10/19/2021 GATE Architecture: Most Important Questions and Answers Part 1- Examrace

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GATE Architecture: Most Important Questions and Answers Part 1
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Question (GATE 2016)

Q1- Mushroom Column ′ is a typical feature of:

(1) Pantheon, Rome

(2) Parthenon, Athens

(3) Chrysler Building, New York

(4) Johnson Wax Building, Racine

Answer: (4) Johnson Wax Building, Racine

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Q2- ‘AMRUT’ , the new scheme launched by Government of India, stands for:

(1) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

(2) Atal Mission for Renewal of Urban Transportation

(3) Atal Mission for Redevelopment of Urban Transportation

(4) Atal Mission for Renewal and Urban Transformation

Answer: (1) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Question (GATE 2016)

Q3- The concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) refers to:

(1) Transit oriented planning in institutional campuses

(2) High density development along a mass transit corridor

(3) Orienting residential blocks towards the transit in a gated community

(4) Spatial design for persons with disabilities along a mass transit corridor

Answer: (2) High density development along a mass transit corridor

Question (GