given approximately by 89. The unit of measurement for intensity of sound
the expression, T=0.05V/A, the unit of A is level is
(a) m2 (a) Bel
(b) Sabine (b) Decibel
(c) Ω (c) Hertz
(d) Decible (d) Shridness
Answer: (b) Answer: (b)

For explanation, The most common approach to sound intensity
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 145 measurement is to use the decibel scale: Decibels
measure the ratio of a given intensity I to the
86. In refrigeration cycle, the condenser removes threshold of hearing intensity.
enough heat to change the refrigerant from
(a) Vapour to solid 90. A ruler of a Prominent Islamic dynasty introduced
(b) Vapour to liquid the concept of landscaped gardens in an image of
(c) Liquid to vapour the paradise, which of the following are
(d) None of the above important designs elements of such landscaped
gardens?
Answer: (b) (a) Four-Quartered plan of Persian tradition
For explanation,
(b) Khayabans
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 147 (c) Water Courses
(d) All of the Above
87. As per NBC, with regards to Fire and Life safety
the width of door in assembly building should not Answer: (d)
be less than: All the elements are of Mughal landscape.
(a) 2000 mm
(b) 2250 mm 91. In the field of visual arts, space in viewed as a
(c) 2500 mm design element. Which of the following principles
(d) 3000 mm utilize space as an element?
(a) Proximity
Answer: (a) (b) Enclosure
As per NBC No exit doorway shall be less than (c) Both
2000 mm in Assembly buildings like auditorium, (d) None
theatres and cinemas.
Answer: (c)
88. Tensile Fabric is used for Closure - This makes use of space as gaps between
(a) Hosing elements. Viewers fill in the gaps with their own
(b) Beadings information to complete a whole from the parts.
(c) Structural Covering Proximity - Proximity uses space to connect and
(d) Robes separate elements by enclosing some elements in
space.
Answer: (c)

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92. Which of the following buildings employed the 95. Match the terms in Group I with their meanings
use of Golden Ratio (Phi=0.618)? in Group II
(a) Taj Mahal
(b) Chartres Cathedral Group I Group II
(c) Eiffel Tower P. Mimber 1. Pillared assembly hall
Q. Qibla 2. Covered passage around
Answer: (b) central court
Chartres Cathedral is considered one of the finest R. Aiwan 3. Pulpit
and best preserved Gothic cathedrals in France S. Baradari 4. Parapet between wall
and in Europe and are designed according to the openings
golden ratio. 5. Direction of Mecca
93. Talab, Paar, Johad, Pat, Bandha and Kund are

terms associated with (a) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-5
(a) Traditional Water harvesting system (b) P-3, Q-5, R-1, S-2
(b) Traditional Drainage system (c) P-5, Q-3, R-1, S-2
(c) Traditional construction techniques for buildings (d) P-4, Q-5, R-2, S-1
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a)
Talab, Paar, Johad, Pat, Bandha and Kund are terms 96. Match the terms in Group I with their meanings
associated Traditional Water harvesting system. in Group II
94. In refrigeration cycle, the evaporator absorbs Group I Group II

enough heat to change the refrigerant from
(a) Vapour to solid P. Blue 1. Biodegradable waste
(b) Vapour to liquid
2. Fire protection equipment
(c) Liquid to vapour
Q. Green
(d) None of these
R. Red 3. Recyclable waste
Answer: (c)
S. Yellow 4. Stumbling against hazards
Evaporator is an important component of
5. Radiations standards
refrigeration system. The job of the evaporator is
to absorb heat into the refrigeration system and
change refrigerant from a liquid to a vapour.
(a) P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4
(b) P-3, Q-4, R-5, S-1
(c) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-5
(d) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-5
Answer: (a)

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97. Match the books in Group I with their authors in Group II99. Match the scheme in Group I with their specific
Group I Group II targets in Group II
Group I Group II
P. Space, Time and 1. Jane Jacob
Architecture P. JNNURM 1. Urban Amenities for Rural
Q. Form, Space and Order 2. Kevin Lynch Areas
R. The Death and Life of 3. Ian McHag Q. IAY 2. Infrastructure and Slum
Great American Cities Upgradation
R. PURA 3. Rural Employment
5. Gideon S
S. NREGA 4. Land Acquisition
5. Housing for BPL families

(a) P-5, Q-4, R-3, S-2
(b) P-5, Q-4, R-1, S-2
(c) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
(d) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-5 (a) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-3
(b) P-5, Q-2, R-1, S-3
Answer: (b) (c) P-5, Q-2, R-3, S-4
(d) P-2, Q-5, R-3, S-4
Answer: (a)
98. Match the concept in Group I with personalities in
Group II 100. Match the building construction components in
Group I with their application area in Group II
Group I Group II Group I Group II
P. Linear City 1. Le Corbusier P. Bracket Plate 1. Steel Column
Q. Radiant City 2. Paolo Soleri Q. Kick Plate 2. Curtain Wall
R. Garden City 3. Louis Kahn R. Pressure Plate 3. Rolling Shutter
S. Arcology 4. Soria Y Mata S. Base Plate 4. Stone Wall
5. Ebenezer Howard 5. Toilet Door
(a) P-4, Q-3, R-5, S-1 (a) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
(b) P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-2 (b) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-4
(c) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-2 (c) P-2, Q-5, R-3, S-1
(d) P-1, Q-5, R-2, S-4 (d) P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-1
Answer: (c)
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101. Towards A New Architecture’ is authored by 104. For a typical water service connection in a
(a) Ayn Rand house following is connected in the main line
(b) Christopher Alexander (a) Gully Trap
(c) Le Corbusier (b) Ferrule
(d) Kevin Lynch (c) Cylinder
(d) Closet
Answer: (c)
Vers une architecture, recently translated Answer: (a)
into English as Toward an Architecture but A gully trap is provided outside the building
commonly known as Towards a New before connecting to external sewerage line
Architecture after the 1927 translation by and its collect waste water from the building.
Frederick Etchells, is a collection
of essays written by Le Corbusier. 105. ETFE is commonly used for
(a) Water-Proofing
102. “Good City Form” is authored by (b) Plumbing
(a) Francis D.K. Ching (c) Facade
(b) Le Corbusier (d) All of the above
(c) Kevin Lynch
Answer: (d)
(d) Christopher Alexander
For explanation,
Answer: (c) refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 159
With the publication of The Image of the City in
1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process 106. uPVC is commonly used in the construction of
of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a (a) Flooring
summation and an extension of his vision, a (b) Windows
high point from which he views cities past and (c) Pile Foundation
possible. First published in hardcover under the (d) None of the above
title A Theory of Good City Form.
Answer: (b)
103. Identify the correct order as theorised by C.A. For explanation,
Doxiadis refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 160
(a) Man, society, shells, networks, nature
(b) Nature, man, society, shells, networks. 107. “Less is Bore: is stated by
(c) Networks, society nature, shells, man (a) Walter Groplus
(b) Robert Venturi
(d) Man, society, shells, networks, nature
(c) Mies van der Rohe
Answer: (b) (d) Frank Llyod Wright
As a scientific mode of study, ekistics currently
relies on statistics and description, organized Answer: (b)
in five ekistics elements or principles: nature,
Anthropos, society, shells, and networks.

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108. The mass of water vapour present in a unit (c) Art Nouveau
volume of air is termed as (d) Art Deco
(a) Relative Humidity
(b) Absolute Humidity Answer: (d)
For explanation,
(c) Specific Humidity
(d) Humidity Ratio refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 165
Answer: (b) 113. Moorish Architecture is characterised by

For explanation, (a) Semi-Circular Arch
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 162 (b) Pointed Arch
(c) Horseshoe Arch
109. Humanyu’s Tomb was constructed under the (d) Basket Handle Arch
patronage of
Answer: (c)
(a) Humanyun
For explanation,
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Babar
114. What colour is the state highway denoted in
Answer: (b) India?
For explanation, (a) Yellow
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 163 (b) Green
(c) Orange
110. An acre is equal to (d) Blue
(a) 43560 sq ft
Answer: (b)
(b) 4356 sq m
 National Highway: Milestone Yellow and
(c) 43560 sq yard
White color:
(d) 43560 ft  State Highway: Milestone Green and White
color
Answer: (a)
 City/District Road: Milestone Blue/Black
111. Volute is a characteristic feature of and White color:
 Rural Road: Milestone Red and White color
(a) Doric order
(b) Tuscan order 115. The minimum depth of Street main water line
(c) Ionic Order should be
(d) All of above (a) 76 cm
Answer: (c) (b) 92 cm
For explanation, (c) 72 cm
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 164 (d) 80 cm
Answer: (b)
112. Chrysler Building is an example of Any and all buried utility lines shall be
(a) De Stijl placed at a minimum depth of 36" i.e 92 cm
(b) Cubism

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116. Council of Architecture was established under other ground draining structure. Weep holes
(a) Master Plan of Delhi 1. provide an opening that allows the drainage
(b) Agenda 25. of any moisture that may come from back of
(c) Architects Act 1972. the wall through penetration, capillary action
(d) DDA Act 1957 or leakage.
Answer: (c) 120. ‘Last Mile Connectivity’ is related to

The Council of Architecture (COA) is a body (a) Mass Rapid Transit System
corporate by the Government of India under the (b) Interstate Bus Transit
provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, (c) Railways
enacted by the Parliament of India, which came (d) All of the above
into force on 1 September 1972
Answer: (d)
117. The first master plan of Delhi was released in The "last-mile" or "first and last-mile"
the year connection describes the beginning or end of
(a) 1947 an individual trip made primarily by
(b) 1950 public transportation.
(c) 1957
121. The correct of ‘TOD’ can be described as
(d) 1962
(a) Low Development along the Highway
Answer: (d) (b) High Density Development close to the
The First DDA Master Plan was formed in 1962. Airport
118. The phenomenon of “Heat Island” is found in (c) High Density Development close to the
(a) Ocean Metro Stations
(b) Forest (d) Medium Density Development close to
(c) Cities the Traffic Roundabouts
(d) Lakes
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c) In urban planning, a transit-oriented
Heat islands form as vegetation is replaced development (TOD) is a type of urban
by asphalt and concrete for roads, development that maximizes the amount
buildings, and other structures necessary to of residential, business and leisure space
accommodate growing populations. within walking distance of public transport.
119. ‘Weep Hole’ are found in 122. Earnest money refers to the
(a) Plinth Beam (a) Cost of the Tender Document
(b) Parapet (b) Money Deposited with Tender
(c) Retaining Wall (c) Money kept after award of Tender
(d) Culverts (d) Money not refundable
Answer: (c) Answer: (b)

Weep holes are provided in masonry walls, For explanation,
retaining walls, underpasses, wing walls and refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 63

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123. 74th Constitutional Amendment refers to For explanation,

(a) JNNURM refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 67
(b) Panchayat Raj
(c) Local Urban Governance 127. Which site in India is known for the
‘Petroglyphs’
(a) Bhimbetka
Answer: (c) (b) Mahabalipuram
For explanation, (c) Dholavira
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 64 (d) Ajanta
124. Window installed on the slopes roofs are Answer: (a)

known as For explanation,
(a) Bay Window
(b) Dormer Window 128. The orientation of a mosque is governed by:
(c) Gable Window (a) Mihrab
(d) Clearstory Window (b) Mimbar
(c) Qibla
Answer: (b)
(d) Iwan
Dormer Window: A window that projects
vertically from a sloping roof. Answer: (c)
The Qibla is the direction that should be
125. Bottle Trap is used to drain faced when a Muslim prays during Ṣalāṫ..
(a) Water Closet
(b) Wash Basin 129. The population of an urban settlement
(c) Bath Tub classified as ‘Metro city’ is
(d) All of the above (a) One Lac
(b) Five Lac
Answer: (b)
(c) Ten Lac
For explanation,
(d) Twenty Lac
Answer: (c)
126. Identify the correct sequence Metropolis or Metro City: 10 lakhs (1 Million)
(a) Master Plan, Zonal Development Plan, to 50 Lakhs (5 Million) population.
Local Area Plan, Sector Plan
(b) Sector Plan, Master Plan, Local Area 130. FAR is calculated as:
Plan, Zonal Development Plan (a) Total floor Area/Site Area
(c) Sector Plan, Zonal Development Plan, (b) Total Built-up Area/ Site Area
Master Plan, Local Area Plan (c) Total Floor Area/ Total Built-up Area
(d) Master Plan, Local Area Plan, Zonal (d) Total Carpet Area/ Site Area
Development Plan, Sector Plan
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)

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131. As per NBC 2005, provision of Fire Escape 134. As per NBC 2005, area requirement for an
staircase is mandatory for open parking lot accommodating 200 cars?
(a) A building with height greater than 15 meter (a) 2500 sq.m
(b) A building with floor height greater than 3 (b) 3200 sq.m
meter (c) 4600 sq.m
(c) A building with height greater than or equal (d) 4500 sq m
to 15 meter and floor area of 1000 sq.m or
more. Answer: (c)
(d) A building with height greater than or equal
to 15 meter and floor area of 500 sq.m or
more.
Answer: (d)
For explanation,
135. As per NBC 2005, What is the minimum
132. The monument built in 1931 to commemorate the headroom in a staircase design
Indian Army soldiers fighting in World War 1 is. (a) 2.2 m
(a) Amar Jawan Jyoti (b) 2.0 m
(b) Gateway to India (c) 1.8 m
(c) India Gate (d) 1.75 m
(d) Victoria Memorial
Answer: (a)
Answer: (c) The minimum headroom in a passage under
For explanation, the landing of a staircase and under staircase
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 113 shall be 2.2m.
133. Who is the architect of the Parliament House 136. As per NBC 2005, what is the minimum fire
in New Delhi? rating for the transformer room or enclosure
(a) Herbert Baker in a basement?
(b) Lord Hardinge (a) 2 Hr
(c) Edwin Lutyen (b) 4 Hr
(d) Lord Mountbatten (c) 6 Hr
(d) 8 Hr
Answer: (a)
For explanation, Answer: (b)
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 114 For explanation,

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137. How many cities were selected in the first 141. A multi-storeyed building is called skyscraper
round of the Smart City Program by Ministry of if its height is equal to and more than
Urban Development in India: (a) 25 m
(a) 100 (b) 50 m
(b) 20 (c) 100 m
(c) 27 (d) 200 m
(d) 60
Answer: (c)
Answer: (b) A skyscraper as "a multi-story building whose
For explanation, architectural height is at least 100 m or 330 ft.
142. The test conducted to determine the
138. An acre is equal to consistency and workability of the concrete
(a) 0.4047 hectare mix is:
(b) 4047 sq.m (a) Slump Test
(c) 4840 sq.yd (b) Compression Test
(d) All of the above (c) Core Test
Answer: (d)
Answer: (a)
139. What is the minimum turning radius for a For explanation,
manual wheelchair? refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 73
(a) 1500 mm
(b) 1525 mm 143. Topiary work is defined as:
(c) 1550 mm (a) Clipping or trimming of trees and shrubs
(d) 1950 mm into ornamental shapes
(b) Planting trees along a road
Answer: (a)
(c) Planting and pruning grass in a play field
1500 mm is the minimum required turning
(d) Transplanting a tree from a construction
radius, it is desirable to provide an 1800 mm
site
turning radius
Answer: (a)
140. Who invented tube structural system for The art or practice of clipping shrubs or
skyscrapers trees into ornamental shapes
(a) Fazlur Rahman Khan
(b) Norman Foster 144. To join pipes of varying diameter which fitting
(c) Habib Rahman is used:
(d) Tadao Ando (a) Union
(b) Coupling
Answer: (a)
(c) Elbow
A new structural system using framed tubes was
(d) Reducer
developed in the early 1960s by Fazlur Khan.
Answer: (d)

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For explanation, 148. True/False

refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 75 Statement 1: The birthplace of European
Renaissance was Florence in Italy.
145. Which is not a type of trap used for the Statement 2: Renaissance was categorised
sanitary fittings by the emergence of middle class as patrons
(a) P of art and architecture.
(b) Q (a) Statement 1 is false
(c) R (b) Statement 2 is false
(d) S (c) Statement 1 & Statement 2 are true
(d) Statement 1 & Statement 2 are false
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
149. Who planned the city of ‘Jahan Panah’

(a) Shahjahan
(b) Behlol Lodi
(c) Mohammad Tughlaq
(d) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (c)
146. What is refunded, when a tender is not For explanation,
selected refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 116
(a) Cost of the Tender Document
(b) Earnest Money 150. Put them in right order from later to earlier, A:
(c) Performance Guarantee Shahjahanbad, B- Ferozabad, C- Tughlaqabad,
(d) None of the above D- Sirifort, E- Lalkot
(a) BCDEA
Answer: (b)
(b) CDEAB
For explanation,
(c) CDABE
(d) EDCBA
147. Pilaster refers to: Answer: (d)

(a) Masonry elements projecting from a wall For explanation,
for structural or ornamental purpose refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 117
(b) A mortar mix applied on walls and ceilings
(c) A wall constructed by rat-trap bond 151. Before Le Corbusier, the job of planning a new
(d) None of the above capital city of Chandigarh was first allocated to
(a) Albert Mayer
Answer: (a)
(b) Mathew Novicki
For explanation,
(c) Both
(d) None
Answer: (a)

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Albert Mayer was an American planner and guide sightless and partially sighted
architect. He is well known for his contribution to pedestrians to the location of the curb ramp.
American new town development and his (a) These statements are part of the urban
innovative planning work in India, including the design considerations for designing a
Master Plan of Chandigarh, the new capital of barrier free environment.
the Indian Punjab. (b) These statements are part of the
architectural design considerations for
152. Choose the odd one designing a barrier free environment.
Agora, forum, souq, bazaar, palestra (c) Both
(a) Agora (d) None
(b) Souq
(c) Palestra Answer: (c)
(d) Forum 155. Garden city concept has been realized in which
Answer: (c) of the following modern cities of India?
The palestra was the ancient Greek wrestling (a) New Delhi
school. Rest all are Markets in different (b) Chandigarh
civilisations. (c) Bhubaneshwar
(d) a & b
153. ‘Madarsa at Haus Khas’ belongs to
Answer: (d)
(a) Sher Shah Suri
New Delhi: Sir Edwin Lutyens sat down at his
(b) Bahlol Lodi
drawing board to design Imperial New Delhi
(c) Mohammad Tughlaq
just over 100 years ago, he was inspired by the
(d) Allauddin Khilji
ideas of the Garden City Movement started by
Answer: (d) another English architect, Ebenezer Howard
Hauz Khas Complex houses a water tank, an Chandigarh: The city plan was conceived as
Islamic seminary, a mosque, a tomb and post war ‘Garden City’ wherein vertical and
pavilions built around an urbanized village with high rise buildings were ruled out, keeping in
medieval history traced to the thirteenth view the living habits of the people.
century of Delhi Sultanate reign. It was part of
156. “Hazar Satoon” was located at:
Siri, the second medieval city of India of the
(a) Tughlaqabad
Delhi Sultanate of Allauddin Khilji Dynasty.
(b) Siri
(c) Sikri
154. Statement 1: Obstructions in the pathway
(d) Azeemabad
should be easy to detect and if possible,
should be placed along on one continuous line. Answer: (b)
Statement 2: All types of signs should be Siri Fort was built 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north-east
visible, clear, simple, easy to read and of the Qutab Minar on an old camp near Delhi..
understand, and properly lit at night. The fort was once considered the pride of the
Statement 3: A guide strip painted in a city for its palace of a thousand pillars called
contrasting colour should be constructed to the Hazar Sutan.

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157. The first example of making of usable furniture 160. Dry risers are for
are found in (a) Dry cleaning
(a) Egyptian civilization (b) Fresh Air supply
(b) Harappan civilization (c) Fire Fighting
(c) Greek civilization (d) None of these
(d) Renaissance
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a) A dry riser is a normally empty pipe that can
Although the Egyptians were importing wood at be externally connected to a pressurized
an early date, their climate was hot and dusty, water source by firefighters. It is a vertical
and they were not interested in cluttering their pipe intended to distribute water to multiple
homes with unnecessary furniture. What they levels of a building or structure as a
did have, however, they invented; and their component of the fire suppression systems.
designs are still in use today.
161. Fire detector are based on
158. F.A.R regulation is used to control (a) Heat sensor
(a) Density (b) Fire sensor
(b) Total volume of Building (c) Smoke sensor
(c) Height of Building (d) Light sensor
(d) Ground coverage
Answer: (all)
Answer: (a) Fire detectors sense one or more of the products
or phenomena resulting from fire,
The floor area ratio (FAR) can be used suchas smoke, heat, infrared and/or ultraviole
in zoning to limit urban density. While it t light radiation, or gas. (All are Correct).
directly limits building density, indirectly it also
limits the number of people that a building can 162. Sprinkler system is provided for
hold, without controlling a building's external
(a) Gardening
shape. (b) Water Supply
(c) Fire fighting
159. If in a housing scheme of 10,000 sq m, there
(d) None of these
are 240 Dwelling units, what is the density per
hectare taking household size of 5? Answer: (c)
(a) 900 A fire sprinkler system is an active fire
(b) 1800 protection method, consisting of a water supply
(c) 1200 system, providing adequate pressure and
(d) 3600 flowrate to a water distribution piping system,
onto which fire sprinklers are connected.
Answer: (c)
Area= 10,000 sq mt = 1 hectare,
Population = 240 x 5 = 1200 persons,
Density= 1200/hectare

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163. Wind Energy can be harnessed at: 167. Bauhaus School was started in the year
(a) Agriculture Farms (a) 1919
(b) Energy Farms (b) 1921
(c) Urban Parks (c) 1913
(d) All of these (d) 1929
Answer: (d) Answer: (a)

Bauhaus, was a German school operational
164. Identify the shapes used in architecture in from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and
correct order the fine arts, and was famous for the approach
to design that it publicized and taught.
168. What is the name of Entrance Gateway of

Egyptian Temple?
(a) Pavilion, Cross, Octagonal, Barrel (a) Triumphal Arch
(b) Pavilion, Octagonal, Barrel, Cross (b) Pylon
(c) Barrel, Cross, Octagonal, Pavilion (c) Propylaea
(d) Barrel, Pavilion, Octagonal, Cross (d) None of them

Pylon, the gateway to the inner part of an
165. Blue printing techniques was invented by Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral.
Alphonse Louis Poitevin, a French chemist in
(a) 1861 169. What type of Roofing system was developed
(b) 1961 during Roman Period?
(c) 1913 (a) Pendentive
(d) 1889 (b) Vaults
(c) Hypostyle Halls
Answer: (a)
(d) Dome
166. Who had not been head of Bauhaus school
Answer: (b)
(a) Walter Gropius
Vault ismarine an architectural term for
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright
an arched form used to provide a space with a
(c) Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
ceiling or roof.
(d) Hannes Meyer
Answer: (b) 170. Which city of Delhi developed along a river?

Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928, Hannes (a) Mehrauli
Meyer from 1928 to 1930 and Ludwig Mies (b) Tughlaqabad
van der Rohe from 1930 until 1933. (c) Firozabad
(d) Siri
Answer: (c)

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One of the Tughlak rulers, Firoze Tughlak permeable. e.g. Sandy Clay. Through an
created the fourth city of Delhi, Firozabad or aquitard appreciable quantities of water may
Kotla Firoze Shah next to the river Yamuna. leak to an aquifer below it.
Aquiclude: - It is a geological formation, which is
171. For a plot measuring 100m by 60m, the porous but not permeable. Such rocks may bear
maximum allowed FSI is 3.0 and the permitted water but do not yield the same as they are
ground coverage is 50%. What is the maximum impermeable. Argillaceous rocks like shale and
number of floors that can be built, utilising the Clay are typical examples.
full permissible ground coverage?
(a) 4 174. What are deciduous trees?
(b) 5 (a) Trees that shed leaves in winter.
(c) 6 (b) Trees that shed leaves in summer.
(d) 7 (c) Trees that shed leaves periodically
throughout the year
Answer: (c) (d) None of the above
Site Area = 100 x 60 m = 6000 sq m; FAR = 3,
Maximum floor area permissible is = 6000 x 3 Answer: (a)
= 18000 sq m; Ground coverage allowed Deciduous refers to any tree that drops its
= 50% of 6000 = 3000, leaves in the fall and goes dormant during
Maximum Number of Floor = Maximum floor cold weather. When the weather warms,
area permissible/Ground Coverage = deciduous trees produce new leaves.
18,000/3,000 = 6.
175. In which season does Amaltas flowers?
172. What is static water level? (a) August:September
(a) Level at which water stands in a well (b) April:May
(b) Level at which water does not move (c) December:January
(c) Level of water in a well during pumping (d) February:March
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) Scientific name: Cassia fistula, Flowering
Static water level refers to the level of water in Season: April-May
a well under normal, undisturbed, no-pumping
conditions. 176. ‘Water harvesting’ has emerged as a sensible
173. Clay is which of the following? method of meeting the water demand and is
(a) Aquitard now being applied in most cities to raise the
(b) Aquiclude ground water levels. Water harvesting is the:
(c) Both 1 &2 (a) Collection of water from river
(d) None of the above (b) Collection of rainwater in storage tanks or
putting back into the soil to recharge
Answer: (c)
groundwater
Aquitard: - It is a formation through which only
(c) Harvesting of water from tube-wells
seepage is possible and thus the yield is
(d) Harvesting water from surface sources like
significant compared to an aquifer. It is partly
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Answer: (b) 180. The planning of New Delhi embodies what

Water harvesting is the activity of direct type of city ideals?
collection of rainwater. The rainwater collected (a) Industrial city
can be stored for direct use or can be recharged (b) Garden city
into the groundwater. (c) Green city
(d) Eco city
177. Banyan tree is what type of tree?
(a) Deciduous Answer: (b)
(b) Evergreen When Sir Edwin Lutyens sat down at his
(c) Semi-evergreen drawing board to design Imperial New Delhi
(d) None of the above just over 100 years ago, he was inspired by the
ideas of the Garden City Movement started by
Answer: (b) another English architect, Ebenezer Howard.
Evergreens are trees that have foliage year
round. The term “evergreen” means that trees 181. What is the group of materials that are hard
will keep growing leaves as other leaves fall off. and brittle, but they are good insulators?
(a) Metals
178. Softwood is obtained from which type of tree? (b) Polymers
(a) Angiosperm (c) Ceramics
(b) Gymnosperm (d) Composites
(c) Both
(d) None of the above Answer: (c)
Engineering ceramics are ideally suited for high
Answer: (b) performance applications where a combination
Softwood is wood from GYMNOSPERM trees such of properties such as wear resistance, hardness,
as conifers. The term is opposed to hardwood, stiffness and corrosion resistance are
which is the wood from angiosperm trees. important. In addition to these properties,
Softwood trees have needles and exposed seeds, engineering ceramics have relatively high
but do not have leaves. mechanical strength at high temperatures. They
are good electrical insulators.
179. The Sensible Heat is any heat that raises the
temperature but not
(a) Moisture content 182. In which season does the bottlebrush bloom?
(b) Precipitation (a) August:September
(c) Volume (b) April:May
(d) Area (c) December:January
(d) February:March
Answer: (d)
Sensible heat - heat which produces a change Answer: (b)
in temperature without any change in state. It blooms profusely from spring into summer,
usually March through July, and has occasional
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183. As per the Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control) 186. The process of making the background rough
Rules 2000, in the residential areas, during to act as a key for plastering is called as:
daytime, the maximum limit of noise in db is (a) Hacking
(a) 75 (b) Dubbing Out
(b) 65 (c) Peeling
(c) 55 (d) Chiselling
(d) 50
Answer: (a)
Answer: (c) For explanation,
For explanation, refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 121
187. Persistence of sound even after the source of
184. Which of the following is not included in sound has ceased is:
URDPFI guidelines? (a) Reverberation
(a) Development Plans (b) Rarefaction
(b) City Development Plans (c) Resonance
(c) Perspective plans (d) Damping
(d) Annual plans
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) For explanation,
A CDP is anchored on the Jawaharlal Nehru refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 122
National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) goal
of creating economically productive, efficient, 188. ILWIS is a software used for:
equitable and responsive cities. (a) Geographical Information System
(b) Surveying and levelling mapping
185. A sloping roof having slope in two directions is (c) Structure load calculation
called as (d) 3d modelling
(a) Shed Roof
Answer: (a)
(b) Gable Roof
The ILWIS software is designed by Wim Koolhoven
(c) Hipped Roof
and Jelle Wind. Integrated Land and Water
(d) Hoofed Roof
Information System (ILWIS) is a geographic
Answer: (b) information system (GIS) and remote sensing
A gable roof consists of two roof sections software for both vector and raster processing.
sloping in opposite directions and placed such
that the highest, horizontal edges meet to 189. Marine Front Housing at Cochin is designed by:
form the roof ridge. (a) Hasmukh patel
(b) B.V. Doshi
(c) Kuldip Singh
(d) Charles Correa
Answer: (c)

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Sri Kuldip Singh from New Delhi was the Answer: (a)
Consultant Architect for the scheme and Though George Goetschius,, is remembered for
prepared a master plan for utilizing the area his important contribution to the planning
keeping provision for maximum public utility. stages of the English Stage Company at
London's Royal Court Theatre in the mid-1950s,
190. Ciudad de Lineal is a concept given by: he was also an influential Sociologist.
(a) Arturo Soria y Mata
(b) Ebenzer Howard 194. Pietra-Dura is related to
(c) C.A. Doxiadis (a) Calligraphy
(d) Howard Roark (b) Stone Jaali
(c) Arabesque patterns
Answer: (a)
For explanation,
refer Question Paper 2018, Q. No. 123 Answer: (c)
Pietra dura is a term for using cut and fitted,
191. The Broad Acre City Model was proposed by: highly polished coloured stones to create
(a) Le Corbusier images.
(b) Oscar Niemeyar
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright 195. The study of varying population size of Urban
(d) Louis Kahn centres in a region is assessed by
(a) Multiplier effect
Answer: (c)
(b) Rank Size rule
For explanation,
(c) Shift share analysis
(d) Bulk share of work force
192. The Census of India is conducted every ten Answer: (b)

years under The rank-size rule (or rank-size distribution) of
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs city populations, is a commonly observed
(b) Ministry of Population and Planning statistical relationship between the population
(c) Ministry of Urban Development sizes and population ranks of a nation’s cities.
(d) Ministry of Human Resource Development
Answer: (a)
For explanation,
193. George Goetschius, part of the team drafting

Master Plan for Delhi was a:
(a) Urban Sociologist
(b) Physical Planner
(c) Transportation Specialist
(d) Regional Demarcater

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196. Match the correct pair in Group 1 with Group 2. Answer: (b)
Group I Group II Corrected Effective Temperature is determined
P. Sun Temple Konark 1. Dravidian Style by 4 factors: air temperature, humidity, air
movements, and radiant heat.
Q. Vimana 2. Nagara Style
R. Shikhara 3. Kalinga Style 199. Match the Gandhi Memorial with the
S. Panch-Rathas 4.Pallava Style architect.
P. Charles Correa x. Raj Ghat Delhi
(a) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3 Q. Habib Rahman y. Gandhi Ghat Barrackpur
(b) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-4
(c) P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4
R. Vanu Bhuta z. Gandhi Smark
(d) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-2
Ahmadabad
Answer: (c)
S. Achyut Kanvinde
197. Match the correct pair in Group 1 with Group 2.
Group-1 Group-2 T. Joseph Stein
P. Radburn 1. Patrick Geddes
Q. Garden City 2. Clarence Perry (a) P-x, T-Y, R-Z

(b) Q-x, P-y, R-z
R. Neighbourhood 3. Clarence Stein (c) R-x, Q-y, P-z
S. Conurbation 4. Ebenezer Howard (d) S-x, Q-y, R-z
(a) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3 Answer: (c)

(b) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
(c) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-4 200. Match the places with their followers
(d) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
P. Islam x. Agiary
Answer: (b)
Q. Jewish y. Stupa
198. Corrected Effective Temperature is an index
which combines the effect of R. Zoroastrain z. Synagogues
P. Climatic zone S. Vegetation S. Buddhist
Q. Temperature T. Humidity T. Jainism
R. Wind Velocity U. Solar radiation
(a) P, Q, R, S (a) P-x, Q-y, R-z

(b) Q, R, T, U (b) T-x, P-y, R-z
(c) Q, S, T, U (c) S-x, Q-y, R-z
(d) Q, R, U, P (d) R-x, Q-z, S-y

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Answer: (d)
 Fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place
of worship for Zoroastrians, often
called dar-e mehr (Persian)
or agiyari (gujarati). In the Zoroastrian
religion, fire, together with clean water
(see aban), are agents of ritual purity.
 A stupa (sanskrit: "heap") is a mound-like
or hemispherical structure containing
relics (śarīra - typically the remains
of buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as
a place of meditation.
 A synagogue, also spelled synagogue is
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1. Pritzker Architecture Prize 2016 has been

awarded to
(a) Richard Rogers
(b) Zaha Hadid
(c) Wang Shu
(d) Alejandro Aravena
Answer: (d)
5. “Synagogue” is related to
2. IIA National Award for Excellence in (a) Paris
Architecture 2015 will be held in (b) Christians
(a) New Delhi (c) Jews
(b) Chennai (d) Baha’i
(c) Kolkata
(d) Calicut Answer: (c)
A synagogue, is a Jewish house of prayer
Answer: (d)
The IIA Awards for Excellence in Architecture 6. Types of construction according to fire resistance
2015 -announced at the Crossroads in Calicut rating is classified into
a prestigious recognition which acknowledges (a) 4 types
excellence and creativity in the field of (b) 6 types
architecture and design. (c) 8 types
(d) 10 types
3. The moisture content in well-seasoned
timber is Answer: (a)
(a) 8% to 10%
(b) 10% to 12%
(c) 15% to 17%
(d) 20% to 22%
Answer: (b)
4. “Sphinx”: a mythical monster has

(a) Body of lion and head of man
(b) Body of man and head of lion
7. Psychometric Chart is a graphical representation of
(c) Body of tiger and head of woman
(a) Effective Temperature
(d) None of these
(b) Air velocity
Answer: (a) (c) Solar radiation
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of (d) None of above
a human and the body of a lion.
Answer: (b)
A psychometric chart is a graphical representation
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8. “Mastabas” are the examples of (b) 15%

(a) Royal Residence (c) 20%
(b) Temple (d) 25%
(c) Sports Centre
Answer: (c)
(d) Tomb
AS per IS-1077: 1992, if a brick have a class
Answer: (d) designation (CD-10) called first class bricks.
The Mastaba was used by the early pharaohs And requirement of water absorption shall
of Pre- and Early-Dynastic periods, but faded not be more than 20% up-to CD-12.5
out of royal use in favor of the pyramids. The
12. “Icosahedron” is a polyhedron with
word comes from the Arabic word for
"bench," and it was a rectangular structure (a) 16 faces
(b) 18 faces
that served as a tomb.
(c) 20 faces
9. Falling Water designed by Lloyd Wright (d) 24 faces
example of
(a) Organic architecture Answer: (c)
(b) In-Organic Architecture
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Organic architecture is a philosophy of
architecture which promotes harmony
between human habitation and the natural
world. A well-known example of organic
architecture is Falling water, the residence
Wright designed for the Kaufmann family in 13. Presently India is divided in
rural Pennsylvania (a) 3 seismic zone

(b) 4 seismic zone
10. Obelisks in Egypt were (c) 5 seismic zone
(a) Moon God (d) 6 seismic zone
(b) Sun God Answer: (b)
(c) Wind God
(d) Fire God
Answer: (b)
The obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra
11. A first class brick when immersed in cold

water for 24 hours should not be absorb
water more than
(a) 10%
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14. City of Babylon was rebuilt by Diagonal scale is an engineering measuring

(a) Ashurnasirpal instrument which is composed of a set of parallel
(b) Nebuchadnezzar straight lines which are obliquely crossed by
(c) Ictinus another set of straight lines. Diagonal scales are
(d) Callicrate used to read or measure up to three units
Answer: (b) 18. Acropolis at Athens was examples of

According to one legend, the Neo- (a) Sanctuary
Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, who (b) Residence
ruled between 605 and 562 BC, built the (c) Amphitheatre
Hanging Gardens, alongside a grand palace. (d) Health Centre
15. Gandhi Ashram Museum is situated at: Answer: (a)

(a) Pune The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located
(b) Sasaram on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and
(c) Allahabad contains the remains of several ancient buildings.
(d) Ahmedabad
19. Parthenon is
Answer: (d) (a) Greek Temple
Gandhi Ashram is located in the Sabarmati (b) Egyptian Temple
suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat (c) Gothic Temple
(d) Russian Temple
16. Relative Humidity is 100% when
(a) Dry bulb temperature & wet bulb Answer: (a)
temperature are equal The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian
(b) Dry bulb temperature is twice the wet bulb Acropolis, Greece
temperature
20. Agora in Ancient Greek city was
(c) Wet bulb temperature is twice the Dry
Bulb temperature (a) Ghat
(b) Bagh
(d) None of these.
(c) Bungalow
Answer: (a) (d) Market place
At 100% relative humidity, the wet-bulb
temperature is equal to the air temperature Answer: (d)
(dry-bulb temperature. The word "agora" applies to an assembly of
people and by extend marks the gathering place.
17. Diagonal scales are used to measure upto In Modern Greek the term means "marketplace"
(a) 2 Units
21. Barcelona Pavilion was designed by
(b) 3 Units
(c) 4 Units (a) Walter Gropius
(d) 5 Units (b) Frank Gehry
(c) Frank Llyod Wright
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Answer: (d) Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed

mainly of sand-sized mineral particles or rock
22. Find odd one out (defects in timber) fragments
(a) Star Shakes
25. The term Ekistics was coined by
(b) Moon Shakes
(c) Heart Shakes (a) C A Doxiadis
(d) Ring Shakes (b) Le Corbusier
(c) Albert Meyer
Answer: (b) (d) Charles Correa
Answer: (a)
The term 'ekistics' was coined by Doxiadis in 1942
26. Number of bricks required in one cubic meter

of brick masonry is
(a) 350
They are the longitudinal separations in wood
(b) 400
between the annual rings. These are the
(c) 450
cracks which partly or completely separate
(d) 500
fibres of wood.
Answer: (d)
Types of shakes: Star shakes, Cup shakes,
Volume of Nominal size of the modular brick is
Heart shakes, Ring shakes
= 200 x 100 x 100 mm = 2, 00, 00, 00 mm3 =
23. Who among the following is not associated 0.002 m3
with the designing of Chandigarh
Number of Brick = volume of brickwork/volume
(a) Albert Meyer
of 1 modular brick = 1/0.002 = 500
(b) Maxwell Fry
(c) Jane Drew 27. Botanical name of Gulmohar is:
(d) Lucio Costa (a) Cycas revoluta
(b) Ocimum basilicum
Answer: (d)
(c) Delonix regia
Lúcio Lima Costa was a Brazilian architect and
urban planner, best known for his plan for
Brasília Answer: (c)
24. Sandstone is
28. Hawa Mahal at Jaipur was primarily built:
(a) Metamorphic rock
(a) To measure wind speed
(b) Igneous Rock
(b) For woman to rest
(c) Sedimentary Rock
(c) For woman of royal household to watch the
(d) None of these
festival
Answer: (c) (d) All of the above
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The original intent of the lattice design was to 32. Feng Shui literally means
allow royal ladies to observe everyday life and (a) Wind
festivals celebrated in the street below (b) Water
without being seen, since they had to obey the (c) Both of these
strict rules of "purdah" (d) None of these
29. The height of “Burj Khalifa”, Dubai is? Answer: (c)

(a) 828 m The words feng shui mean "wind" and "water."
(b) 725 m They can be taken as a metaphor for the power
(c) 541 m that nature has over our lives. Harnessing this
(d) 501 m power for human benefit is the purpose of feng shui
Answer: (a) 33. All DSLR camera take

With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft) and (a) 16mm film
a roof height of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj (b) 28mm film
Khalifa has been the tallest structure in the (c) 35mm film
world since its topping out in late 2008. (d) 70mm film
30. Toothing is a construction technique used in Answer: (c)

(a) Wooden construction The majority of digital cameras, both compact and
(b) RCC construction SLR models, use a smaller-than-35 mm frame, as it
(c) Steel construction is easier and cheaper to manufacture imaging
(d) Brick construction sensors at a smaller size.
Answer: (d) 34. Find odd one out

Toothing: Bricks alternately projecting at the (a) Casement window
end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a (b) Clerestory window
continuation of it when the remainder is (c) Dormer window
(d) Limited window
carried up.
Answer: (d)
31. “Buland Darwaza” was built to Rest all are types of window, while limited
commemorate victory over window is the term used for opportunity
(a) Gujarat
(b) Bengal 35. The dome of Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur is
(c) Panipat (a) Hemi-spherical brick masonry dome
(d) Chattisgarh (b) Hemi-spherical stone masonry dome
(c) Onion shaped brick masonry dome
Answer: (a) (d) Onion shaped stone masonry dome
The gate was added around five years after Answer: (a)
the completion of the mosque c. 1576-1577 as The tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah (d. 1656)
a victory arch, to commemorate Akbar's in Bijapur is one of the largest masonry domes
successful Gujarat campaign. in the world. The dome was built with layers of
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rendered on both faces, so that the dome acts (d) 1:1:2

as a concrete shell reinforced with bricks.
Answer: (d)
36. The designer of Taj Mahal was influenced by: IS 456-2000 has designated the concrete mixes
(a) Humanyu’s Tomb into a number of grades as M10, M15, M20,
(b) Safdarjung Tomb M25, M30, M35 and M40. In this designation
(c) Salim Chisti’s Tomb the letter M refers to the mix and the number to
(d) Akbar’s Tomb the specified 28-day cube strength of mix in
N/mm2. The mixes of grades M10, M15, M20
Answer: (a)
and M25 correspond approximately to the mix
Humayun's tomb commissioned in 1562 AD,
proportions (1:3:6), (1:2:4), (1:1.5:3) and (1:1:2)
was one of the most direct influences on the Taj
respectively. (Cement: Fine Sand: Aggregate)
Mahal's design and was a response to the Gur-
e Amir, borrowing a central dome, geometric 40. Minimum thickness of wall where single
symmetrical planning and Iwan entrances, but Flemish bond can be used is
incorporating the more specifically Indian (a) Half brick thick
Mughal devices of chhatris, red sandstone face (b) One brick thick
work, and a 'Paradise garden' (Charbagh) (c) One & half brick thick
(d) Two brick thick
37. The nominal size of modular brick is
(a) 190mm x 90mm x 75mm Answer: (c)
(b) 190mm x 90mm x 90mm This bond is a combination of English bond and
(c) 200mm x 100mm x 100mm Flemish bond. In this work the facing of the wall
(d) 200mm x 200mm x 75mm consists of Flemish bond and the backing
consists of English bond in each course. This type
Answer: (c)
of bonding cannot be adopted in walls less than
With mortar thickness, the size of such a brick
one and a half brick in thickness.
becomes 200 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm and it is
known as the nominal size of the modular brick 41. For building 35m or above height the staircase
enclosures should be fire rating minimum of
38. The city “Bengaluru” falls in climate
(a) 1-hour rating
(a) Temperate
(b) 1.5-hour rating
(b) Composite
(c) 2-hour rating
(c) Warm Humid
(d) 2.5-hour rating
(d) Humid
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
For buildings 15 m in height or above non-
Temperate: relating to or denoting a region or combustible materials should be used for
climate characterized by mild temperatures. construction and the internal walls of staircase
enclosures should be of brick work or reinforced
39. The proportion of M25 grade of concrete is concrete or any other material of construction
(a) 1:2:4 with minimum of 2 h rating.
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42. The unit of exit width used to measure the 45. Queen closure is
capacity of any exit as specified in National (a) A brick of normal length and width both
Building Code is half the normal thickness
(a) 250 mm (b) A brick of normal width and thickness but
(b) 500 mm half the normal length
(c) 750 mm (c) A brick of normal width and thickness but
(d) 1000 mm 1/3 the normal length
(d) A brick of normal length and thickness half
Answer: (b)
the normal width
The unit of exit width, used to measure the
capacity of any exit, shall be 500 mm. A clear Answer: (d)
width of 250 mm shall be counted as an
additional half unit. Clear widths less than 250
mm shall not be counted for exit width.
43. Select the streets in descending order of width

(a) Collector street, Arterial street, Sub
Arterial Street, Local Street
(b) Local Street, Collector Street, Sub Arterial
Street, Arterial Street.
(c) Arterial street, Sub Arterial street,
collector street, Local street
(d) Arterial street, Sub Arterial street, Local
street, Collector street
Answer: (c)
44. Golden ratio is

(a) 1:1.61
(b) 1:1.71 A brick of normal length and thickness but of
(c) 1:1.81 half normal width, used to complete a course
(d) 1:1.91 or to space regular bricks.
46. In Mahoney Table, humidity is grouped into

Answer: (a)
(a) 4 groups
(b) 5 groups
(c) 6 groups
(d) 7 groups
Answer: (a)
Humidity group: 1, If average RH: below 30 %
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47. In first angle projection (a) 40 Kg-m

(a) Plane of projection lies between observer (b) 80 Kg -m
and the object (c) 120 Kg-m
(b) Object lies between observer and plane of (d) 160 Kg-m
projection
(c) Plane of projection assumed to be Answer: (b)
transparent Maximum bending moment for a simply
supported beam having uniformly distributed
(d) None of these
load = WL2/8 = 80
Answer: (b)
50. How long is Surveyor’s / Gunter’s chain?
(a) 60 feet
(b) 62 feet
(c) 64 feet
(d) 66 feet
Answer: (d)
Gunter's chain or the surveyor's chain is a distance
measuring device used for land survey. The 66-foot
(~20.117 m) chain is divided into 100 links, usually
marked off into groups of 10 by brass rings or tags
48. Find odd one out
which simplify intermediate measurement
(a) Intrados
(b) Vousseirs 51. Closed contours of increasing values, towards
(c) Cellar their centre represents
(d) Key stone (a) A Hill
(b) A saddle or pass
Answer: (c)
(c) A river bed
Cellar: a room below ground level in a house,
(d) A depression
often used for storing wine or coal. Rest all are
part of Arch. Answer: (a)
For series of a closed contour.
 Higher value is inside the circle is known as HILL.
 Higher value is outside the circle is known as
DEPRESSION
52. Method of surveying in which field orientation

and plotting proceed simultaneously
(a) Chain surveying
(b) Compress surveying
49. Maximum bending moment for a simply
(c) Plane Table surveying
supported beam having uniformly
(d) Tachometric surveying
distributed load of 10 kg/m and the span is 8
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 Plane Table survey both fieldwork and (c) Rhino

office work are done simultaneously while (d) Auto Cad
doing the survey.
Answer: (d)
 Chain surveying- linear measurements.
 Compass surveying - only angular
measurements.
 Tachometry- both measurements.
53. The aspect ratio of cinemascope film is

(a) 1:1
(b) 1:1.15
(c) 1:2
(d) 1:2.35 AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design
CAD) and drafting software application.
Answer: (d)
'Scope, is still widely used by both filmmakers 57. In MS word, which key do you press to “check
and projectionists, although today it generally spelling”
refers to any 2.35:1, 2.39:1, or 2.40:1 (a) F3
presentation (b) F5
(c) F7
54. Quoin is
(d) F9
(a) Masonry brick at Stretcher course
(b) Masonry brick at wall corner Answer: (c)
(c) Masonry brick at centre of arch ALT + F7 = Find the next misspelling or
(d) Masonry brick at header course grammatical error.
Answer: (b) 58. Slenderness ratio of the column is the ratio of

(a) Width of the column to depth of the column
55. The minimum number of seats in auditorium (b) Effective length to the least radius of gyration
between two longitudinal aisles is (c) Effective depth to the least radius of gyration
(a) 10 (d) None of the above
(b) 12
(c) 14 Answer: (c)
(d) 18 Slenderness ratio is the ratio of the length of a
column and the least radius of gyration of its
Answer: (c) cross section.
No row of seats shall have more than 14 seats
between aisles and not more than seven seats 59. An adjustable opening in the camera that limits
abutting an aisle at one end only amount of light
(a) Shutter speed
56. Which is not a BIM software (b) Shutter release
(a) Autodesk Revit (c) Aperture
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Answer: (c) 63. All the vanishing points of two-point

Aperture controls the lens’ diaphragm, which perspective shall essentially lie on:
controls the amount of light traveling through (a) Ground Line
the lens to the film plane. (b) Horizon Line
(c) Vertical Line
60. Minimum size of internal courtyard for the
(d) None of these
purpose of natural ventilation in a habitable
room is: Answer: (b)
(a) 3.0 m A drawing has two-point perspective when it
(b) 4.0 m contains two vanishing points on the horizon line.
(c) 4.5 m
64. Council of Architecture was established in the year:
(d) 5.0 m
(a) 1972
Answer: (a) (b) 1974
In case light and ventilation to habitable (c) 1976
space area are through an internal courtyard, (d) 1978
the minimum dimensions of such courtyard
shall not be less than 3.0 m. x 3.0 m. for Answer: (a)
buildings upto 12.50 m. in height.
corporate by the Government of India under the
61. “Finger Plan” concept of city planning was provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted
initially adopted in: by the Parliament of India, which came into
(a) Canberra force on 1 September 1972
(b) Copenhagen
65. ECS is defined as the car space:
(c) Tokyo
(d) Paris (a) Per 100 sq ft.
(b) Per 50 Sq ft.
Answer: (b) (c) Per 50 Sqm.
Copenhagen is famous for its urban planning (d) Per 100 Sqm.
concept which has pro-moted sustainable
lifestyles and sustainable modes of mobility. Answer: (d)
The Finger Plan for Greater Copenhagen was
66. “Lisbon Ismaili Centre”, Lisbon was designed by
introduced in 1947
(a) Moshe Safde
62. F.A.R is defined as the ratio of (b) Charles Correa
(a) Ground floor area to total cover (c) Raj Rewal
(b) Total covered area to plot area (d) B.V. Doshi
(c) Plinth area to plot area
Answer: (c)
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a
building's total floor area (gross floor area) to
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67. Presently, the Chairman of Delhi Urban Arts and FSI shall be 100 percent and 2 percent
Commission is: respectively.
(a) P.S. N. Rao
71. The word “Ceramic” meant for
(b) B.V. Doshi
(a) Soft Material
(c) Uday C. Gatkari
(b) Hard Material
(d) None of these
(c) Burnt Material
Answer: (a) (d) Dry Material
Answer: (b)
68. Slope of the ramp for the basement for
Ceramic - made of clay and permanently
vehicular movement shall not exceed
hardened by heat
(a) 1:6
(b) 1:8 72. Find odd one out:
(c) 1:10 (a) King post
(d) 1:12 (b) Rafter
(c) Purlin
Answer: (a)
(d) Baluster
69. V7 concept given by Le Corbusier refers to Answer: (d)

(a) Hierarchy of roads Baluster: a short decorative pillar forming part
(b) Architecture design principals of a series supporting a rail or coping.
(c) Neighbourhood planning
(d) Housing typologies
Answer: (a)
7Vs establishes a hierarchy of traffic
circulation ranging from: arterial roads (V1),
major boulevards (V2) sector definers (V3),
shopping streets (V4), neighbourhood streets
(V5), access lanes (V6) and pedestrian paths
and cycle tracks (V7)
70. What is the minimum plot use permissible

73. The book “The image of the city” was authored by:
for housing cluster?
(a) Paul Zucker
(a) 15 sqm.
(b) Edward T. Hall
(b) 20 sqm
(c) Kevin Lynch
(c) 25 sqm.
(d) Jean Nouvel
(d) 35 sqm.
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
The Image of the City is one of the most
Plot sizes below 30 m2 but not less than 15 m2
representative works of Kevin Lynch
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74. The depth of lift pit in passenger’s lift is: singh on 3 December 2005 as a programme
(a) 1000 mm meant to improve the quality of life and
(b) 1200 mm infrastructure in the cities. Tenth Five-year plan
(c) 1600 mm (2002-2007)
(d) 2000 mm
77. The city of Bhubaneshwar was designed
Answer: (c) (a) Königsberger
Elevator Pit Depth: 1600mm Overhead (b) Le Corbusier
Required 4350mm (c) Lutyens
(d) Charles Correa
75. In case of residential apartments, the
effective floor area available for use which Answer: (a)
an apartment is known as: Bhubaneswar was built as a modern city,
(a) Carpet Area designed by German architect Otto Königsberger
(b) Built -up Area with wide roads, gardens and parks
(c) Plinth Area
78. Cul-de sac is
(d) Super Built-up Area
(a) Pattern of linear road
Answer: (a) (b) Main feeder street with y shaped junction
 Carpet Area is the area enclosed within the (c) Pattern of radial road
walls, actual area to lay the carpet. This (d) Street open at only one end, with a
area does not include the thickness of the provision of turnaround at the other
inner walls. It is the actual used area of an
Answer: (d)
apartment.
A cul de sac is a dead-end street, particularly
 Built up Area is the carpet area plus the
one with a circle for turning around at the end
thickness of outer walls and the balcony.
 Super Built Up Area is the built up area plus 79. Howrah Bridge Kolkata is an example of
proportionate area of common areas such (a) Suspension Bridge
as the lobby, lifts shaft, stairs, etc. (b) Cable Bridge
Sometimes it may also include the (c) Cantilever Bridge
common areas such, swimming pool, (d) Bascule Bridge
garden, clubhouse, etc.
Answer: (c)
76. JNNURM was introduced in Howrah Bridge is a cantilever bridge with a
(a) Fourth Five Year Plan suspended span over the Hooghly River in
(b) Eighth Five Year Plan West Bengal, India.
(c) Tenth Five Year Plan
80. Identify which is not a green building rating
(d) Eleventh Five Year Plan
system
Answer: (c) (a) LEED
Named after Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime (b) CASBEE
Minister of India, the scheme was officially (c) ENERGY BUILD
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Answer: (c) 84. Gusset Plate is used in

(a) Soil Testing
81. Travel behaviour characteristics of an urban (b) Masonry work
area can be derived from (c) Wood work
(a) Parking Survey (d) Steel trusses
(b) Demographic Survey
(c) Socio Economic Survey Answer: (d)
(d) Origin & Destination Survey
Answer: (d)
The main goal of the large-scale Origin and
Destination surveys is to understand the
principal trends affecting travel behaviour
82. The Traditional houses of Delhi are called:

(a) Chawls
(b) Poles Gusset plates are thick sheets of steel that are
(c) Katras used to connect beams and girders to columns or
(d) None of the above to connect truss members.
Answer: (c) 85. Hussain Doshi Gufa is situated in:

 A pol in India is a housing cluster which (a) Ahmedabad
comprises many families of a particular (b) Delhi
group, linked by caste, profession, or (c) Gandhinagar
religion. Pols are typical of urban centres (d) Pune
in Gujarat especially of Old Ahmedabad.
Answer: (a)
 The chawl is a name for a type of
Hussain Doshi Gufa is an underground art
residential building found in India. Chawls
gallery located in Ahmedabad that depicts the
were constructed in abundance during
works of the famous Indian painter named
the early 1900s, in the textile mill areas
M.F.Hussain
of Mumbai.
86. Stringers are related to:
83. The accumulation of white deposits on the (a) Wall construction
exposed surface of the brick, in brick (b) Column construction
masonry is called (c) Staircase construction
(a) Obsolesce (d) Window construction
(b) Efflorescence
(c) Reconnaissance Answer: (c)
(d) None of these Stringer: Secondary beams to carry the load
from the slab till the cross beams located at
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87. Laurie Baker is famous for: Kerb - a stone edging to a pavement or raised
(a) Low cost housing path
(b) High rise housing
91. In the drainage plan, sewers are marked with
(c) Cinema
which colour:
(d) Painting
(a) Red
Answer: (a) (b) Blue
"Laurie" Baker is renowned for his initiatives in (c) Black
cost-effective energy-efficient architecture. (d) Green
88. Dampers are used in Answer: (d)

(a) Plumbing Systems
(b) HVAC Systems
(c) Carpentry works
(d) Painting works
Answer: (b)
A damper is a valve or plate that stops or
regulates the flow of air inside a duct, 92. Tanks larger than.............. litre capacity shall be
chimney, VAV box, air handler, or other air- provided with vent pipe
handling equipment. (a) 4000
89. Gas supply in building is prohibited in which
(b) 5000
of the following pipe if pressure is more than (c) 6000
7 KN/m2: (d) 7000
(a) Wrought Iron Answer: (b)
(b) Steel Vent Pipes: Tanks larger than 5000 litres capacity
(c) Cast Iron shall be provided with vent pipes to prevent
(d) Copper development pressure in the tank which might
Answer: (c) result in NO FLOW condition or inward collapse
Piping shall be of wrought iron, steel, copper of the tank.
or cast iron when the gas pressure is less than 93. The term “Conurbation” was coined by
7kN/m2; with higher gas pressure use of cast (a) Richard L Meier
iron shall be prohibited. (b) Walter Gropius
(c) Homer Hoyt
90. The term “Kerb” is:
(d) Patrick Geddes
(a) A concrete edging along the pathway
(b) A linear wide and shallow depression Answer: (d)
(c) Slope of the land The term "conurbation" was coined in 1915 by
(d) None of the above Patrick Geddes in his book Cities in Evolution.
Answer: (a)

JMI-2016
94. For normal comfort conditions, humidity values Answer: (a)

are accepted in between
(a) 20-50% 98. “Every building is by its very nature a
(b) 30-60% Sculpture; you cannot help it. Sculpture is a
(c) 40-70% three dimensional object and so is a
(d) 50-80% building”. This famous quote is of
(a) Barnald Tshumi
Answer: (b) (b) Frank O. Gehry
The recommended level of indoor humidity is (c) Jacques Derrida
in the range of 30-60% (d) Peter Elsenman
95. Hospital laboratories adjacent to Wards
Answer: (b)
should be at:
(a) Positive pressure 99. According to Central Place theory, the tributary
(b) Negative pressure around central places are flattened into:
(c) Equal pressure (a) Octagons
(d) None of these (b) Hexagons
Answer: (b) (c) Heptagons
Rooms that should be negatively pressurized (d) Decagons
 Cytology, glass washing, histology, Answer: (b)
microbiology, nuclear medicine, pathology, Settlements would tend to form in a
and sterilizing laboratories triangular/hexagonal lattice, as it is the most
efficient pattern to serve areas without any
96. Reverberation time is the time required for
overlap
sound pressure to decreased by ......... after
sound sources has stopped: 100. In partition construction, the purpose of
(a) 40 dB resilient channels is to:
(b) 60 dB (a) Increase the strength of the partition
(c) 80 dB (b) Increase the acoustical properties of
(d) 100 dB partition
(c) Increase the thickness of a partition
Answer: (b)
(d) Provide a suitable base for attaching
Reverberation Time (Tr): period required
wall board over masonry
for sound level to decrease 60 dB after sound
source has stopped producing sound. Answer: (b)
Resilient channel is a thin metal channel that is
97. During which period dome became
intelligently designed to substantially improve
dominant theme for churches:
the sound insulation of drywall, sheetrock,
(a) Baroque period
plasterboard walls and ceilings.
(b) Classical period
(c) Greek period
(d) Roman period

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Chapter 05
Practice Set 01
PRACTICE SET- 01
1. The slope on the road surface generally 4. What will be the radius of gyration of a circular
provided on the curves is known as plate of diameter 10cm?
(a) Angle of friction (a) 1.5cm
(b) Angle of repose (b) 2.0cm
(c) Angle of banking (c) 2.5cm
(d) None of these (d) 3cm
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)  The moment of inertia of a circle,
The phenomenon of raising outer edge of the  I = πD4/64 = 491.07 cm4
curved road above the inner edge is to provide  The area of circle = 78.57 cm,
necessary centripetal force to the vehicles to  Radius of gyration = (I/A) 1/2 = 2.5 cm.
take a safer turn and the curved road is called
Banking of Roads and the angle they form is 5. A beam which is supported on more than two
known as angle of banking. supports is
(a) Fixed beam
2. Which of the following are statically (b) Continuous beam
determinate beams? (c) Cantilever beam
(a) Only simply supported beams (d) Simply supported beam
(b) Cantilever, overhanging and simply
supported Answer: (b)
(c) Fixed beams A beam which is supported on more than two
(d) Continuous beams supports is known as continuous beam. The
intermediate supports of a continuous beam are
Answer: (b) always subjected to some bending moment.
In beams, if the reaction forces can be
calculated using equilibrium equations 6. In a Simply supported beam of span L subjected
alone, they are statically determinate. On to a central load W, the maximum bending
the other hand, if the reaction force can't be moment will be,
determined using equilibrium equations (a) WL/8
only, other methods have to be used, and the (b) WL/12
structure is said to be statically (c) WL/4
indeterminate. (d) WL/16
3. For a simply supported beam of span L, with Answer: (c)

point load W at the centre, the maximum
B.M. will be By symmetry the reactions at the two supports
(a) WL would be W/2 and W/2.
(b) WL/2 B.M. at x-x = W/2 X (x lies between 0 to L/2)
(c) WL/4 B.M. at l/2 = W/2 X L/2 = WL/4
(d) WL/8
Answer: (c)

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7. A cantilever is a beam whose Horizontal structural member subjected to

(a) Both ends are supported either on rollers or transverse loads perpendicular to its axis is
hinges known as Beam.
(b) One end is fixed and other end is free
(c) Both ends are fixed 11. Slenderness ratio is the ratio of effective length
(d) Whose both or one of the end has overhang of column and
(a) Lateral dimension of a column
Answer: (b) (b) Least radius of gyration of a column
(c) Maximum radius of gyration of a column
8. Hooke’s law is applicable within (d) None of the above
(a) Elastic limit
(b) Plastic limit
Answer: (b)
(c) Fracture point Slenderness ratio is the ratio of the length of a
(d) Ultimate strength column and the least radius of gyration of its
cross section. Often denoted by lambda. It is
Answer: (a) used extensively for finding out the design load
Hooke’s law - The strain in a solid is proportional as well as in classifying various columns in
to the applied stress within the elastic limit of short/intermediate/long.
that solid.
12. Minimum required water cement ratio for a
9. Young's modulus is defined as
workable concrete, is
(a) Tensile strain/tensile stress
(a) 0.30
(b) Tensile stress/tensile strain
(b) 0.40
(c) Tensile stress × tensile strain
(c) 0.50
(d) Length/area
(d) 0.60
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
The Young's modulus is a measure of how stiff
a bar of material is along its axis. It is equal to 13. The ratio of maximum shear stress to average
the stress applied divided by the resulting shear stress for a circular section is
elastic strain. (a) 2/3
(b) 3/2
10. Horizontal structural member subjected to (c) 4/3
transverse loads perpendicular to its axis is (d) ¾
known as
(a) Strut Answer: (c)
(b) Column  Maximum shear stress occurs at neutral
(c) Beam axis & y = 0.
(d) Truss  Max. Shear stress = 4/3 [F/A].
 F/A is average shear stress.
Answer: (c)  The maximum shear stress distribution is
33% more than average shear stress.

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14. A beam is subjected to a bending moment, the earthquake is measured using the Richter scale.
relation between strain in a layer and the The Richter scale is numbered 0-10.
distance from the neutral axis is
(a) Independent 17. Soil erosion is
(b) Directly proportional (a) It is the process by which soil is formed
(c) Inversely proportional (b) A harmful process that involves the removal
(d) None of these and transport of soil by wind and water
(c) A natural method of filtering harmful pollutants
Answer: (b) (d) A process often referred to as the 'greenhouse'
The maximum strain occurs at the outer fibre effect
which is distance measured from the neutral
Answer: (b)
surface
Soil erosion refers to the wearing a way of a
field's topsoil by the natural physical forces of
15. At 28 days of curing concrete attains a strength of
water and wind.
(a) 20 to 25%
(b) 60 to 70%
18. Damage of foundation due to ‘Soil Liquefaction’
(c) 65 to 80%
is related to:
(d) 90 to 99%
(a) Cyclones
(b) Landslides
Answer: (d)
(c) Floods
The strength of concrete increases with age.
(d) Earthquakes
Table shows the strength of concrete at
different ages in comparison with the strength Answer: (d)
at 28 days after casting. Soil liquefaction describes a phenomenon
whereby a saturated or partially saturated soil
substantially loses strength and stiffness in
response to an applied stress, usually
earthquake shaking.
19. World Heritage City declared by UNESCO is

16. The magnitude of energy released by an (a) Ahmedabad
earthquake is calculated using (b) Agra
(a) Temblor scale (c) Bhopal
(b) Richter scale (d) Old Delhi
(c) Tectonic scale Answer: (a)
(d) Seismic scale More than 600-year-old Walled City of
Answer: (b) Ahmedabad founded by Ahmed Shah has been
A seismometer detects the vibrations caused by declared India’s first World Heritage City,
an earthquake. It plots these vibrations on a recognizing heritage value of the walled city’s
seismograph. The strength, or magnitude, of an unique heritage.

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20. A broad horizontal band above the architrave 23. The term conurbation was coined by
and below the cornice is known as (a) Patrick Geddes
(a) Architrave (b) Le Corbusier
(b) Entablature (c) Arturo Soria y Mata
(c) frieze (d) Frank Lloyd Wright
(d) cornice
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c) A conurbation is a region comprising a number
Frieze- the middle of the three main divisions of of cities, large towns, and other urban areas.
an entablature. The frieze is above the The term "conurbation" was coined in 1915 by
architrave and below the cornice. Patrick Geddes in his book Cities in Evolution.
21. The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United

24. The unit of solid angle is
Nations Framework Convention on Climate (a) Lumen
Change aimed at combating:
(b) Radian
(a) Global economic crisis (c) Steradians
(b) Terrorism (d) Candela
(c) Nuclear proliferation
(d) Global warming Answer: (c)
The angle formed by three or more planes
Answer: (d) meeting in a common point or formed at the
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty vertex of a cone is known as solid angle. The SI
which extends the 1992 United Nations unit of solid angle is the steradian (sr).
Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, based on the
scientific consensus that global warming is
occurring.
22. The process of making the back ground rough,

before plastering, is
(a) dubbing 25. A circuit breaker is
(b) hacking (a) Power factor correcting device

(c) blistering (b) A device to neutralize the effect of transients
(d) Peeling (c) A waveform correcting device
(d) A current interrupting device
Answer: (b)
Hacking is done on the finished wall before Answer: (d)
application of plaster or tiles. It is the process of A circuit breaker is an automatically operated
roughening the wall surface so that plaster can electrical switch designed to protect an
rest on it. electrical circuit from damage caused by excess
current from an overload or short circuit. Its
basic function is to interrupt current flow after a
fault is detected.

PRACTICE SET- 01
26. Material used for coagulation is

(a) Chlorine
(b) Alum
(c) Lime
(d) Bleaching powder
Answer: (b)
In water treatment, coagulation involves the
addition of polymers that clump the small
particles together into larger aggregates so
that they can be separated from the water. 29. The maximum desirable limit (BIS) of total
Aluminium salts Like Alum is the most widely hardness (as CaCo3) in drinking water is
used coagulants. (a) 600 ppm
(b) 300 ppm
27. E-waste is a (c) 500 ppm
(a) Obsolete electronic waste (d) 1000 ppm
(b) Eco friendly waste
Answer: (a)
(c) Waste from nuclear power generation
As per the BIS standards the permissible limit of
(d) Hazardous chemical waste
hardness (as CaCO3) (mg/l) is 200 and the
Answer: (a) maximum limit is 600.
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a term for 30. The minimum diameter provided for the
electronic products that have become longitudinal bars is
unwanted, non-working or obsolete, and have (a) 15 mm
essentially reached the end of their useful life. (b) 20 mm
(c) 12 mm
28. The point within the Earth where seismic
(d) 18 mm
waves originate is:
(a) The epicentre Answer: (c)
(b) The fault scarp
(c) The origin Indian standards specify 12mm as the least
(d) The focus diameter of a vertical bar and 5mm as the least
diameter of lateral bar or stirrup.
Answer: (d)
The focus is the point within the earth where 31. A monumental gateway at entrance of
seismic waves originate and the epicentre is on Dravidian temple is known as
the earth's surface directly above the focus. (a) Amalka
(b) Torana
(c) Gopuram
(d) Jagati
Answer: (c)

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A Gopuram is a monumental gatehouse tower, 34. Sanchi Stupa is located near

usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu (a) Bhopal
temple, in the Dravidian architecture of the (b) Calcutta
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, (c) Mysore
Karnataka, and Telangana states of Southern (d) Allahabad
India.
Answer: (a)
Sanchi Stupa, is a Buddhist complex, situated
near Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh.
32. First garden tomb built in India was

(a) Sikander Lodi’s Tomb (New Delhi) 35. Meenakshi temple is located
(b) Humayun’s Tomb (New Delhi) (a) Odisha
(c) Tajmahal (Agra) (b) Madurai
(d) Bibi ka Maqbra (Auranagabad) (c) Belur
(d) Mount Abu
Answer: (b)
Humayun’s tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Answer: (b)
Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb Meenakshi temple is an example of Dravidian
was designed by Persian architect Mirak Mirza style of temple located in Madurai.
Ghiyas. It was the first garden-tomb on the
Indian subcontinent. 36. The scientific name of Gulmohar tree is
(a) Mangifera indica
33. Octagonal’ shape of mausoleums is the (b) Delonix regia
distinctive feature of (c) Azadirachta indica
(a) Khalji dynasty (d) Pithecellobium Dulce
(b) Tughlaq dynasty Answer: (b)
(c) Sayyid dynasty Gulmohar is a common name for the flowering
(d) Lodi dynasty plant Delonix regia.
Answer: (d)
Octagonal shape of mausoleums is the 37. Central Park, New York is designed by
distinctive feature of Lodhi dynasties of (a) Frank Lloyd Wright
Medieval India. (b) Kohn Peterson Fox
(c) Fredrick Law Olmstead
(d) Robert Wagner

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Answer: (c) 41. Who designed IIM Banglore?

Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, U.S (a) Le Corbusier
was designed by landscape architect and (b) Louis Kahn
writer Frederick Law Olmsted. (c) Charles Correa
(d) B.V.Doshi
38. Xeriscaping is a type of landscaping that uses
Answer: (d)
plant that need very little
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is one
(a) Clean air
of the most celebrated work of 2018 Pritzker Prize
(b) Sunlight
Winner B.V. Doshi.
(c) Soil
(d) Water
42. Who planned Brasilia?
Answer: (d) (a) Oscar Niemeyer
Xeriscaping is landscaping and gardening that (b) Lucio Costa
reduces or eliminates the need for (c) Doxiadis
supplemental water from irrigation by using (d) Otto Koenigsberger
plants that need very little water and by
Answer: (b)
utilizing water-conserving techniques.
Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil. The city
was planned & developed in 1956 With LUCIO
39. Shakti Sthala, New Delhi was designed by
COSTA as principal urban planner and OSCAR
(a) Raj Rewal
NIEMEYER as principal architect.
(b) Ravinder Bhan
(c) Nalini Thakur
43. Garden city principal was given by
(d) B.V. Doshi
(a) Sir Ebenezer Howard
Answer: (b) (b) Arturo Soria y Mata
Shakti Sthala, the memorial of late Prime (c) Patrick Geddes
Minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi, had (d) Daniel Burnham
design by landscape architect Ravinder Bhan.
Answer: (a)
The garden city movement is a method of urban
40. Who designed Indian Parliament's library
planning in which self-contained communities
building New Delhi
are surrounded by "greenbelts” The idea was
(a) Charles Correa
initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard.
(b) Raj Rewal
(c) Joseph Allen Stein
44. Gandhi Ghat Kolkata was designed by
(d) Achyut Kanvinde
(a) Raj Rewal
Answer: (b) (b) Habib Rehman
The Parliament Library of India is located at the (c) Romi Khosla
heart of Lutyens Delhi designed by Architect Raj (d) Charles Correa
Rewal.
Answer: (b)

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Gandhi Ghat Kolkata was designed by Architect 48. In AutoCAD Scale command can be accessed
Habib Rehman who is also known as the easily by typing:
Architect of independent India. (a) SL
(b) S
(c) SC
(d) C
Answer: (c)
Scale command is used to increase/decrease the
size of an object. It can be accessed by typing SC. To
increase scale, value greater than 1 is given. Values
45. Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), between 0 and 1 can be used to decrease scale.
Bhopal was designed by
(a) Laurie Baker 49. The secondary colors are
(b) Joseph Allen Stein (a) Red, yellow, green
(c) Anant raje (b) Blue, orange, pink
(d) Achyut Kanvinde (c) Blue, white, black
Answer: (c) (d) Orange, green, purple
Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal, Answer: (d)
India was designed by Ar. Anant Raje. In color theory, the secondary colors are green,
orange, and purple. They are created by mixing
46. Indian Sensible heat factor is two primary colors.
(a) Sensible heat/Latent heat
(b) Total heat/Sensible heat
(c) Latent heat/Sensible heat
(d) Sensible heat/Total heat
Answer: (d)
Sensible heat factor/ ratio (SHR) is the term
used to describe the ratio of sensible heat load
to total heat load.
47. Command used to obtain parallel lines, 50. Who among the following is not a modernist
concentric circles and parallel curves is architect?
(a) Array (a) Frank loyd wright
(b) Fillet (b) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(c) Copy (c) Louis Sullivan
(d) Offset (d) Walter Gropius

It can be activated by typing letter O. The offset Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan and
distance and side is to be specified by user. Walter Gropius are main architect of modernist
movement.

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51. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was orange and yellow are analogous colors; green
formed by and blue are analogous colors; blue and violet
(a) The Energy and Research institute are analogous colors.
(b) Confederation of Indian Industry
(c) Bureau of Energy Efficiency 54. The primary reason for Environmental Impact
(d) Ministry of Power Assessment is to
(a) mitigate existing environmental impacts of
Answer: (b) development
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of (b) predict the size of impacts of developments
the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was (c) describe proposed developments
formed in the year 2001. The council offers a (d) Identify the environmental consequences of
wide array of services which include developing
development in advance
new green building rating programmes,
certification services and green building training Answer: (d)
programmes. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an
analytical process that systematically examines
52. The term Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is the possible environmental consequences of the
generally used to describe: implementation of projects, programmes and
(a) Wastes from industrial processes, policies in advance.
construction and demolition debris.
(b) Wastes from Private homes, commercial 55. As per CPWD Handbook on Barrier free design
establishments and institutions. the Maximum allowable gradient of the ramp is
(c) Mining wastes (a) 1:10
(d) Agricultural wastes (b) 1:12
(c) 1:8
Answer: (b)
(d) 1:5
Municipal Solid in India includes commercial
and residential wastes generated in municipal Answer: (b)
or notified areas in either solid or semi-solid As per CPWD Handbook on Barrier free design the
form excluding industrial hazardous wastes but Maximum allowable gradient of the ramp is 1:12.
including treated bio-medical wastes.
56. The author of book ‘’Townscape” is
53. Colors that are located near each other on the (a) Gordon Cullen
color wheel are called (b) Jane Jacob
(a) Chromatic (c) Le Corbusier
(b) Analogous (d) Kevin Lynch
(c) Complementary
Answer: (a)
(d) Warm
Thomas Gordon Cullen (9 August 1914 - 11 August
Answer: (b) 1994) was an influential English architect and
Analogous colors are groups of three colors that urban designer who is best known for the book
are next to each other on the color wheel. For Townscape.
example, red and orange are analogous colors;

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57. The Unit of Thermal transmittance is 60. A rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted,
(a) W/mK walled on three sides, with one end entirely
(b) W / m2 K open is known as
(c) m2 K / W (a) Mashrabiya
(d) m K/W (b) Iwan
(c) Pishtaq
Answer: (b) (d) Mehrab
Thermal transmittance, also known as U-value,
is the rate of transfer of heat (in watts) through Answer: (b)
one square meter of a structure, divided by the A rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted,
difference in temperature across the structure. walled on three sides, with one end entirely open
It is expressed in watts per square meter kelvin, is known as Iwan.
W/m²K.
58. National building code classify buildings Based

on occupancy. The ‘Group C’ building type is;
(a) Residential
(b) Educational
(c) Institutional
(d) Assembly
Answer: (c)
As per National building code classify buildings
Based on Occupancy. The ‘Group C’ building
61. For ensuring quality of concrete, use
type is Institutional building.
(a) Single sized aggregate.
(b) Two sized aggregate.
59. The structural element that supports the dome
(c) Graded aggregate.
over a square room is
(d) Coarse aggregate
(a) Pendentive
(b) Spandrel Answer: (c)
(c) Oculus To ensure quality of concrete Graded aggregate is
(d) Muqarna the best option as graded aggregate has varying
sizes of aggregate which left no or minimum room
Answer: (a)
for voids.
Pendentives is an architectural support that
bridge the difference between a square room
62. The Vastu Purusha mandala diagram is divided into
and the curved dome that rises above it.
(a) 3X3 Parts
(b) 9X9 Parts
(c) 8X8 Parts
(d) 6X6 Parts
Answer: (b)

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Vastu Purusha Mandala, is a metaphysical 66. The critical path is

square plan that illustrates how the Vastu (a) Any path that goes from the starting node
Purusha was pinned down by Brahma and 44 to the completion node.
Gods. The diagram is divided into 9x9 = 81 parts. (b) A combination of all paths.
(c) The shortest path.
63. Hall of justice and place of commercial (d) The longest path
transaction in roman times is
(a) Amphitheatre Answer: (d)
(b) Temple In project management, a critical path is the
(c) Tomb sequence of project activities that add up to the
longest overall duration.
(d) Basilica
Answer: (d) 67. Population size of metropolis is

The basilica was a fundamental element of a (a) 10,00,000 and above
Roman forum. It was used as a public building, (b) 1,00,000 and above
much like the Greek stoa. It also served as a (c) 1,00,00,000 and above
meeting place for administration, as a law (d) 10,000 and above
court, and as a marketplace.
Answer: (a)
In India the Census 2011 defines the qualification
64. Mixing of black to an original color results into
(a) Tint for metropolitan city as, "the cities having a
(b) Tone population of more than 10 lakhs (one million)
(c) Hue and above.
(d) Shade
68. The portion of a brick cut across the width, is
Answer: (d) called
Shades are created when only black is added to (a) Bed
a hue. This results in a rich, often more intense (b) Bat
and darker color. (c) Closer
(d) Bevelled
65. Millennium Dome London is designed by
(a) Richard Rogers Answer: (b)
(b) Jean novel When a brick is cut across the width, the
(c) Rem koolhas resulting piece is called bat. Thus a bat is smaller
in length than the full brick.
(d) Daniel libeskind
Answer: (a) 69. light reflected from opposing exterior surfaces

Located on the Greenwich Peninsula in London and then reached the point, expressed as
Millennium Dome is designed Ar. Richard Rogers. (a) DF
(b) ERC
(c) SC
(d) IRC

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Answer: (b) Answer: (c)

The sum of the three components gives the The volume increase of fine aggregate (sand)
daylight factor i.e. Sky component, externally due to presence of moisture content is known
reflected component and internally reflected as bulking. Bulking increases with increase in
component. moisture content up to a certain limit and
DF= SC+ ERC + IRC beyond that the further increase in moisture
ERC- light reflected from opposing exterior content results in decrease in volume.
surfaces and then reached the point, expressed
as the externally reflected component. 72. Galvanizing is the process of coating iron with,
(a) Tin
70. The ‘Finger Plan ‘was adopted for the extension (b) Zinc
of (c) Copper
(a) Brasilia (d) Nickel
(b) Copenhagen
(c) London Answer: (b)
(d) Bengaluru Galvanization is the process of applying a
protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to
Answer: (b) prevent rusting.
The Finger Plan is an urban plan from 1947
which provides a strategy for the development 73. As per Fire Safety norms of NBC India for
of the Copenhagen metropolitan area. assembly buildings the minimum width
staircase is
(a) 2.0 meter
(b) 1.2 meter
(c) 1.5 meter
(d) 1.0 meter
Answer: (a)
As per Fire Safety norms of NBC India minimum
width staircase are given in the table below.
71. With increase in moisture content, the bulking

of sand
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) First increases to a certain maximum value
and then decreases
(d) First decreases to a certain minimum value
and then increases

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74. A bar used to hold the main reinforcement bar (d) Mario Botta
together in a RCC beam is known as
(a) Web bar Answer: (c)
(b) Lateral ties The Church of was built in 1989. This building is
one of the most famous designs of Japanese
(c) Tie bar
(d) Stirrups architect Tadao Ando.
Answer: (d) 78. As per the Indian road congress (IRC) the
Reinforced Concrete beams have two sets of standard lane width of carriageway of highway is
steel reinforcement, namely: Long straight bars (a) 2.5 m
(Longitudinal Bars) placed along its length & (b) 3.5 m
Closed loop of small dia. bars (Stirrups) at (c) 5.0 m
regular intervals along its length. (d) 3.0 m
75. A subsidiary tower in Nagara style of temple is

Answer: (b)
(a) Shikhara As per the Indian road congress (IRC) the standard
(b) Vimana lane width of carriageway of highway is 3.5 m.
(c) Urushringa
79. Among the following two-cantered arch is
(d) Amalaka
(a) Gothic arch
Answer: (c) (b) Segmental arch
Urushringa - An Urushringa is a subsidiary tower (c) Ogee arch
springing from the sides of the main shikhara (d) semi-circular arch
tower in Nagara style of temple. The urushringa
Answer: (a)
is smaller and narrower than the shikhara.
 Gothic arch:Two centered arch
 Segmental arch:one centered arch
76. Ribbed vault and flying buttress are elements of
 Ogee arch:Three centered arch
(a) Roman architecture
 Semi-circular arch:one centered arch
(b) Gothic architecture
(c) Greek architecture
80. 74th Constitutional Amendment Act is related to
(d) Byzantine architecture
(a) Urban Land ceiling
Answer: (b) (b) Land acquisition
The three important element of gothic (c) Panchayati Raj
architecture are (d) Urban local Government
 The pointed arch
Answer: (d)
 The ribbed vault
The constitution 74th Amendment Act 1992,
 The flying buttress
relating to Municipalities (Urban local
Government) was passed by the parliament in
77. The Church of the Light is a design of architect
1992.
(a) Toyo Ito
(b) Arata Isozaki
(c) Tadao Ando

PRACTICE SET- 01
81. As per NBC angle of inclination of external URDPFI - Urban and regional development plan
staircase from the horizontal shall not be formulation and implementation.
greater than
(a) 45° 84. In classical architecture, projecting pillar that is
(b) 30° attached or built into a wall having ornamental
(c) 25° function is known as
(d) 60° (a) Barrel Vault
(b) Pilaster
Answer: (a) (c) Buttress
As per NBC No external staircase, shall be (d) Squinch Arch
inclined at an angle greater than 45° from the
Answer: (b)
horizontal.
The pilaster is an architectural element in classical
architecture used to give the appearance of a
82. In a room, the ratio of opening area to the total
supporting column and to articulate an extent of
floor area in composite climate shall not be less
wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists
than
of a flat surface raised from the main wall surface,
(a) 1:8
usually treated as though it were a column, with a
(b) 1:10
capital at the top, plinth at the bottom, and the
(c) 1:12
various other elements.
(d) 1:6
Answer: (a) 85. Post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs

As per NBC the minimum aggregate area of that supports the handrail is
openings, excluding doors inclusive of frames, (a) Newel
shall be not less than, (b) Scotia
I. one-tenth of the floor area for hot-dry (c) Stringers
climate; (d) Winders
II. one-sixth of the floor area for warm-humid
Answer: (a)
climate;
A post supporting one end of a handrail at the top
III. one-eighth of the floor area for temperate
or bottom of a flight of stairs is known as newel.
and composite climate; and
IV. One-twelfth of the floor area for cold climate.
86. The author of book “The radiant city” is
(a) Le Corbusier
83. URDPFI is an acronym for
(b) F.L. Wright
(a) Urban and regional design process
(c) Lewis Mumford
formulation of India
(d) Frederick Gibberd
(b) Urban and regional development plan
formulation and implementation. Answer: (a)
(c) Urban regional disaster plan for India The Radiant City is one of the fundamental and
(d) Urban regional disaster planning finance most important books written by Le Corbusier first
institution published in 1933.
Answer: (b)

PRACTICE SET- 01
87. The architecture style of Gateway of India, are used for major foundation works, such as for
Mumbai is bridge piers and abutments in rivers, lakes etc
(a) Indo-Islamic
(b) Gothic 90. The characteristic due to that We can
(c) Indo-Sarcenic distinguish between sound having same pitch
(d) Modern and loudness is
(a) Tone
Answer: (c)
(b) Note
Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the foundation
(c) Pitch
stone for Gateway of India was laid on 31 March
(d) Timber
1911.
Indo-Saracenic style - An architectural style Answer: (d)
movement by British architects in the late 19th Sound "quality" or "timbre" describes those
century British India which drew elements from characteristics of sound which allow the ear to
native Indo-Islamic and Indian architecture, and distinguish sounds which have the same pitch
combined it with the Gothic revival and Neo- and loudness.
Classical styles.
91. Pantheon is an example of
88. A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied
(a) Roman
to a coarser wood is
(b) Greek
(a) Laminate
(c) Baroque
(b) Veneer
(d) Gothic
(c) Cover
(d) Engineered wood Answer: (a)
The Pantheon is a former Roman temple, now a
Answer: (b)
church, in Rome, Italy.
A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied
to a coarser wood or other material. Generally,
veneer is made of a layer of wood of superior
value or excellent grain.
89. Deep foundation among the following is

(a) Well foundation
(b) Raft foundation
(c) Combined footing
(d) Strap footing
92. Which among the following is the example of
Answer: (a)
Gothic architecture?
Well foundations is a type of deep foundation
(a) Pantheon
having box like structure, circular or
(b) St. Peter's Basilica
rectangular-which are sunk from the surface of
(c) Parthenon
either land or water to the desired depth. They
(d) Florence Cathedral
are much large in diameter. Well foundations

PRACTICE SET- 01
Answer: (d) 95. Linear city model was given by

The typical Italian Gothic building, the Cathedral (a) Frank Lloyd Wright
of Florence, is dedicated to "Santa Maria del (b) Le Corbusier
Fiore". The church was designed by Arnolfo di (c) Ebenezer Howard
Cambio. (d) Arturo Soria y Mata
Answer: (d)
The linear city was an urban plan for an
elongated urban formation in which the city
would consist of a series of functionally
specialized parallel sectors. The linear city model
was first developed by Arturo Soria y Mata in
Madrid, Spain during the 19th century.
96. Broad acre city concept was given by

93. Jewish Museum, Berlin, was designed by
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright
(a) Frank Gehry
(b) Le Corbusier
(b) Daniel Libeskind
(c) Ebenezer Howard
(c) Zaha Hadid
(d) Arturo Soria y Mata
(d) Rem Koolhaas
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)
Broadacre City was an urban development
Jewish Museum, Berlin: designed by Daniel
concept proposed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Libeskind the Jewish Museum Berlin is grey and
has a sharp zigzagging plan, which is
97. Dilwara Temple is situated at
intersected by a series of deep voids that bring
(a) Odisha
light into the gallery.
(b) Mount Abu
(c) Madurai
94. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, was designed by
(d) Jaipur
(a) Frank Gehry
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright Answer: (b)
(c) Zaha Hadid Situated near Mount Abu, the only hill station of
(d) Rem Koolhaas Rajasthan, the Dilwara temple is one of the finest
temples dedicated to the founders of Jainism.
Answer: (a)
The history of Dilwara temple construction dates
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - The Guggenheim
back between 11th and 13th centuries AD.
Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and
contemporary art designed by Canadian-
98. Wood, Plastic & Paper are classified as:
American architect Frank Gehry.
(a) Class A
(b) Class B
(c) Class C
(d) Class D

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Answer: (a)
 Class a - fires involving solid materials
such as wood, paper or textiles.
 Class b - fires involving flammable
liquids such as petrol, diesel or oils.
 Class c - fires involving gases.
 Class d - fires involving metals.
 Class e - fires involving live electrical
apparatus.
99. Candela is the unit of

(a) Luminous flux
(b) Luminous intensity
(c) Wavelength
Answer: (b)
Luminous intensity is the quantity of visible
light that is emitted in unit time per unit solid
angle. The unit of luminous intensity is candela.
100.The unit of luminous flux is

a) steradian
b) candela
c) lumen
d) Lux
Answer: (c)
Luminous flux is the quantity of the energy of
the light emitted per second in all directions.
The unit of luminous flux is lumen (lm).

CHAPTER SIX: PRACTICE SET- 02
Chapter 06
Practice Set 02
PRACTICE SET- 02
1. Book “Site Planning” is authored by 6. Obelisk is the feature of:

(a) Laurie Baker (a) Greek Civilization
(b) Lewis Mumford (b) Roman Civilization
(c) Le Corbusier (c) Byzantine Civilization
(d) Kevin Lynch (d) Egyptian Civilization
2. “Cities in Evolution” is authored by 7. The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain was

(a) Francis D.K. Ching designed by
(b) Patrick Geddes (a) Santiago Calatrava
(c) Kevin Lynch (b) Norman Foster
(d) Christopher Alexander (c) Frank Gehry
(d) Richard Meier
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c)
3. Five Elements of Mental Map proposed by
Kevin Lynch are: 8. First Garden city Letchworth was planned by
(a) Man, society, shells, networks, nature (a) Ebenezer Howard
(b) Path, Edge, District, Node, landmark (b) Raymond Unwin
(c) Raised structure, free façade, open floor (c) Lewis Mumford
Plan, Ribbon window, Roof top Garden (d) Clearance prairie
(d) Street Life, Walkability, Affordability,
imagibility, Legibility Answer: (b)
Answer: (b) 9. Lofty Pinnacle is a feature of

(a) Greek Architecture
4. If a is the optimistic time, b is the permissible (b) Roman Architecture
time and m is the most likely time of an (c) Romanesque Architecture
activity, the expected time of the activity is (d) Gothic Architecture
(a) a+m+c/3
(b) a+m+c/6 Answer: (d)
(c) a+4m+c 10. Paper tube concept in Architecture was
(d) (a+4m+c)/6 propagated by
(a) I M Pie
Answer: (d)
(b) Shigeru Ban
5. “Less is More” is associated with (c) Tadao Ando
(a) Walter Groplus (d) Toyo Ito
(b) Robert Venturi
(c) Mies van der Rohe Answer: (b)
(d) Frank Llyod Wright
Answer: (c)

PRACTICE SET- 02
11. Self Help housing was propagated by 16. What is the Height of a “High Rise building”,
(a) Laurie Baker according to NBC 2016 is?
(b) B V Doshi (a) 15 m
(c) Charles Abraham (b) 30 m
(d) C A Doxiadis (c) 50 m
(d) 100 m
Answer: (c)
Answer: (a)
12. The term Conurbation was initiated by
(a) Burger R Antipode 17. Minimum Height of a Habitable Room,
(b) Tony Garnier (a) 2.10 m
(c) Patrick Geddes (b) 2.20 m
(d) Robert Owen (c) 2.75 m
(d) 3.00 m
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
13. Individual Parking Space for a car is
The height of all rooms for human habitation
(a) 2.5 x 5 m shall not be less than 2.75 m measured from
(b) 2.75 x 5 m the surface of the floor to the lowest point of
(c) 3x6m the ceiling (bottom of slab).
(d) 3x5m
Answer: (c) 18. Minimum area of a Habitable room,

according to NBC 2016 is
14. The Principal of Constructive Surgery was (a) 7.5 sq m
suggested by (b) 9 sq m
(a) Patrick Geddes (c) 9.5 sq m
(b) Lewis Mumford (d) 12 sq m
(c) Clarence Stein
(d) Clarence Perry Answer: (c)
Answer: (a) 19. Which of the Following is not correct

regarding TDR
15. The delay in transfer of thermal energy from (a) TDR Compensation is in the form of FAR
outside to inside Is called (b) The TDR FAR can be issued in the form of
(a) Thermal Conductivity a certificate called Development Right
(b) Insulation Certificate
(c) Radiation (c) The DRC is transferrable in full or part
(d) Thermal Lag (d) TDR cannot be transferred

PRACTICE SET- 02
20. Liquidated damage refers to the 23. Father of Modern Architecture is

(a) Damage to the building (a) Louis Sullivan
(b) Amount designated in contract to be (b) Frank Lloyd wright
collected as compensation upon breach (c) Patrick Geddes
(c) Amount submitted during the tender (d) Frank Gehry
(d) Amount returned if tender not awarded
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) Louis Sullivan, the Father of Modern
Architecture, 1856- 1924 Louis Henry Sullivan
21. Minimum height of Corridor is
was an American architect, and has been called
(a) 2.1 m the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of
(b) 2.2 m modernism"
(c) 2.5 m
(d) 2.75 m 24. Conservative Surgery in Planning will result in
Answer: (a) (a) Mass displacement of Population

The minimum height of rooms/spaces shall be (b) Congestion in other parts
as follows: (c) Huge Financial outlay
(d) More or less a renewal process
 Habitable room 2.6 m
 Kitchen 2.6 m Answer: (d)
 Bath/water-closet 2.1 m Patrick Geddes (1854–1932) was a social
 Corridor 2.1 m reformer and planner whose interests defied
categorization. His concept of conservation
22. What is the minimum vertical and horizontal was a holistic one, concerned with built
distance of the building from a high voltage heritage as part of a broader vision of ‘civic
line up to and including 11,000 Voltage? evolution’.
(a) 2.5 and 1.2
(b) 3.7 and 1.2 25. A pulpit in the mosque where the imam
(c) 3.7 and 2.0 (prayer leader) stands to deliver sermons
(d) 3.7 and 2.2 (a) Mihrab
(b) Mimbar
Answer: (b)
(c) Qibla
(d) Iwan
Answer: (b)
Mimbar: A raised platform in the front area of a
mosque, from which sermons or speeches are given.
26. The population of a Class-1 town is greater than

(a) Fifty thousand
(b) One Lac
(c) Five Lac
(d) Ten Lac

PRACTICE SET- 02
Answer: (b) 29. India gate was designed by:

 Class 1 towns with more than 1, 00,000 (a) A P Kanvinde
populations, (b) Edwin Lutyen
 Class II towns with 50,000 to 99,999 (c) Herbert Baker
population, (d) Anant Raje
 Class III towns with 20,000 to 49,999
population, Answer: (b)
 Class IV towns with 10,000 to 19,999
population, 30. India’s first LEED certified building Suzlon one
 Class V towns with 5000 to 9,999 population Earth was designed by?
 Class VI towns with less than 5,000 (a) Sanjay Puri
population.
(b) Hafeez Contractor
(c) Charles Benninger
27. Which correctly defines Super Built up area:
(d) Anil Laul
(a) Carpet area + thickness of Wall + balcony
(b) Plot area: built up area Answer: (c)
(c) Set back area + built up area + Common The unique office is designed by Christopher
area Charles, Pune based architect and has
(d) Total Carpet Area + Site Area received LEED Platinum rating in 2010.
Answer: (c) 31. As per NBC 2005, what is area requirement for
Super Built Up Area is the built up area plus basement parking lot accommodating 200 cars?
proportionate area of common areas such as (a) 3600 sq.m
the Swimming pools, Staircase, lobby, lifts, (b) 4600 sq.m
open verandas etc. The term Super built up (c) 5600 sq.m
area is generally used in Real Estate (while (d) 6400 sq.m
buying property) builders may add 20% of total
Answer: (d)
cost of apartment to the super built-up area.
 For 1 car 32 sq.m. needed.
28. As per NBC 2005, for building above 24 m in  So for 200 car area = 32 x 200 = 6400
height, there shall be a minimum front open
space of 32. Minimum width of staircase in a residential
(a) 4 m building is
(b) 6 m (a) 0.75 m
(c) 8 m (b) 0.90 m
(d) 10 m (c) 1.00 m
(d) 1.20 m
Answer: (b)
All for buildings above 24 m in height, there Answer: (c)
shall be a minimum front open space of 6 m.

PRACTICE SET- 02
33. As per NBC 2005, what is the minimum fire A turning radius of 9 m shall be provided for
rating for the internal wall of the staircases? fire tender movement.
(a) 1 Hr
(b) 2 Hr 37. Who invented tube paper tube structure?
(c) 2.5 Hr (a) Shigeru Ban
(d) 4 Hr (b) Norman Foster
(c) Kezo Tange
Answer: (b)
(d) Tadao Ando
The internal walls or staircase shall be of brick
or reinforced concrete with a minimum of 2 h Answer: (a)
fire rating. Shigeru Ban is a pioneer of paper tube structures
34. How many cities were selected in the first 38. The Tallest building in India is
round of the HRIDAY Scheme: (a) Ahuja Tower, Mumbai
(a) 12 (b) The 42, Kolkata
(b) 35 (c) One Avingha Park, Mumbai
(c) 67 (d) Imperial Tower, Mumbai
(d) 80
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) The-42 is a residential skyscraper in Kolkata city
Hriday Scheme is being implemented in 12 of West Bengal. The project is located
identified Cities namely, Ajmer, Amaravati, in Chowringhee, the central business district of
Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, the city. It is currently the tallest building in India.
Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi,
Velankanni and Warangal. The scheme is 39. The bearing capacity of Soil is tested by:
implemented in a mission mode. (a) Durability Test
(b) Compression Test
35. A hectare is equal to (c) Plate Load Test
(a) 2.47 acre (d) Proctor test
(b) 10,000 sq.m
(c) Both a & b Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above This test is sometimes taken on below slab-on-
grade or on the foundation, in order to verify
Answer: (c) the bearing capacity of soil which have taken
from the soil investigation.
36. What is the turning radius for fire tender
movement? 40. Who designed Central Park, New York:
(a) 4.5 m (a) Kohn Peterson Fox
(b) 6.0 m (b) Robert Wagner
(c) 7.5 m (c) Zaha Hadid
(d) 9.0 m (d) Fredrick Law Olmstead
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)

PRACTICE SET- 02
41. Percentage of Silica in a good brick earth lies The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
between: of India is a statutory organization under
(a) 5-10% the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
(b) 20-30% Climate Change (MoE,FCC).
(c) 50-60%
(d) 70-80% 45. Flying Buttresses is an architectural element of
(a) Islamic Architecture
Answer: (c) (b) Byzantine architecture
42. A Psychrometric chart concerns the (c) Roman Architecture
behaviour of (d) Gothic Architecture
(a) Mixture of air and Water vapour Answer: (d)
(b) Air and ambient temperature
The flying buttress was developed
(c) Operative and outdoor temperature during late antiquity and later flourished
(d) Economic status of communities during the Gothic period.
Answer: (a)
Psychrometric, psychrometry, and 46. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul is an example of
hygrometry are names for the field of (a) Islamic Architecture

engineering concerned with the physical and (b) Byzantine Architecture
thermodynamic properties of gas-vapour (c) Roman Architecture
mixtures. (d) Gothic Architecture
Answer: (b)
43. Heliodon is used to measure
Hagia Sophia is one of the greatest surviving
(a) Atmospheric Pressure examples of Byzantine architecture.
(b) Sound intensity
(c) Sun path 47. Polyalthia Longifolia is the scientific name of
(d) Intensity of Light (a) Ashoka tree
Answer: (c) (b) Peepal tree
A heliodon is a device for adjusting the angle (c) Nili Gulmohar
between a flat surface and a beam of light to (d) Banyan tree
match the angle between a horizontal plane
Answer: (a)
at a specific latitude and the solar beam.
48. In Steel structure, the most economical
44. CPCB is an organization that deals with section for a steel column is
(a) Pollution Control (a) Solid Round
(b) Poverty Control (b) Rectangular
(c) Population (c) Flat strip
(d) Pressure Control (d) Tubular section

PRACTICE SET- 02
In tubular section, the steel tube will act both (d) Overall population
as longitudinal and transverse reinforcement
and also it can be fabricated easily and the Answer: (a)
connection can be made by keeping the Demographic factors include population,
population in urban and rural areas, GDP
diameter constant and by varying the
thickness in case of increase in section accounts for economic factors.
dimensions.
53. The traffic will increase if the
49. Prime source of revenue for Urban Local

(a) Price of fuel decreases
body is (b) Price of vehicles decreases
(a) Property Tax (c) Price of fuel decreases
(b) Entertainment Tax (d) Price of vehicles decreases
(c) Water tax Answer: (b)
(d) Parking fee The traffic increases if the prices of vehicle
Answer: (a) decreases, price of fuel may increase and
decrease, but if the price of vehicle decreases
50. “Brasilia” was designed by then the traffic increases.
(a) Lucio Costa
(b) Paolo Soleri 54. The traffic population is estimated by
(c) Paul Davidoff (a) Arithmetic method
(d) Le Corbusier (b) Geometric method
(c) Incremental increase method
Answer: (a)
(d) Harmonic method
Brasília was planned and developed by Lúcio
Costa. Answer: (b)
The population forecast is calculated by
51. Gopuram refers to P=P0 (1+r)n, Where, P is the expected
(a) River population, n is the number of years, P0 is
(b) Village the present population.
(c) Gateway
(d) Brick Dome 55. The planning survey consists of how many
numbers of studies
Answer: (c)
(a) Two
Gopuram:An entrance building to a Hindu te
(b) Three
mple in southern India, often topped by a tier
(c) Four
ed tower of massive proportions and intricate
(d) Five
decoration.
Answer: (c)
52. Demographic factors do not include The planning survey consists of the four studies
(a) GDP namely
(b) Population in urban cities  Economic studies
(c) Population in rural areas  Financial studies

PRACTICE SET- 02
 Traffic studies 59. Dimension text is generally placed above the

 Engineering studies ___________ Line
(a) Dimension
56. The master Plan may not be prepared for (b) Extension
(a) Village (c) Centre
(b) City (d) Leader
(c) State
(d) Country Answer: (a)
Answer: (a) 60. What is the Japanese art of cultivating dwarf

The master plan is prepared after trees called?
interpretation of small plans in different (a) Bonsai
phases. It may be prepared for a city, (b) Topiary
district, state or even country. (c) Xeriscaping
(d) Trellis
57. The approximate cost of construction
Answer: (a)
evaluated for the project is called
(a) Project Report 61. Which famous sculpture and painter is known
(b) Project Feasibility as the father of modern art?
(c) Estimate (a) Michelangelo
(d) Detailed project Report (b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Vitruvius
Answer: (c)
(d) M F Hussain
The approximate cost of project before the
construction is called as an estimate. Answer: (b)
58. Which state in India has the maximum 62. What corresponds to the Greek Agora is the
number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Roman?

(a) Maharashtra (a) Place
(b) Delhi (b) Stoa
(c) Uttar Pradesh (c) Forum
(d) Gujarat (d) Plaza
Answer: (a) Answer: (c)

State of Maharashtra has 4 World Heritage Forum: Open public space within a Roman city.
sites and another one on shared basis. The
sites are:Ajanta Caves (Aurangabad), Ellora 63. Which of the order was added by the Romans
Caves (Aurangabad),Elephanta Caves to the orders used by the Greeks?

(Mumbai), Chhatrapati Shivaji (a) Corinthian
Terminus/Victoria Terminus (Mumbai) and (b) Doric
Western Ghats (Sahyadri sub clusters). (c) Composite
(d) Ionic

PRACTICE SET- 02
Answer: (c) 67. What architectural line is prominent in Prairie

The Greeks utilized three distinct forms: Doric, house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans added two (a) Massiveness
additional orders, the Tuscan order and (b) Vertical
the Composite order, which gave them a total (c) Horizontal
of five orders. (d) Combination of Vertical and Horizontal Line
64. Founder of Art Nouveau

Answer: (c)
(a) Alvar Alto Characterized by dramatic horizontal lines and
(b) Walter Gropius masses, the Prairie buildings that emerged in the
(c) Inigo Jones first decade of the twentieth century evoke the
expansive Midwestern landscape. The buildings
(d) William Morris
reflect an all-encompassing philosophy that
Answer: (d) Wright termed “Organic Architecture”
Art Nouveau started in 1861 in England, the
most industrialized country at the time,
where William Morris in collaboration with
other artists, created the Arts and Crafts
Movement as a reaction to the mid-19th-
century artistic styles.
65. Orientation of the Greek temple is towards?

(a) East
(b) west 68. Which of the following is NOT the Le
(c) North Corbusier's 5 points of Architecture?
(d) South (a) Pilotis
(b) Free Facade
Answer: (a) (c) Open floor Plan
To use the light of the rising sun, virtually all (d) Basement
Greek temples were oriented to the East.
Answer: (d)
66. “Almost Is Nothing” is the philosophy of Le Corbusier developed a set of architectural
architect? principles that dictated his technique, which he
(a) Fry Maxwell called "the Five Points of a New Architecture"
(b) Adolf Loose  Pilotis
(c) Meis Van der Rohe  Free façade
(d) Peter Behrens  Open floor Plan
 Horizontal garden
Answer: (c)
 Roof Garden

PRACTICE SET- 02
69. A rectangle whose sides are proportioned 72. Alhambra in Spain is a

according to the golden section is known as: (a) Mosque
(a) Golden rectangle (b) Tomb
(b) Fibonacci rectangle (c) Church
(c) Modular scale (d) Palace
(d) Pythagorean rectangle
Answer: (d)
Answer: (a) The Alhambra is a palace and fortress
In geometry, a golden rectangle is complex located in Spain and is one of the
a rectangle whose side lengths are in important example of Moorish Architecture.
the golden ratio.
73. Color used in subtractive color system is
70. This annually awarded architecture prize is (a) Red
usually referred to as ‘The Nobel Prize for (b) Yellow
Architecture’? (c) Green
(a) Stirling Prize (d) Blue
(b) Aga Khan award
(c) Pritzker Prize Answer: (b)
Subtractive color mixing uses white light
(d) Thomas Jefferson Medal
source with a series of filters to eliminate
Answer:(c) certain wavelengths of light. Subtractive
The Pritzker Architecture is awarded annually " colors are cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
to honour a living architect or architects. It is
74. Type of projection in which out of three, the
considered to be one of the world's
premier architecture prizes, and is often angle between any two axes is 120 o is
referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. (a) Isometric projection
(b) Orthographic projection
71. Arabesque pattern is (c) Oblique projection
(a) Design that used fancy writing from the (d) Perspective projection
Quran
(b) Intricate patterns of leaves and vines Answer: (a)
In isometric projection all three coordinate
(c) Design of desert landscapes
(d) Patterns using animals and geometric axes appear equally foreshortened and the
shapes angle between any two of them is 120 degrees.
Answer: (b) 75. Incremental Housing Belapur, Mumbai is

An arabesque is a pattern of curving lines designed by
layered with intertwined elements, like vines (a) B. V. Doshi
and leaves, and abstract forms that don't (b) Anil Laul
resemble anything found in nature. (c) Charles Correa
(d) Hafeez Contractor
Answer: (c)

PRACTICE SET- 02
Incremental housing in Belapur, New Mumbai, audible sound, and nominally includes
was designed by Ar. Charles Correa. anything under 20 Hz.
76. NIFT Delhi was designed by

80. Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB.
(a) B. V. Doshi
(a) Echo time
(b) Charles correa
(b) Delay time
(c) Raj rewal
(c) Reverberation time
(d) Hasmukh Patel
(d) Transient time
Answer: (a) Answer: (c)
77. Unit of loudness level is Reverberation time is defined as the length of
(a) Phon time required for sound to decay 60 decibels
(b) Volume from its initial level.
(c) Amplitude
(d) Loud 81. Roof that slopes in on all four sides
(a) Gable roof
Answer: (a) (b) Hip roof
The pressure level or the intensity of sound is (c) Dormer roof
measured by decibels. Loudness of sound is (d) Mansard roof
measured using unit phon.
Answer: (b)
78. The "persistence" of sound in a particular A hip roof has slopes on all four sides. The
space after the original sound is produced? sides are all equal length and come together
(a) Echo at the top to form a ridge.
(b) Reverberation
(c) Sound reflections
(d) Vibration
Answer: (b)
Reverberation is the persistence of sound in
a particular space after the original sound is
removed.
82. Roof having two slopes on every side.

79. Frequencies below 20 Hz are called?
(a) Gable roof
(a) Infrasonic sound
(b) Hip roof
(b) Ultrasonic sound
(c) Dormer roof
(c) Supersonic sound
(d) Mansard roof
(d) Mega sonic sound
Answer: (d)
Answer: (a) Mansard roof, type of roof having two slopes on
The term "infrasonic" applied to sound refers every side, the lower slope being considerably
to sound waves below the frequencies of steeper than the upper.

PRACTICE SET- 02
Sheesham is essentially a type of rosewood. It

is commonly known as Indian Rosewood. The
trees are deciduous in nature, and the wood is
a hardwood.
86. The main ingredients of Portland cement are

(a) Lime and silica
(b) Lime and phosphorous
(c) Silica and gypsum
(d) Lime and iron
83. Quartzite is a Answer: (a)
(a) Metamorphic rock Composition. Portland cement consists
(b) Argillaceous rock essentially of compounds of lime mixed with
(c) Calcareous rock silica and alumina.
(d) Siliceous rock
Answer: (a) 87. “Architecture begins when you place two

Quartzite is a metamorphic rock composed bricks carefully together” is stated by
almost entirely of quartz. It forms when a (a) Walter Gropius
quartz-rich sandstone is altered by the heat, (b) Robert Venturi
pressure, and chemical activity of (c) Mies van der Rohe
metamorphism. (d) Frank Llyod Wright
Answer: (c)
84. Seasoning of timber is done
(a) To make it water proof 88. The vertical line in psychometric chart
(b) To paint its surface represents
(c) To increase its temperature (a) Humidity
(d) To remove water (b) Dry bulb temperature
(c) Wet bulb temperature
Answer: (d)
(d) Enthalpy
Seasoning of timber is the process by which
moisture content in the timber is reduced to Answer: (b)
required level. By reducing moisture content, Vertical lines with uniform spacing on
the strength, elasticity and durability psychrometric chart are called as dry bulb
properties are developed. temperature (DBT) lines.
85. Hardwood among the following is

(a) Deodar
(b) Chir
(c) Sheesham
(d) Pine
Answer: (c)

PRACTICE SET- 02
89. Roman order among the following is 92. The minimum amount of highway lighting to
(a) Doric order be provided on urban roads is
(b) Ionic order (a) 10 Lux
(c) Corinthian order (b) 15 Lux
(d) Tuscan order (c) 30 lux
(d) 40 Lux
Answer: (d)
The Tuscan order is a roman order which is in Answer: (d)
effect a simplified Doric order, with un-fluted As per MANUAL OF SPECIFICATIONS &
columns and a simpler entablature. STANDARDS, Planning Commission
Government of India a minimum requirement
90. Empire state building is an example of of illumination on the road surface of 40 Lux
(a) De Stijl shall be ensured.
(b) Cubism
(c) Art Nouveau 93. The correct hierarchy of roads as per their
(d) Art Deco function and capacity is
(a) Freeways – collectors – arterials -- local
Answer: (d) roads
Art Deco movement in arts and architecture (b) Arterials– Freeways – collectors -- local
originated in the 1920s marked chiefly by roads
geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, sharply (c) Freeways – arterials – collectors -- local
defined outlines, often bold colors. roads
(d) Local roads – arterials – collectors –
91. long, sinuous, organic line are the
Freeways
characteristics of
(a) De Stijl Answer: (c)
(b) Cubism The hierarchy of roads categorizes roads
(c) Art Nouveau according to their functions and capacities.
(d) Art Deco The basic hierarchy comprises freeways,
arterials, collectors, and local roads.
Answer: (c)
Art Nouveau, style flourished between about 94. For the movement of vehicles at an
1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the intersection of two roads, without any
United States. Art Nouveau is characterized by interference, the type of grade separator
its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was generally preferred to, is
employed most often in architecture, interior (a) Trumpet
design. (b) Delta
(c) Diamond interchange
(d) Clover leaf
Answer: (d)

PRACTICE SET- 02
The classic cloverleaf allows "non-stop" full Answer: (a)

access between two busy roads. Traffic merges In New Delhi the road network consisted of
and weaves, but does not cross at-grade. diagonals and radials, at 30 degree/ 60 degree
angles to the main axis, forming triangles and
95. Los Angeles is a hexagons.
(a) Abrasion test
(b) Impact test 99. A tender is in the nature of
(c) Attrition test (a) A contract
(d) Crushing strength test (b) An offer
(c) An invitation to offer
Answer: (a)
(d) A proposal
Los Angeles is an abrasion test on aggregates
is the measure of aggregate toughness and Answer: (c)
abrasion resistance such as crushing, A tender is an offer to do or perform an act
degradation and disintegration. which the party offering, is bound to perform
to the party to whom the offer is made.
96. The slump test of concrete is used to measure
its 100.The objective of HRIDAY scheme is to
(a) Consistency (a) provide subsidized treatments to heart
(b) tensile and compressive strength patients
(c) impact value (b) Fund medical facilities in rural areas
(d) homogeneity (c) Make urban people aware about
lifestyle diseases
Answer: (a)
(d) Preserve cultural heritage sites.
The slump test measures the consistency of
fresh concrete before it sets. It is performed to Answer: (d)
check the workability of freshly made The National Heritage Development and
concrete, and therefore the ease with which Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) seeks to
concrete flows. preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural
heritage of the country. HRIDAY seeks to
97. Which one is not a public transport mode? promote an integrated, inclusive and
(a) MRTS sustainable development of heritage sites.
(b) BRTS
(c) LRTS
(d) CAR
Answer: (d)
98. An example of combination of Rectangular

with Radial street system
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bhubaneshwar
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Gandhinagar

Chapter 07
Practice Set 03
PRACTICE SET- 03
1. Which of The following low cost technique 4. The proportioning system developed by
was developed by the great "Ar. Laurie Greeks is
Baker"? (a) Renaissance Theories
(a) The Brick Funicular Shell Roof. (b) Classical Orders
(b) The Waffle Shell Roof (c) Golden Section
(c) Rat Trap Bond (d) Structural Proportion
(d) Folded Plate Roofing
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c) In Greek architecture, the Golden mean (also
Mr. Laurie Baker, a British architect started known as the Golden rectangle, Golden section
the trend of cost efficient housing in India by and Golden ratio) served as a canon for
re-introducing the Rat Trap Bond. Today the designing the buildings. A rectangle whose sides
Rat Trap Bond is widely used in India and is a are proportioned according to the golden
proven economical walling bond with good section is known as a golden rectangle.
insulation properties due to the air cavities.
5. The alternate courses consist of stretchers
and headers are called
(a) Flemish Bond
(b) English Bond
(c) Garden -- Wall Bond
(d) Monk Bond
Answer: (b)
2. Which 'Falling Water' is the other name of?

(a) Moore's House
(b) Kaufmann's House
(c) Poissey House
(d) Mill owner's House
Answer: (b)
3. Asian Games Village at Delhi was designed

(a) Anant Raje 6. Plasticizers are added to
(b) Raj Rewal (a) increase the workability of a concrete mix.
(c) A.P. Kanvinde (b) increase the rate of set of a concrete mix.
(d) Charles Correa (c) decrease the workability of a concrete mix.
(d) decrease the rate of set of a concrete mix
Answer: (b)
The Asian Games Village is located in the Siri Answer: (a)
Fort area, near Hauz Khas in New Delhi, India. Concrete plasticizer which is commonly
The site was developed as the athlete's village known as water reducing admixture amongst
for the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi. professionals is used for improving
This site was designed by Raj Rewal workability of concrete.

PRACTICE SET- 03
7. A white crystalline substance which appears

on the surface of a wall due to presence of
salts in plaster making as well as in the
building materials is called
(a) Flaking
(b) Efflorescence
(c) Peeling
(d) Blistering
10. In a stone masonry the external corners or
Answer: (b) angles of a wall surface are called
Efflorescence (which means "to flower out" (a) string course
in French) is the migration of a salt to the (b) spans
surface of a porous material, where it forms (c) quoins
a coating. (d) sill
8. Glass produced by bonding together two or Answer: (c)

more pieces of glass with plastic interlayers is QUOIN Exterior angle or corner of a wall is
called. known as quoin. The brick or stone laid on
(a) Laminated Glass the corner of a wall, as a header, it is known
(b) Plate Glass as quoin header.
(c) Float Glass
(d) Wired Glass
Answer: (a)
Modern laminated glass is produced by
bonding two or more layers of ordinary
annealed glass (or tempered glass) together
with a plastic interlayer, usually polyvinyl 11. A natural method of sewage disposal is
butyral or ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA). (a) dilution
(b) imhoff tanks
9. A course of stone which is laid at the top of (c) cess pools
the wall is called (d) septic tanks
(a) Corbel
(b) Coping Answer: (a)
(c) Sill .
(d) Joist 12. Volume of septic tank is decided by taking
into consideration
Answer: (b) (a) Requirement of water
(b) Quantity of flow
(c) Detention period
(d) The quantity of flow and detention period
Answer: (d)

PRACTICE SET- 03
Volume of septic tank is decided by taking into 16. Dumbwaiters are also known as
consideration the quantity of flow and the (a) Sidewalk elevators
detention period. It can also be designed on (b) elevators
per capita basis which varies from 60 to 110 (c) Hydraulic elevators
litres per person to be served by the septic (d) Capsule lifts
tank.
Answer: (b)
13. The unit of measure for the intensity of light
A dumbwaiter is a small freight elevator or lift
in a given direction is intended to carry objects rather than people.
(a) Lumen
17. 'Less is More' was said by
(b) Foot-candle
(a) Louis Kahn
(c) Candela
(d) Foot lamberts (b) FL. Wright
(c) Le Corbusier
Answer: (c) (d) Mies-Van-der Rohe
The candela is the base unit of luminous
intensity in the International System of Units Answer: (d)
(SI); that is, luminous power per unit solid 18. The term 'Metabolism' as a movement in the
angle emitted by a point light source in a field of architecture was coined by
particular direction. (a) Kenzo Tange
(b) James Stirling
14. The permissible speed limit of escalators is (c) Peter Cook
(a) 0.6 m/s (d) Jane Jacobs
(b) 0.75 m/s
(c) 0.5 m/s Answer: (a)
(d) 1 m/s
19. Which of the following architects is associated
Answer: (c) with the dictum ' Form Follows Climate’?
The rated speed shall be not more than 0.5 m/s (a) Geoffrey Bawa
(100 ft/min), measured along the centreline of (b) Laurie Baker
the steps in the direction of travel. (c) Charles Correa
(d) Karan Grover
15. The type of fire extinguisher preferable for oil
Answer: (c)
fire is
(a) water 20. The Hindu temple architecture has its origin
(b) dry powder from
(c) foam (a) Chalukyan period
(d) vaporising liquid (b) Chola period
(c) Gupta period
Answer: (d)
(d) Pallava period
Answer: (a)

PRACTICE SET- 03
21. Forced air through an opening at high 25. Which type of pump is used for high-rise
pressure is termed as building?
(a) Stack effect (a) Reciprocating
(b) Venturi effect (b) Deep well
(c) High wind effect (c) Sewerage pumps
(d) None of the above (d) Compressors vacuum pump

Stack effect or chimney effect is the
26. Which of the following is not included in the
movement of air into and out of buildings,
chimneys, flue-gas stacks, or other containers, cost of housing?
resulting from air buoyancy. (a) Land value
(b) Land development
22. Tropical upland climates are characterized by
(c) Building materials & labour
(a) hot & sticky conditions with heavy cloud (d) Road network
cover Answer: (d)
(b) hot & dry air with low humidity
(c) alternating with long hot, dry period 27. By-pass roads are also known as
and shorter periods of concentrated (a) Through roads
rainfall and high humidity (b) Loop roads
(d) strong solar radiation, often with (c) Approach road
moderate to cool air temperature (d) Expressways

By-pass roads are also known as the loop
23. The decay of organic building materials roads and they avoid the traffic on through
occurs in roads to avoid congested area of the town.
(a) Composite climate
(b) Hot-dry climate 28. What is meant by co-recyclable?
(c) Warm humid climate (a) Product can be used over and over again
(d) Tropical climate (b) Product is easy to recycle
(c) Compatible materials can be recycled
Answer: (c)
together to form a new useful material
24. Min. no. of water closets required for office (d) Products for which there will be no
building as Per IS 1 172-1993. secondary use
(a) 1 for every 10 persons
(b) 1 for every 25 persons Answer: (c)
(c) 1 for every 30 persons 29. The botanical name for lotus is
(d) 1 for every 50 persons (a) Nelumbo nucifera
Answer: (b) (b) Saraca indica
(c) Anthocephalus indicus
(d) Gloriosa superba

PRACTICE SET- 03
Answer: (a) Critical path method aims to determine the

longest path of activities from start of the
30. Mezzo Climate is
project until the end.
(a) Climate at site scale
(b) Climate at regional scale
33. The earliest occurrence time for the event
(c) Climate at Land-planning scale from which the activity originates is
(d) Climate at world scale (a) Earliest start time
Answer: (b) (b) Latest start time
Climatic variables can be examined in three (c) Earliest finish time
main groups as macro climate, mezzo climate (d) Latest finish time
and micro climate. The climate that interacts Answer: (b)
according to geography is called
macroclimate; the climate that is based on 34. 'Intach' is
regional flora and environment is named as (a) Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural
mezzo climate and microclimate is climate on Heritage
a local scale. (b) International Association for Cultural
Heritage
31. The garden which features rock and stone (c) International Art & Cultural Heritage
arrangement, stepping stones and water, real (d) None of the above
or symbolic as elements is the
(a) Japanese garden Answer: (a)
(b) Persian garden The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural
(c) Mughal garden Heritage (INTACH) is a non-profit charitable
organisation registered under the Societies'
(d) Italian garden
Registration Act, 1860. INTACH was founded in
Answer: (a) 1984 in New Delhi with the vision to create a
Japanese gardens utilize elements such as membership organisation to stimulate and
ponds, streams, islands and hills to create spearhead heritage awareness and
miniature reproductions of natural scenery. conservation in India.
32. Critical path in network diagram refers to 35. The liveable area is known as:
(a) the path along the network which requires (a) Carpet Area
shortest time from start to completion (b) Plinth Area
(b) the path along the network which requires (c) Built up Area
longest time from start to completion (d) Floor Area
(c) the path along the network which requires
the optimum time from start to completion Answer: (a)
(d) the time required to complete the critical Carpet Area is the area enclosed within the
walls, actual area to lay the carpet. This area
event
does not include the thickness of the inner
Answer: (b) walls. It is the actual used area of an
apartment.

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Answer: (c)
An avalanche (also called a snow slide) is an
event that occurs when a cohesive slab of snow
lying upon a weaker layer of snow fractures
and slides down a steep slope.
38. Moustache in Buddha image was found in:

(a) Bharhut Buddha
(b) Gandhara Buddha
(c) Mathura Buddha
(d) Sarnath Buddha
Answer: (b)
36. A footing supports two column is:

(a) Combined footing 39. Indo-Islamic monument Alai Darwaza is
(b) Continuous footing located at:
(c) Raft footing (a) Ajmer
(d) Grillage footing (b) Aurangabad
(c) Hyderabad
Answer: (a) (d) Delhi
Combined footings are provided when
distance between two columns is small and Answer: (d)
soil bearing capacity of soil is lower and their The Alai Darwaza is a magnificent gateway
footings overlap with each other. When two built by Ala-ud-din Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate,
columns are close together and separate having exquisite inlaid marble decorations and
isolated footings would overlap, in such case, latticed stone screens.
it is better to provide a combined footing
than isolated footing. 40. Who wrote the manifesto of Cubism?
(a) Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
37. A natural disaster is: (b) Guillaume Apollinaire
(a) Building collapse (c) Andre Breton
(b) Soil degradation (d) Georges Braque
(c) Avalanches
Answer: (d)
(d) Forest fire

PRACTICE SET- 03
41. Plaster of Paris is made of:

(a) Gypsum
(b) Marble stone
(c) Sandstone
(d) Limestone
Answer: (a)
Plaster of paris, quick-setting gypsum plaster
consisting of a fine white powder (calcium 44. The famous painting of Leonardo-da-Vinci is:
sulfate hemihydrate), which hardens when (a) Mother and child
moistened and allowed to dry. (b) Mona Lisa
(c) Sunflowers
42. Which of the following temples is known as (d) Guemica
“Black Pagoda”?
(a) Puri Temple Answer: (b)
(b) Sun temple of Konark Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter.
(c) Raja Rani Temple The Mona Lisa is the most famous of his works
(d) Mukhteswara Temple and the most parodied portrait, and The Last
Supper is the most reproduced religious
Answer: (b) painting of all time.
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th century temple
of Odisha, built by Narasimhadeva I of the
Eastern Ganga Dynasty. It is also known as
Black Pagoda. It’s a World Heritage Site.
43. Rose window is found in:

(a) Carolingian Architecture
(b) Romanesque Architecture
(c) Early Christian Architecture 45. The largest structure ever erected by man is:
(d) Gothic Architecture (a) The Pyramid of Khufu
(b) The Pyramid of Khafre
Answer: (d) (c) The Pyramid of Mycerinus
A rose window or Catherine window is often (d) The Pyramid of Giza
used as a generic term applied to a circular
window, but is especially used for those Answer: (d)
found in churches of the Gothic architectural The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the
style and being divided into segments by Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is
stone mullions and tracery. the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in
the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-
day El Giza, Egypt.

PRACTICE SET- 03
46. Weep-holes are used In (c) Unstable families

(a) a Terrace construction (d) Democratization of organizations
(b) Pavements
(c) Retaining walls Answer: (a)
(d) Curbs 50. Which of these solutions is suited for traffic
Answer: (c) management of high volume at intersections?

A weep, a weep hole, or a weep-brick is a (a) Traffic Signal
small opening that allows water to drain (b) Traffic island
from within an assembly. Weeps may also be (c) Roundabout
necessary in a retaining wall, so water can (d) Road signs
escape from the retained earth. Answer: (a)
In cases with very high traffic volumes, traffic
47. The best way of disposal of hospital waste is signal control may be more suitable.
(a) Incinerator
(b) Steam autoclaving 51. On-street parking for which type of parking
(c) Sanitary landfill requires least width of street?
(d) Shredder and compactor (a) Parallel parking
(b) At 450
Answer: (a)
(c) At 60O
48. The term urbanization does not apply to (d) At right angles
(a) Movement of population from rural to
urban areas Answer: (a)
(b) Change of occupation from mainly Parallel parking: This method of parking
agricultural to non- agricultural produces least obstruction to the on-going
(c) Change in attitudes of rural migrants and traffic on the road since least road width is used.
their beliefs, values and behaviour
52. An example of a city in star shape is
patterns
(a) Chandigarh
(d) Provision of health care and education
facilities (b) Copenhagen
(c) Washington D.C
Answer: (d) (d) Jaipur
Urbanization refers to the population shift
from rural areas to urban areas, the gradual Answer: (c)
increase in the proportion of people living in
urban areas, and the ways in which each
society adapts to this change.
49. Which of these is mostly seen as traditional

rather than modern societal structure?
(a) Joint families
(b) Class consciousness

PRACTICE SET- 03
53. In Which of the following is the velocity of 56. "HEART' of Chandigarh consists of
sound maximum? (a) Public buildings
(a) Glass (b) Commercial buildings
(b) Air (c) Institutional
(c) Water (d) None of the above
(d) Equal in all the above
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) Le Corbusier conceived the master plan of
The speed of sound is highest in solid. Chandigarh as analogous to human body, with
a clearly defined head (the Capitol Complex,
54. Biodiversity Sector 1), heart (the City Centre Sector-17),
(a) Includes genetic species; ecosystem and lungs (the leisure valley, innumerable open
functional diversities spaces and sector greens), the intellect (the
(b) Refer to diversifying Earth's non- cultural and educational institutions), the
renewable resources circulatory system (the network of roads, the
(c) Refers to reconstruction of tropical 7Vs) and the viscera (the Industrial Area).
rainforests
(d) Refers to biological effects on commercial 57. The concept of 'GARDEN CITY was given by
plantation (a) Ebenezer Howard
(b) Patrick Geddes
Answer: (a) (c) Christo per Wren
Biodiversity refers to the variety and (d) All of the above
variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity
typically measures variation at the genetic, Answer: (a)
species, and ecosystem level. Garden Cities were underpinned by a strong
vision developed by Ebenezer Howard, in his
55. The national Building code should be seminal book of 1898, To-morrow: A Peaceful
considered as Path to Real Reform.
(a) The minimum building code standards
that regulate all provincial construction 58. When a town reaches a certain size, some sort
(b) A guideline as to what are considered of growth is bound to take place known as
good building practice (a) Green belt
(c) Regulations to be observed during the (b) Agglomeration
construction process (c) Satellite Growth
(d) The requirement for production of (d) None of the above
plans and specifications for municipal
construction Answer: (a)
An urban area or urban agglomeration is a
Answer: (b) human settlement with high population
National Building Codes (NBC) regulate building density and infrastructure of built
construction & building use in order to protect environment.
the health, safety & welfare of the occupant.

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59. The effects of climate change results in force on 1 September 1972. The Act provides for
(a) Global warming registration of Architects, standards of
(b) Natural disasters education, recognized qualifications and
(c) Melting of the polar ice caps standards of practice to be complied with by the
(d) All of the above practicing architects.
Answer: (d) 62. The site plan need not shown the following
60. Which of the following is not true in case (a) The position of the site in relation to the
of corrective actions in urban renewal neighbouring street
process of housing and neighbourhood (b) The location of drains, sewers, public
improvement? facilities and services and electrical lines
(a) Conservation (c) The boundaries of the Site
(b) Rehabilitation (d) The position of the proposed building
(c) Redevelopment
Answer: (b)
(d) Reconstruction
63. The criteria for selection of a lift in any
Answer: (a) particular building does not depend on
Urban renewal (also called urban (a) Proximity of entrances to buildings
regeneration in the United Kingdom and (b) Population characteristics
urban redevelopment in the United States) is (c) Average round trip to be taken by the lift
a program of land redevelopment in cities,
(d) Type of building occupancy
often where there is urban decay. Urban
renewal often refers to the clearing out of Answer: (a)
blighted areas in inner cities to clear out
64. In winter, the Sun’s radiance on south facing
slums and create opportunities for higher
class housing, businesses, and more. Windows is
(a) At a lower angle
61. The Council of Architecture was formed by a
(b) At a higher angle
(c) The same as in summer
statutory Act to
(a) Safeguard professional interest of (d) Shifted to north
architectural community Answer: (a)
(b) Maintain standard in education of The diagram shows how the sun is lower in
architectural colleges the winter, while it is much higher in the
(c) Give license to colleges of architecture summer.
to run architecture programmes
(d) Control building regulations
Answer: (a)
corporate by the Government of India under the
provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted
by the Parliament of India, which came into

PRACTICE SET- 03
67. A tool used for synthesizing and analysing

climate data and achieving desired
specifications
(a) Sabine's tablets
(b) Mahoney’s tables
(c) Solar chart
(d) Beaufort scale
Answer: (b)
The Mahoney tables are a set of reference
tables used in architecture, used as a guide to
climate-appropriate design.
68. English landscape style is well known for

(a) Geometric layout
(b) Gentle curves and informal layout
(c) Large number of fountains
65. A typical feature of hot humid climate is
(d) Reflecting water pools
(a) Courtyard Answer: (d)
(b) Verandas
(c) Raised floors 69. Knowledge of landscape for an architect is
(d) Pitched roofs important because
(a) Building should be in sympathy with its
Answer: (a) surroundings
In multi-storeyed buildings a central (b) Plants are needed to reduce pollution
courtyard can be provided with vents at (c) Indoor spaces should always open up to
higher levels to draw away the rising hot air. outdoor areas
(d) There are very few horticulturists
66. The pipe carrying discharge form urinals and
water closets is called Answer: (a)
(a) Waste pipe
70. In general, the probability of flooding
(b) Soil pipe
decreases when there is an increase in the
(c) Vent pipe
amount of
(d) Anti-siphonage pipe
(a) Precipitation
Answer: (b) (b) Infiltration
(c) Runoff
SOIL PIPE: A soil pipe is any pipe which conveys (d) Snow Melt
the discharge of water closets, urinals, or
fixtures having similar functions, with or Answer: (b)
without the discharge from other fixtures, to the Existing conditions prior to the storm can
building drain or building sewer. influence the amount of storm water runoff
into the stream system. Dry soil allows greater

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infiltration of rainfall and reduces the amount 74. Regulation by law of the use of land is called as
of runoff entering the stream. Conversely, soil (a) Bye-laws
that is already wet from previous rains has a (b) Zoning
lower capacity for infiltration, allowing more (c) Building line
runoff to enter the stream. (d) None of the above
71. Peasants are

Answer: (b)
(a) Rural politician A zoning ordinance is a written regulation
(b) Rural cultivators and law that defines how property in specific
(c) Rural industrialists geographic zones can be used.
(d) Rural religious group
75. Traffic islands are also known as
Answer: (b) (a) Road junctions
A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural (b) Refuge Islands
labourer or farmer, especially one living in (c) Nodes
the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying (d) All of the above
rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord.
Answer: (b)
72. The road that connects the town to a state 76. Find out the incorrect statement:
highway or national highway is termed as an (a) Heat flow is from warm to cold
(a) Expressway (b) Moisture flow is from cold to warm
(b) Arterial Road (c) Moisture flow is from denser to rarer
(c) Sub Arterial Road (d) Air flow is from high pressure to low pressure
(d) Freeways
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a 77. Heat transfer in gas and liquid takes place
high-capacity urban road. The primary through:
function of an arterial road is to deliver (a) Convection
traffic from collector roads to freeways or (b) Radiation
expressways, and between urban centres at (c) Conduction
the highest level of service possible. (d) Transmission
Answer: (b)
73. The 'DEAD END is known as
Radiation is a method of heat transfer that
(a) Sub Arterial roads
does not rely upon any contact between the
(b) Cul-de-sac
heat source and the heated object.
(c) Loop roads
78. In psychometric chart horizontal axis represent:
Answer: (b) (a) Humidity
A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac no (b) Dry Bulb temperature
through road or no exit road, is a street with (c) Wet bulb temperature
only one inlet or outlet. (d) Entropy

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Answer: (b)
A Psychrometric chart can graphically
represents the thermodynamic properties of
air-water vapour mixture. Standard
psychrometric charts are bounded by the
dry-bulb temperature line (X-axis) and the
vapour pressure or humidity ratio (Y-axis).
79. T series lamps (T5, T8 & T12) belong to:

81. Sabine’s formula is used to calculate
(a) Incandescent Lamps
(b) Fluorescent Lamps (a) Absorption coefficient
(b) Noise reduction coefficient
(c) LED
(d) None of the above (c) Reverberation time
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c)
Fluorescent lamps, or fluorescent linear
tubes as they are also known, are Reverberation time (RT) is a measure of the
categorized according to their wattage, amount of reverberation in a space and
shape and diameter. The "T" in T5 indicates equal to the time required for the level of a
steady sound to decay by 60 dB after the
the bulb is tubular shaped, while the "5"
denotes that it is five eighths of an inch in sound has stopped.
diameter. The other common lamps are the
larger T8 (eight eighths inch = 1") and T12
(twelve eights inch = 1½" tubes).
80. Which one is not the component of Daylight

Factor?
(a) Sky Component (SC)
(b) Externally Reflected Component (ERC) 82. Handling Capacity of a lift is calculated for the
(c) Internally Reflected Component (IRC) duration of
(d) Window Component (WC) (a) 60 seconds
Answer: (d) (b) 30 seconds
(c) 300 seconds
The sum of the three components gives (d) 180 seconds
the daylight factor:
DF = SC + ERC + IRC Answer: (c)
SC: Sky Component Lift traffic analyses for planning and
ERC: Externally Reflected Component comparative purposes is based upon the
IRC: Internally Reflected Component performance of a lift system (a given group
of lifts or just a single lift) during a theoretical
5-minute period of peak traffic.

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83. Biomedical waste belongs to the category: 86. Air Change Per Hour (ACPH) is the
(a) Municipal Solid Waste characteristics of
(b) Industrial Solid Waste (a) AHU
(c) Agricultural Solid waste (b) Space
(d) Hospital Solid Waste (c) Cooling tower
(d) Chiller
Answer: (d)
Bio-medical waste means “any solid and/or Answer: (b)
liquid waste including its container and any Air changes per hour, abbreviated ACPH or
intermediate product, which is generated ACH, or air change rate is a measure of the
during the diagnosis, treatment or air volume added to or removed from a space
immunization of human beings or animals or (normally a room or house) divided by the
research activities pertaining thereto or in volume of the space.
the production or testing of biological or in
health camps. 87. CASBEE is green building management
system used in:
84. Bottle Trap is used in which Fixture? (a) Australia
(a) Washbasin (b) Japan
(b) WC (c) China
(c) Bathtub (d) Canada
(d) Shower
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a) BCA Green Mark Scheme- Singapore
The bottle trap is an essential element of the BREEAM- UK, EU, EFTA member states, EU
basin's plumbing that keeps the bathroom candidates, as well as the Persian Gulf
hygienic and odour-free. CASBEE- Japan
Green Star SA- South Africa
85. How many climate zones have been Pearl Rating System for Estidama- UAE
recognized by NBC 2016?
(a) 4 88. A brick laid vertically with the longer face
(b) 3 edge exposed:
(c) 6 (a) Soldier
(d) 5 (b) Rollock
(c) Sailor
Answer: (d)
(d) Shiner
Answer: (a)

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89. Triangular shaped space, sometimes Answer: (d)

ornamented, between extrados of two
adjoining arches is:
(a) Pendentive
(b) Spandrel
(c) Oculus
(d) Muqarna
Answer: (b)
92. Dampers in HVAC system are used for:

(a) Regulating air flow
(b) Cutting off central air conditioning for
unused rooms
(c) Stopping fire spread through HVAC ducts.
90. Horizontal member separating doorway and Answer: (d)

fanlight is: A damper is a valve or plate that stops or
(a) Top rail regulates the flow of air inside a duct, chimney,
(b) Style VAV box, air handler, or other air-handling
(c) Transom equipment. A damper may be used to cut off
(d) Muntin central air conditioning (heating or cooling) to an
unused room, or to regulate it for room-by-room
Answer: (c) temperature and climate control.
93. Sandstone is:

(a) Metamorphic Rock
(b) Igneous Rock
(c) Sedimentary Rock
Answer: (c)
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock
composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2
mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.
94. Adobe houses are made up of:

91. Window which is provided on Sloped roof is:
(a) Waste Material
(a) Gable Window
(b) Recycled materials
(b) Clerestory
(c) Reused Materials
(c) Skylight
(d) Earth and organic materials
(d) Dormer Window

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Answer: (d) (c) Brittleness of material

Adobe is a building material made from (d) Tensile strength of material
earth and organic materials.
Answer: (a)
Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists
95. Weep hole is:
(a) Is defective opening in the wall deformation in response to an applied force.
(b) Is a small opening made to drain
99. The elastic and long-term deformation of
accumulated moisture in wall
(c) Is an opening in thatched roof concrete under a continuous load is:
(d) None of the Above (a) Blistering
(b) Creeping
Answer: (b) (c) Cracking
A weep, a weep hole, or a weep-brick is a (d) Scaling
small opening that allows water to drain
from within an assembly. Answer: (b)
In materials science, creep (sometimes called
96. Grouting is done to:
cold flow) is the tendency of a solid material to
(a) To fill the narrow cavities in masonry move slowly or deform permanently under the
(b) To avoid dehydration of masonry influence of persistent mechanical stresses.
(c) To avoid capillary effect in brick masonry
100.Annealing is done to increase the following
(d) To increase the insulation of Brick wall
property of the material:
Answer: (b) (a) Brittleness
Grout is generally a mixture of water, (b) Ductility
cement, and sand and is employed in (c) Malleability
pressure grouting, embedding rebar in (d) Shine
masonry walls, connecting sections of pre-
Answer: (b)
cast concrete, filling voids, and sealing joints
such as those between tiles. Annealing, treatment of a metal or alloy by
heating to a predetermined temperature,
97. Vitreous means:
holding for a certain time, and then cooling to
(a) Resembling marble room temperature to improve ductility.
(b) Resembling clay
(c) Resembling lead
(d) Resembling glass
Answer: (a)
98. Stiffness of a material is:

(a) Measure of material’s resistance to
deformation within its elastic limit.
(b) Measure of material’s behaviour beyond
elastic limit

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Chapter 08
Practice Set 04
PRACTICE SET- 04
1. Topmost slab of the capital of Doric order is Answer: (b)

called: A tendon is basically a steel cable used in Pre-
(a) Triglyph Stressed Concrete structural elements like
(b) Metope beam, column etc.
(c) Abacus
(d) Zophorus 5. A bank of earth placed against the exterior
wall of a building to protect from extremes in
Answer: (c) temperature is:
(a) Berm
(b) Trombe wall
(c) Retaining wall
(d) Drumwall
Answer: (a)
A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier
separating two areas. It can serve as a
2. Convexity given to the columns in Parthenon
fortification line, a border/separation barrier,
for optical correction are called:
in industrial settings, or in many other
(a) Annulet
applications.
(b) Fluting
(c) Hypothracelium 6. Post supporting at one end (Top or Bottom)
(d) Entasis of the Staircase handrail is
(a) Winder
Answer: (d)
In architecture, entasis is the application of a (b) Bracket
convex curve to a surface for aesthetic (c) Waist
purposes. (d) Nevel
Answer: (d)
3. How does “Mural” & “Fresco” differ from
each other:
(a) Fresco is done on freshly spread plaster
whereas Mural is made on ready surface.
(b) Different Colours used
(c) Both “a” & “b”
(d) None of the Above
Answer: (c)
4. High strength steel strand or bar for pre-

stressing concrete is called:
7. Pin joint in structural system allows
(a) Abutment
(a) Rotation
(b) Tendon
(b) Vertical movement
(c) Anchor
(c) Horizontal movement
(d) Jack

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Answer: (a) 10. Find the wrong statement about “obelisk”

A pinned connection could allow rotation in (a) It was symbol of “Sun God”
only one direction. (b) It was located before entrance to the temple
(c) It’s part of Ancient Egyptian architecture
8. Sears Tower (Willis Tower) has following (d) It’s a circular column
structural system:
(a) Braced tubes Answer: (d)
(b) Trussed Tubes
(c) Latticed Truss tubes
(d) Bundled Tubes
Answer: (d)
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow

tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-
like shape or pyramidion at the top.
11. Pailou, Zhonglou & Gulou blongs to:

Structurally, the building pioneered the use
(a) Japanese Architecture
of bundled tube construction. The tower is
(b) Chinese Architecture
composed of nine bundled structural tubes
(c) Buddhist Architecture
resting on reinforced concrete caissons that
go down to bedrock.
Answer: (b)
9. A surveying instrument with a rotating
telescope for measuring horizontal and 12. Proscenium is:
vertical angles. (a) Front part of the Stage
(a) Theodolite (b) Backstage
(b) Cosmolabe (c) Circular or Semi-circular space in front of
(c) Dioptra the Stage
(d) Total Station (d) None of the Above

A theodolite is a precision optical instrument The proscenium of a theatre stage is a
for measuring angles between designated structure in front of the stage that frames the
visible points in the horizontal and vertical action of the play.
planes.

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13. A rectangular projection coming out from the In structural engineering, the tube is a system
wall of a building is called where, to resist lateral loads (wind, seismic,
(a) Pilaster impact), a building is designed to act like a
(b) Canton hollow cylinder, cantilevered perpendicular to
(c) Engaged column the ground. This system was introduced by
(d) Return wall Fazlur Rahman Khan while at the architectural
firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in their
Answer: (a) Chicago office.
Pilaster: an upright architectural member
that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a 16. Who gave the statue of liberty to USA?
pier but architecturally treated as a column (a) France
and that usually projects a third of its width or (b) Germany
less from the wall (c) England
(d) USSR
Answer: (a)
17. One of Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture?

(a) Falling water
(b) Robbie house
(c) Dulles airport
(d) Petronas tower
14. Who is known for her/his innovative recycled Answer: (a)

cardboard tubes Structures? Falling water stands as one of Wright's
(a) Wang Shu greatest masterpieces both for its dynamism
(b) Tadao Ando and for its integration with its striking natural
(c) Shigeru Ban surroundings. Falling water has been described
(d) Alejandro Aravena as an architectural tour de force of Wright's
organic architecture.
Answer: (c)
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect, known
18. Greek architecture was essentially?
for his innovative work with paper,
(a) Arch and vaulted
particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to
(b) Buttressed and domed
quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.
(c) Columnar and trabeated
(d) Massive columns
15. Tube structure system was introduced by
(a) Gustav Eiffel Answer: (c)
(b) Santiago Calatrava Greek Architecture was essentially columnar
(c) Fazlur Rahman khan and trabeated. The construction system was
(d) Peter Rice and the Greeks never used dome, vault and roof
truss. The structural spans were small and the
Answer: (c)
system of triangulation was known to them.

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19. Architect who designed and advocated the 23. Aranya housing project designed as low
geodesic dome for cities of tomorrow was? income housing with site and services idea is
(a) Mies van der rohe located in which town?
(b) Le corbusier (a) Delhi
(c) Buckminster fuller (b) Ahmedabad
(d) Louis kahn (c) Jabalpur
(d) Indore
Answer: (c)
Answer: (d)
20. Runway is oriented in the direction of
(a) Prevailing wind 24. If the plot area is 5000 sq. mts. and allowable
(b) Minimum wind intensity FAR is 2.50 and allowable ground cover is 50%
(c) Perpendicular to direction of prevailing then total number of floors the building will
wind have is
(d) 45-degree inclination to prevailing wind (a) 8
(b) 6
Answer: (a) (c) 5
21. The road geometrics in India are designed for (d) 3
(a) 50th highest hourly traffic
Answer: (c)
(b) 30th highest hourly traffic Site = 5,000 sq m
(c) 85th highest hourly traffic FAR = 2.5
(d) 98th highest hourly traffic Built-Up = 5000 x 2.5 = 12,500
Ground Cover = 50% = 2,500
Answer: (d) No of Floor = Built up allowed / Ground Cover
In India mostly the road geometrics are = 12500/2500
designed for 98th percentile speed, the upper =5
limit for speed is 85th percentile and lower
limit is 15th percentile. 25. In India the ‘Land’ is a subject of
(a) State
22. The rise and fall of water in the sea is due to (b) Municipal Corporation
(a) force due to Moon (c) District Administration
(b) force due to Sun (d) Central Government
(c) force due to gravity
Answer: (a)
(d) force due to interplay of sun and
moon attraction 26. Term ‘Conservative Surgery’ in town planning
was coined by
Answer: (d)
(a) Ebenezer Howard
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused
(b) Peter Walker
by the combined effects of the gravitational
(c) Sir Patrick Geddes
forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and
(d) Baron Huffman
the rotation of the Earth.
Answer: (c)

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Geddes championed a mode of planning that (a) 2314

sought to consider "primary human needs" in (b) 3241
every intervention, engaging in "constructive (c) 3421
and conservative surgery" rather than the (d) 4321
"heroic, all of a piece schemes" popular in the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He Answer: (b)
continued to use and advocate for this
approach throughout his career.
27. What are statutory towns?

(a) Notified under law by the concerned
State/ UT Government and have urban
local bodies.
(b) Temporary settlements created for
special purpose like construction of dam.
(c) Towns on the periphery of metropolitan
cities.
30. The foundations are placed below ground
(d) Proposed Greenfield Townships.
level, to increase
Answer: (a) (a) strength
Statutory town is defined as all places with a (b) workability
municipality, corporation, cantonment board (c) stability of structure
or notified town area committee. (d) All the above
28. The Traffic manoeuvre means Answer: (c)

(a) Diverging The main purpose of the foundation is to
(b) Merging distribute the load of the superstructure to the
(c) Crossing sub-bearing strata and depth of foundation is
(d) All the above below the ground level to prevent the external
force like wind load etc. And hence to
Answer: (d) stabilized the structure.
29. Arrange the following types of urban

31. Indo-Islamic monument Alai Darwaza is
development planning system as per their
located at:
terms starting with highest to lowest as
(a) Ajmer
recommended in UDPFI guidelines:
(b) Aurangabad
(c) Hyderabad
1. Plans/Projects and scheme
(d) Delhi
2.Development plan
3.Perspective plan Answer: (d)
3.Annual plan The Alai Darwaza that translates to 'Alai Gate'
was named after the first Khalji Sultan named
Ala-ud-din Khalji (Khilji) of the Khalji dynasty in

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1311 AD. It lies towards the southern end of the Answer: (b)
ancient Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid within the
Qutb Complex in South Delhi. 37. The maximum angle of inclination in a moving
ramp is
32. Who wrote the manifesto of Cubism? (a) 100
(a) Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (b) 150
(c) 200
(b) Guillaume Apollinaire
(d) 450
(c) Andre Breton
(d) Georges Braque Answer: (b)
Answer: (b) 38. The term ‘Undercutting’ is related to:

(a) Wood cut
33. Name the artist who came to India from
(b) Sculpture
Shiraz during Mughal reign? (c) Mural
(a) Monsoor (d) Etching
(b) Kesudas
(c) Mir Sayyed Ali Answer: (a)
(d) Abdal- Samad An undercut is a particular type of cut made
to a tree branch or trunk.
Answer: (a)
34. Elongation of figure is a characteristic of 39. Who coined the term Impressionism?
which school of sculpture? (a) John Ruskin
(a) Amaravati (b) Louis Leroy
(b) Mathura (c) Edouard Manet
(c) Kushan (d) Claude Manet
(d) Hoysala Answer: (b)
Answer: (b) Louis Leroy (1812–1885) was a French 19th-
century printmaker, painter, and successful
35. Plaster of Paris is made of: playwright. However, he is remembered as the
(a) Gypsum journalist and art critic for the French satirical
(b) Marble stone newspaper Le Charivari, who coined the term
(c) Sandstone
"impressionists" to satirise the artists now
(d) Limestone
known by the word.
Answer: (a)
Plaster of paris, quick-setting gypsum plaster 40. The decay of organic building material occurs in:
consisting of a fine white powder (calcium (a) Composite
sulfate hemihydrate), which hardens when (b) Hot-Dry
moistened and allowed to dry. (c) Warm-Humid
(d) Tropical
36. The recommended flight angle for Staircase is Answer: (c)
(a) 100
(b) 230
(c) 450
(d) 600

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41. The Botanical name of Cherry is? Answer: (b)

(a) Prunus padus The concentric zone model, also known as
(b) Ulmus americana the Burgess model or the CCD model, is one
(c) Prunus amygdalus of the earliest theoretical models to explain
(d) Castanea mollisima urban social structures. It was created by
Answer: (a) sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.
42. Which among the following was an exclusive 46. Who introduced the term white collar crime?
university town? (a) Giddens
(a) Taxila (b) E burgess
(b) Pataliputra (c) Sutherland
(c) Nalanda (d) Durkheim
(d) kashi
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c) The term "white-collar crime" was first used by
the American criminologist Edwin H.
43. Who developed the concept of urbanism as a
Sutherland to define a violation of the criminal
way of life?
law committed by "a person of respectability
(a) Louis wirth
and high social status in the course of his [or
(b) Fisher
(c) Louis coser her] occupation" (White Collar Crime, 1949).
(d) none of these
47. Who says ‘’ city life bombards the mind with
Answer: (a) images and impressions, sensations and
The famous sociologist Louis Wirth pondered activity ‘’?
similar questions when he wrote his (a) Simmel
landmark paper entitled 'Urbanism as a Way (b) Karl Marx
of Life'. (c) Webber
(d) M.S.A. Rao
44. Which of the following cities can be called
Answer: (a)
megalopolis?
(a) Kochi 48. Conurbation means ________________.
(b) Chennai (a) cluster of cities & town
(c) Mumbai (b) Cities of cities
(d) Ahmadabad (c) group of slums
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
A megalopolis is a very large city, or an urban Answer: (a)
area that consists of several towns and cities. A conurbation is a region comprising a number
of cities, large towns, and other urban areas
45. Who developed concentric- zone theory of that, through population growth and physical
city? expansion, have merged to form one
(a) Louis wirth continuous urban or industrially developed
(b) E. Burgess area.
(c) M.N Srinivas
(d) M.S.A Rao

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49. _________ refers the refurbishing or 54. Who has given the concept of Urban Fringe
replacement of old buildings & new use of (a) M N Srinivas
previously developed land in urban areas. (b) K M Kapadia
(a) urban planning (c) S C Dubey
(b) urban recycling (d) None of these
(c) urbanism
Answer: (a)
(d) None of these
55. Amdavad Ni Gufa, Ahmedabad is designed by
Answer: (b)
(a) Louis Kahn
50. Social distance in a city is due to: (b) B V Doshi
(a) The size of city (c) A P Kanvinde
(b) the distance between residences (d) Anant Raje
(c) The social heterogeneity
Answer: (b)
(d) The traffic problem in city
Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art
Answer: (c) gallery in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the
architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, it
51. The movement of people from central cities
exhibits works of the Indian artist Maqbool
to smaller communities in the surrounding Fida Husain.
area is known as...
(a) Reverse migration 56. A specific definable accomplishment in a
(b) Under urbanisation work plan is known as
(c) Suburbanisation
(a) Network
(d) Over- urbanisation
(b) Activity
Answer: (c) (c) Milestone
Suburbanization is a population shift from (d) Event
central urban areas into suburbs, resulting in Answer: (d)
the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.
57. Used in water closet to prevents entry of foul
52. Industrialisation weakens gases to the house is
(a) role of religion in social life (a) Check Valve
(b) father’s authority in the family (b) Soil Pipe
(c) caste system (c) Gate Valve
(d) all of the above (d) Trap
A plumbing trap is a device that keeps a
53. __________ is the term used to refer the
small amount of liquid every time the fixtures
relationship between human beings and their
is used. The amount of retained liquid is
physical environment?
called a trap seal. This trap seal prevents
(a) human physiology
(b) Human ecology sewage system odours, gases, and vermin
(c) human environment (mice, insects, etc.) from entering the living
(d) None of these or work space.
Answer: (a)

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58. The full form of BOD is are one of the few self-automated valves that
(a) Biodegradable oxygen demand do not require assistance to open and close.
(b) Biological oxygen demand
(c) Biochemical oxygen demand 62. Of the following, which is not a type of float?
(d) Bandwidth on demand
(a) Free float
Answer: (c) (b) Total float
Biochemical oxygen demand is the amount (c) Independent float
(d) Critical float
of oxygen required to oxidize only organic
matter in sewage. Answer: (d)
59. A public square in a city or town is known as 63. Flying buttress is an important element of
(a) Agora (a) Gothic Architecture
(b) Garden (b) Roman Architecture
(c) Park (c) Spanish Architecture
(d) Plaza (d) Egyptian Architecture

A public square in a city or town usually The characteristics of Gothic architecture
located near urban buildings and often are stone structures, large expanses of
featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places glass, clustered columns, sharply pointed
to sit, and sometimes shops.
spires, intricate sculptures, ribbed vaults,
60. A public bathing establishment of
and flying buttresses.
the ancient Romans is
64. The components of Human Development
(a) Pinnacle
(b) Groins Index are
(c) Thermae (a) Life expectancy, per capita GDP and sex
(d) Buttress ratio
(b) Sex ratio, educational attainment and
Answer: (c) pure drinking water
Thermae, complex of rooms designed for (c) Life expectancy, per capita GNP and
public bathing, relaxation, and social activity educational attainment
that was developed to a high degree of (d) Per capita GDP, infrastructure and sex
ratio
sophistication by the ancient Romans.
Answer: (c)
61. A valve used on pipe lines to prevent The Human Development Index (HDI) is a
backflow of water summary measure of average achievement in
(a) Gate valve key dimensions of human development: a
(b) Check valve long and healthy life, being knowledgeable
(c) Angel valve
and have a decent standard of living.
(d) Globe valve
The health dimension is assessed by life
Answer: (b) expectancy at birth, the education dimension
A check valve allows flow in one direction and is measured by mean of years of schooling for
automatically prevents back flow (reverse flow) adults aged 25 years and more and expected
when fluid in the line reverses direction. They

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years of schooling for children of school Answer: (c)

entering age. The standard of living
dimension is measured by gross national 68. Axiom Form follows function is given by
income per capita. (a) Frank Lloyd Wright
(b) Walter Gropius
65. The channel used to transport fresh water to (c) Louis Sullivan
highly populated areas in ancient Rome is (d) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
known as Answer: (c)
(a) Aqueduct Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856: April
(b) Spa 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has
(c) Thermae been called the "father of skyscrapers" and
(d) Agora
"father of modernism". "Form follows
Answer: (a) function" is attributed to him.
The Roman aqueduct was a channel used to 69. India International Centre, New Delhi was
transport fresh water to highly populated designed by
areas. The most recognizable feature of (a) Charles Correa
Roman aqueducts was the bridges (b) Eero Saarinen
constructed using rounded stone arches. (c) Frank Lloyd Wright
(d) Joseph Allen Stein
66. The wedge-shaped units of masonry which
Answer: (d)
are forming an arch is called The building was designed by architect Joseph
(a) Keystone Allen Stein and is a hub for cultural, economic,
(b) Spandrel business and social events in Delhi.
(c) Haunch
(d) Voussoirs
70. Statement “The house is a machine for living
Answer: (d) in” is related to
The wedge-shaped units of masonry which (a) Le Corbusier
are forming an arch is called as voussoirs. (b) Louis Sullivan
(c) Louis Kahn
(d) Walter Gropius
Answer: (a)
In the 1920s, Corbusier published his own
influential book, towards an Architecture, in
which he famously wrote “A house is a
machine for living in”.
67. The intervention which aims at keeping the 71. Which of the following is not a mughal garden?
object in its existing state is (a) Charbagh
(a) Restoration (b) Arambagh
(b) Consolidation (c) Lalbagh
(c) Preservation (d) Shalimar Garden
(d) Rehabilitation
Answer: (c)

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The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty

which extends the 1992 United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) that commits state parties to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
72. Architect of post modernism style is

(a) Frank Gehry
(b) Le Corbusier
(c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(d) Walter Gropius
Answer: (a)
75. The botanical name given to Gulmohar is
73. Study of human’s interaction with manmade (a) Delonix regia
objects/products is known as (b) Cassia fistula
(a) Anthropometry (c) Ficus religiosa
(b) Cognitive behavioural Mapping (d) Polyalthea longifolia
(c) Universal Design
Answer: (a)
(d) Ergonomics
Delonix regia is a flowering plant common
Answer: (d) name in English Royal Poinciana. In India it's
Ergonomics is the study of how humans called Gulmohar.
interact with manmade objects. The goal of
ergonomics is to create an environment that
is well-suited to a user's physical needs. 76. Design of Laurie Baker are generally
characterized by
74. In a land use map residential areas are shown (a) Use of concrete
using color (b) High end technology
(c) Minimalism
(a) Yellow
(d) Use of locally available Materials
(b) Blue
(c) Green Answer: (d)
(d) Orange Architectural Projects designed by Laurie
Answer: (a) Baker are generally characterized by Use of
locally available Materials.
77. In an isometric projection the angle between

any two axes is
(a) 30 0
(b) 60 0
(c) 90 0
(d) 120 0
Answer: (d)

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It is an axonometric projection in which the The critical path method (CPM) is a step-by-
three coordinate axes appear equally step methodology, technique for planning
foreshortened and the angle between any two projects with numerous activities that involve
of them is 120 degrees. complex, interdependent interactions.
78. Infant mortality rate (IMR) is 82. The form of Ashoka tree is
(a) Number of deaths per 1,000 live births of (a) Columnar
children under one year of age. (b) Weeping Type
(b) Number of deaths per 100 live births of (c) Pyramidal
children under one year of age. (d) Circular
(c) Number of deaths per 1,000 live births of
children under two year of age. Answer: (a)
(d) Number of deaths per 100 live births of
83. Dry garden is a type of
children under two year of age.
(a) Mughal gardens
Answer: (a) (b) English gardens
(c) Japanese gardens
79. Name associated with the planning of Paris is (d) Italian gardens
(a) George Eugene Hausmann
(b) Patrick Geddes Answer: (c)
(c) Albert Perry The dry landscape garden is a type of Japan’s
(d) John Friedman gardening styles. In essence, the dry landscape
garden is simply a symbolic representation of
Answer: (a)
mountains and water using rocks, sand, gravel,
80. Material that is spread over the surface of the and moss.
soil to retain moisture is known as 84. Hardness of water is due to the presence of
(a) Loam salts of
(b) Texture (a) Potassium
(c) Humus (b) Chlorine
(d) Mulch (c) Magnesium
(d) Boron
Answer: (d)
A mulch is a layer of material applied to the Answer: (c)
surface of soil. Reasons for applying mulch Hardness of water is due to the presence of
include conservation of soil moisture, salts of calcium and magnesium.
improving fertility and health of the soil, and
reducing weed growth. 85. On psychometric chart, wet bulb temperature
lines are
81. CPM is: (a) Horizontal
(a) Critical Project Management (b) Vertical
(b) Critical Path Management (c) Diagonal
(c) Critical Path Method (d) Curve
(d) Crash Project Method
Answer: (b)
Answer: (c)

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89. How many categories are listed in CRZ regulations

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Answer: (c)
For regulating development activities, the

coastal stretches within 500 metres of High
Tide Line on the landward side are classified
86. Founder of the Bauhaus School was into four categories
(a) Paolo Soleri 90. The minimum crushing strength of first class
(b) Walter Gropius
brick is:
(c) Paul Rudolph
(d) Ralph Rapson (a) 3.5 N/mm2
(b) 7 N/mm2
Answer: (b) (c) 10.5 N/mm2
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German (d) 20 N/mm2
architect and founder of the Bauhaus School.
Answer: (c)
87. The Community comprising 100 hectares is As per IS codes, the minimum crushing strength
having 60 % of the land put to residential of first class brick is 10.5 N/mm2, second class
plots and a population of 30000. Calculate is 7 N/mm2 and third class is 3.5 N/mm2.
the Net residential density.
91. Minimum crushing strength of a good
(a) 375 pph
(b) 400 pph building stone is should be
(c) 425 pph (a) Less than 150 N/mm2
(d) 500 pph (b) 105 N/mm2
(c) 10 N/mm2
Answer: (d)
(d) Greater than 100 N/mm2
Net density = total population / Net area
Net density = 30000 / 60 Ha = 500 pph Answer: (d)
Crushing strength or compressive strength of
88. The Architect of Lotus Temple New Delhi a stone is the load per unit area at which the
India is stone starts cracking. It should be greater
(a) Le Corbusier
than 100 N/mm2 to ensure sufficient strength
(b) Joseph Allen stein
(c) Fariborz Sahba for use in construction.
(d) Charles Correa
92. A high section of wall that contains windows
Answer: (c) above eye level
Popularly known as the Lotus Temple, the (a) Pendentive
Bahá'í House of Worship in New Delhi, India (b) Cornice
is a house of worship that was designed by (c) Dome
Iranian architect Fariborz Sahba and (d) Clerestory
completed in 1986.

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Answer: (d) Brise-soleils can comprise a variety of

In architecture, a clerestory is a high section permanent sun-shading structures, ranging
of wall that contains windows above eye from the simple patterned concrete walls
level. The purpose is to admit light, fresh air, popularized by Le Corbusier.
or both.
97. Type of plan of Buddhist Stupa is
(a) Circular
93. Unit of measuring flow of current is
(b) Cross-type
(a) Ampere (c) Rectangular
(b) Columb
(d) Irregular
(c) Volt
(d) Watt Answer: (a)
Answer: (a) 98. In ancient Greece, a room, building, or outdoor
The SI unit for measuring an electric current area with seats, where conversations were
is the ampere. held is known as
(a) Ambulatory
94. Architectural style of Hagia Sophia Istanbul is (b) Niche
(a) Moorish Architecture (c) Exedra
(b) Byzantine Architecture (d) Narthex
(c) Gothic Architecture
(d) Persian Architecture Answer: (c)
Answer: (b) 99. In Modular coordination system basic module

(M) is equal to
95. Kuala Lumpur International Airport is
(a) 1 M = 100 mm
designed by (b) 1 M = 100 cm
(a) Alvar Aalto (c) 1 M = 300 mm
(b) Kisho Kurokawa (d) 1 M = 100 m
(c) Mies van de Rohe
(d) Eero Saarinen Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) 100. Abiotic element is

One of the largest airports in Asia, the Kuala (a) Soil
Lumpur airport, designed by Japanese (b) plants
architect Kisho Kurokawa, incorporates an (c) Microorganism
Islamic-style shading roof anchored by (d) Elephants
massive columns. Answer: (a)
96. Brise-soliel is a principal of architectural design

adopted by
(a) Louis Sullivan
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright
(c) Le Corbusier
(d) Alvar Aalto
Answer: (c)

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Chapter 09
Practice Set 05
PRACTICE SET- 05
1. The book “Architecture for poor” was written 7. The approach in CPM is
by (a) Deterministic
(a) Le Corbusier (b) Probalistic
(b) F.L. Wright (c) Realistic
(c) Daniel Burnham (d) Elastic
(d) Hasan Fathy
Answer: (a)
Answer: (d)
8. The approach in PERT is
2. “Ten books of Architecture” is written by (a) Deterministic
(a) Vitruvius (b) Probalistic
(b) Leonardo Davin chi (c) Realistic
(c) Antoni Gaudi (d) Elastic
(d) Michael Angelo
Answer: (b)
Answer: (a)
3. The propagator of concept of Ekistics was

(a) FL Wright
(b) Robert Venturi
(c) C.A. Doxiadis
(d) Oscar Niemeyer
Answer: (c)
9. On the color wheel, the combination of
4. Guild House, Philadelphia is designed by ‘orange-blue’ are
(a) Zaha Hadid (a) Complementary
(b) Robert Venturi (b) Supplementary
(c) C.A. Doxiadis (c) Analogous
(d) Oscar Niemeyer (d) Monochromatic
Answer: (b) Answer: (a)
5. Flying Buttress were used in? 10. On the color wheel, the combination of
(a) Peterborough Cathedral ‘Green-Yellow’ are
(b) Notre-Dome, paris
(a) Complementary
(c) Abbey Aux-Hommes, Caen
(b) Supplementary
(d) Pissa Cathedral
(c) Analogous
Answer: (b) (d) Monochromatic
6. Plants with weak stem that cannot stand Answer: (c)

upright and spread on the ground are called Analogous colors are colors that are next to
(a) Shrubs each other on the Color wheel. For example,
(b) Trees yellow, green-yellow, and green are
(c) Creepers categorized as analogous colors.
(d) Ground covers
Answer: (c)

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11. Who wrote the book “Citiess in History”? 15. Development that meets the needs of the
(a) Golden Cullen present generation without compromising
(b) Edmund Bacon the ability of future generations to meet
(c) John Ruskin their own needs is termed by UNDP as
(d) Lewis Mumford
(a) Comprehensive development
Answer: (d) (b) Equitable development
(c) Human development
The City in History: Its Origins, Its
(d) Sustainable development
Transformations, and Its Prospects is a 1961
National Book Award winner by American Answer: (d)
historian Lewis Mumford.
16. ‘Pediment’ is an architectural element of
(a) Indian architecture
12. Architect of The Glass House is
(b) Greek architecture
(a) Mies van der Rohe
(c) Buddhist architecture
(b) Alvar Alto
(d) Byzantine architecture
(c) Frank Lyod Wright
(d) Philip Johnson Answer: (b)
The pediment is the triangular place
Answer: (d)
under the roof of a Greek temple.
13. In concrete Slump test is done to check the
(a) Durability
(b) Hardness
(c) Strength
(d) Workability
Answer: (d)
Workability of concrete mixture is measured 17. Member that is fixed to mount the door or
by, Vee-bee consist meter test, Compaction window into internal framework of a wall is
factor Test, and Slump test. (a) Mullion
(b) Transom
(c) Reveal
14. In concrete Cube is done to check the
(d) Purlin
(a) Durability
(b) Hardness Answer: (c)
(c) Strength A Reveal is timber that is fixed perpendicular
(d) Workability to a fin on the frame of the door or window. It
Answer: (c) is used to mount and fix the door or window
The concrete cube test is conducted for into internal framework of a wall.
determining the compressive strength of the
concrete cube.

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Answer: (d)
The building of the National Sceince Center
was designed by noted Indian architect
Achyut Kanvinde.
21. Structure is the giver of light’ to which

Architect this statement attributed?
(a) Paul Rudolph
(b) Oscar Neiyemer
(c) Louis Kahn
(d) Le Corbusier
Answer: (c)
22. Capital town of Gandhinagar has been

designed by
18. Formal process used to predict the (a) Norman Foster
environmental consequences of any (b) B.V. Doshi
development project (c) H.K. Mewada
(a) Energy audit (d) Le Corbusier
(b) Environmental Impact Audit
Answer: (c)
(c) Energy Impact Assessment
(d) Environmental Impact Assessment 23. Thick sheets of steel that are used to
Answer: (d) connect beams to columns or to connect
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is a truss members is
formal process used to predict the (a) Gusset plate
environmental consequences of any (b) Wall plate
(c) Fish plate
development project. Environment Impact.
(d) Anchor bolts
19. Which of the following materials generally Answer: (a)

has the worst fire performance?
24. The most suitable earthquake resistant
(a) Lightweight concrete
(b) Asbestos built plan form is:
(c) Masonry (a) L –Shape
(d) Plastics (b) T: Shape
(c) H: Shape
Answer: (d) (d) Square shape
20. National Science Centre at Pragati Answer: (d)

Maidan, New Delhi, is designed by
(a) J.A. Stein
(b) Anant Raje
(c) Raj Rewal
(d) A.P. Kanvinde

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25. Which Japanese has been awarded the 29. Rajiv Awas Yojna of Ministry of Housing,
Pritzker prize in 2019? Government of India addresses housing for
(a) Arata Isozaki (a) Middle income group
(b) Toyo Ito (b) Low income group
(c) Kazuyo Sejima (c) High income group
(d) Tadao Ando (d) Slum dwellers
26. In Vedic city planning, Semi-circular form 30. Iconic feature of Blue mosque Turkey is
of settlement layout is (a) Asymmetry
(a) Dandka (b) Rose window
(b) Karmuka (c) Pencil minarets
(c) Padmaka (d) Calligraphy
(d) Swastika
Answer: (c)
Answer: (b)
27. Which of the following is NOT a member

of a steel truss?
(a) Gusset plate 31. Money paid to confirm a contract is known as
(b) Wall plate (a) Security deposit
(c) Fish plate (b) Professional tax
(d) Anchor bolts (c) Performance bank guarantee
(d) Earnest money
Answer: (c)
Rail fish plates and fish bolts are usually Answer: (d)
used in the rail track fastenings. Earnest money, also called good faith deposit, is
a sum of money that a buyer pays to the seller
28. In urban planning, Age and sex classification at the time of entering a contract. Its primary
of population refers to purpose is to make sure that the buyer is serious
(a) Index about following through on the contract.
(b) Lay ering
(c) Cohort 32. National Housing Bank (NHB), was set in
(d) Zoning (a) 1972
(b) 1988
Answer: (c) (c) 1992
(d) 2014
Answer: (b)

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National Housing Bank (NHB), a wholly owned

subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was
set up on 9 July 1988 under the National
Housing Bank Act, 1987.
33. The duration of Master plan is generally

(a) 20-30 years
(b) 5-20 years
(c) 10-20 years
(d) 20 years
Answer: (a) 37. wooden joint that is Commonly used in flooring

(a) Tongue and grooves
34. The most suitable material for flooring (b) Butt joint
of a ramp would be (c) Mortise and Tenon
(a) Polished granite (d) Dovetail
(b) Wax polished marble
(c) Glazed ceramic tiles Answer: (a)
(d) Rough finish sandstone
Answer: (d)
35. Purity of Color is described by

(a) Hue
(b) Value
(c) Chroma
(d) Tone
38. One member has a round shaped end - that
Answer: (c) inserts into a round hole in a second piece
Chroma: the quality of a color's purity, to form a joint.
intensity or saturation. (a) Mitre joint
(b) Butt joint
36. The slab simply supported on all its
(c) Dowel joint
(d) Dovetail
edges with a ratio of longer side to
shorter side less than 2 is designed as Answer: (c)
(a) One-way slab
(b) Two-way slab
(c) Flat slab
(d) Coffered slab
Answer: (b)

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39. Michelangelo belonged to Answer: (a)

(a) Early Renaissance
(b) High Renaissance 45. The botanical name of Neem tree is
(c) Late Renaissance (a) Delonix Regia
(d) None of above (b) Ficus Religiosa
(c) Ficus Benghalensis
Answer: (b) (d) Azadirachta Indica
40. Style that succeeded the renaissance was Answer: (d)

(a) Modern
(b) Baroque 46. The botanical name of Banyan tree is
(c) Byzantine (a) Delonix Regia
(d) International (b) Ficus Religiosa
Answer: (b) (d) Azadirachta Indica
41. The author of the book Design of the cities is Answer: (c)
(a) Frank Lloyd wright
(b) Fedrick Gibbard 47. The botanical name of Peepal tree is
(c) Edmund Bacon (a) Delonix Regia
(d) Kevin Lynch (b) Ficus Religiosa
Answer: (c) (d) Azadirachta Indica
42. Two dimensional map that shows the Answer: (b)

relationship between building mass and
48. Use of primary Color was part of the
open space is known as
(a) Figure ground movement of
(b) Grain (a) Arts and crafts movement
(c) Mix (b) Art nouveau movement
(d) Texture (c) Futurism
(d) De Stijl movement
Answer: (a)
Answer: (d)
43. Point of reference as per Kevin lynch
49. Long, sinuous, organic line was the
Image of the city is
(a) Path characteristics of
(b) Edge (a) Arts and crafts movement
(c) District (b) Art nouveau movement
(d) Landmark (c) Futurism
(d) De Stijl movement
Answer: (d)
Answer: (b)
44. Rock and sand are the element present in
(a) Japanese Landscape
(b) Mughal landscape
(c) French landscape
(d) Italian Landscape

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50. The concept of Bio-climatic skyscraper is (d) Colosseum

associated with
Answer: (b)
(a) William Lin
(b) Mario Botta 55. As the population size of cities increases, the
(c) Ken Yeang
percentage of area under residential use usually
(d) Channa Daswate
(a) increases
Answer: (c) (b) decreases
(c) remains the same
51. Number that represents the golden ratio is (d) increases marginally
(a) 3.143
(b) 2.621 Answer: (b)
(c) 1.618
56. Ravindra Bhan is a noted
(d) 1.253
(a) housing expert
Answer: (c) (b) landscape architect
(c) urban designer
52. Five points of architecture is associated with (d) interior designer
(a) Le Corbusier
(b) Frank Gehry Answer: (b)
(c) Daniel Libeskind
57. The concept of folk, work and place was
(d) Robert Venturi
given by
Answer: (a) (a) Ebenezer Howard
The five points are as follows: pilotis, the (b) Lewis Mumford
roof garden, free plan, free façade, and the (c) Patrick Geddes
horizontal window. (d) Lewis Keeble
Answer: (c)
53. Ratio of height of building to distance is 1:2
means 58. The “Incremental Concept” of Housing is
(a) Full enclosure aimed at
(b) Threshold of enclosure (a) Low cost development
(c) Minimum Enclosure (b) High density development
(d) Loss of enclosure (c) Development in stages
(d) Development at one stage
Answer: (b)
 Full enclosure: 1:1 Answer: (a)
 Threshold of enclosure - 1:2
The basis of “incremental housing” was that
 Minimum Enclosure: 1:3 the cost of housing could be reduced by
 Loss of enclosure: 1:4 recognising that poor urban families already
build and extend their own dwellings
54. Central public space in ancient Greek incrementally in response to their needs and
city was known as the availability of resources.
(a) Forum
(b) Agora
(c) Thermae

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59. In Indian Condition Primary School should 64. The city of Brasilia was Planned by
be provided for the population of (a) Oscar Niemeyer
(a) 2500 (b) Le Corbusier
(b) 10000 (c) Ebenezer Howard
(c) 5000 (d) Lucio Costa
(d) 1000
Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
65. Dry garden is a type of
60. In Indian Condition Nursery School should (a) Japanese Garden
be provided for the population of (b) Chinese Garden
(a) 2500 (c) English Garden
(b) 10000 (d) Mughal Garden
(c) 5000
Answer: (a)
(d) 1000
66. The Radburn concept was given by
Answer: (a)
(a) Patrick Geddes
61. The most decorative among the five orders (b) Clarence Stein
of architecture is (c) Walter Gropius
(d) Doxiadis
(a) Composite
(b) Corinthian Answer: (b)
(c) Ionic
(d) Tuscan 67. 10 million plus cities in India is known as
(a) Techno polis
Answer: (a)
(b) Metropolis
62. The color code for special Areas in a land (c) Necropolis
(d) Dynapolis
use map is
(a) Yellow Answer: (b)
(b) Blue
(c) Red 68. Wedge shaped unit at the Crown of an arch is
(d) Pink (a) keystone
(b) Crown
Answer: (d)
(c) Ring
(d) Haunch
63. The Color code for recreational areas in
a land use map is Answer: (a)
(a) Yellow
(b) Light Blue
(c) Light Green
(d) Pink
Answer: (c)

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69. Type of foundation suitable in Black Cotton soil 72. The Gothic style in Europe prevailed during
(a) Inverted arc foundation (a) 12th to 13th century
(b) Pile Foundation (b) 13th to 14th century
(c) Mat foundation (c) 14th to 15th century
(d) Stepped foundation (d) 15th to 16th century

Black cotton soil is a clay or loose type of soil
and is considerably swells and shrinks by
variation in moisture content. The variation
in the volume of the soil is to the extent of
20 to 30% of the original volume. Mat
foundation is suitable in these scenario.
70. Member design to carry and transfer 73. The architect of Pompidou centre Paris is
transverse loads is (a) Piano and Rogers
(a) Column (b) Pugin and Barry
(b) Beam (c) Christopher Wren
(c) Lintel (d) Bernard Tschumi
(d) Sill Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)
74. The architect of Parc de villette, paris is
(a) Piano and Rogers
(b) Pugin and Barry
(c) Christopher Wren
(d) Bernard Tschumi
Answer: (d)
75. The architect of St. Paul's Cathedral London is

(a) Piano and Rogers
(b) Pugin and Barry
(d) Bernard Tschumi
71. Rank Size Rule is given by Answer: (c)

(a) G.K. Zipf
(b) Harris and Ullman 76. The architect of Westminster place London is
(c) Walter Christler (a) Piano and Rogers
(d) Oscar Newman (b) Pugin and Barry
Answer: (a) (d) Bernard Tschumi
Rank Size Rule is a simple model which states
that population size of a given city tends to Answer: (b)
be equal to the population of the largest city
divided by the rank of the given city.

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77. The concept of Total Architecture is related to Answer: (a)

(a) Charles Jencks
(b) William Lim 83. The author of the book Modern Architecture:
(c) Walter Gropius A Critical History is
(d) Corbusier (a) Charles Jencks
(b) R. Venturi
Answer: (c) (c) K. Frampton
(d) L. Corbusier
78. The concept of Post Modernism is related to
(a) Charles Jencks Answer: (c)
(b) William Lim
(c) Walter Gropius 84. The PCU of a Car is
(d) Corbusier (a) 1.5
(b) 1.0
Answer: (a) (c) 3.0
(d) 0.5
79. The concept of Brutalism is related to
(a) Charles Jencks Answer: (b)
(b) William Lim
(c) Walter Gropius 85. The PCU of a Bus is
(d) Corbusier (a) 1.5
(b) 1.0
Answer: (d) (c) 3.0
(d) 0.5
80. The concept of contemporary vernacular is
related to Answer: (c)
(a) Charles Jencks
(b) William Lim
(c) Walter Gropius
(d) Corbusier
Answer: (b)
81. National Science Centre at Pragati Maidan,

New Delhi is designed by
86. Valley Section concept was proposed by
(a) J A Stein
(b) Anant Raje (a) Le Corbusier
(c) Raj Rewal (b) Patrick Geddes
(d) A.P. Kanvinde (c) F. L. Wright
(d) Ebenezer Howard
Answer: (d)
Answer: (b)
82. The author of the book Language of
87. Dynapolis city concept was proposed by
Postmodern architecture is
(a) Le Corbusier
(a) Charles Jencks
(b) Doxiadis
(b) R. Venturi
(c) F. L. Wright
(c) K. Frampton
(d) Ebenezer Howard
(d) L. Corbusier

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Answer: (b) 92. Bauhaus school was started by

(a) Peter Eisenman
88. In topographic surveys, the line connecting (b) Leon Battista Alberti
points of equal elevation is called a: (c) Walter Gropius
(a) Base Line (d) Daniel Leibeskind
(b) Property Line
(c) Fall Line Answer: (c)
(d) Contour Line
93. The circumambulatory path around the
Answer: (d) Stupa is called
(a) Pradakshina patha
89. Topiary in landscaping refers to (b) Pradakshina Sthala
(a) Ornamental pruning of shrubs (c) Pradakshina rasta
(b) Ornamental grille work (d) Pradakshma ratha
(c) Pruning branches of trees
(d) Ornamental pavilion Answer: (a)
The circumbulary pathway made of
Answer: (a) stone around the shrine is called the
Topiary is the art or practice of clipping Pradakshina path.
shrubs or trees into ornamental shapes.
90. The Central Business District is a

characteristic of
(a) classical city
(b) modern city
94. GIS stands for
(c) medieval city
(d) neo-classical city (a) Geological Survey of India
(b) Geological Ideology Survey
Answer: (b) (c) Geography of India Survey
(d) Geographic Information System
91. N.H.B. refers to
(a) National Habitat Board Answer: (d)
(b) National Habitable Base.
95. TDR stands for
(c) National Housing Board
(d) National Housing Bank (a) Traffic Density Regulation
(b) Total Development of Region
Answer: (d) (c) Transfer of Development Rights
National Housing Bank is an apex financial (d) Transport Depot of Region
institution in housing sector. Answer: (c)

PRACTICE SET- 05
96. The Pyramid outside the Louvre Museum 100. Neighbourhood planning principle was
was designed by put forth by
(a) Norman Foster (a) Clarence Perry
(b) Zaha Hadid (b) Homer Hoyt
(c) Le Corbusier (c) Patrick Geddes
(d) I.M. Pei (d) Ernest W. Burgess
________________________________
97. Modern city planned by Le Corbusier is

(a) Pondicherry
(b) Navi Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Chandigarh
Answer: (d)
98. Land use color of transportation and

communication is
(a) Grey
(b) Yellow
(c) Red
(d) Green
Answer: (a)
99. The city of New Delhi is designed by

(a) Le Corbusier
(b) Raj Rewal
(c) B.V. Doshi
(d) Edwin Lutyens
Answer: (d)

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Authors: Fahad Shaheen, Farrukh Nadeem, Faisal Husaini

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Farrukh Nadeem, is an undergraduate in Architecture and post

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1. What is Air funnel 4. Match the premier Architecture Institute with

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7. BEE rating is used for Answer: (c)

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3. Pietra Dura is related to 7. Identify the correct order as theorised by C.A.

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City/District Road Milestone: Blue/Black and White color Answer: (d)

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Answer: (d) Answer: (b)

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Answer: (c) Answer: (d)

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Answer: (b) (a) Sir Ebenezer Howard

39. Which of the following is a native of India? Answer: (b)

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Answer: (a) Answer: (a)

48. Garden city concept has been realised in which of

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53. Fire detector are based on (d) 3Wl/16

Degree of static indeterminacy = No. Of

56. A simply supported beam of span l, subjected to a

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59. Young’s modulus of elasticity is determined for

64. 74th Constitutional Amendment refers to:

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65. Windows installed on sloping roofs is known as

68. Which site in India is known for ‘Petro glyphs’:

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Answer: (b) Answer: (d)

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81. Palladian style is:

The pilaster is an architectural element in classical Answer: (a)

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Answer: (b) 90. Green colour identifies:

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92. Anti-termite treatment is done at:

(c) ᵩ20 mm 12 bars Answer: (d)

 Quantity of steel in column having 20 mm dia. Answer: (c)

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Answer: (b) 101. Akbar’s tomb is located at:

Answer: (c) 102. Identify correct combination of Buddhist

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110. The population of an urban settlement classified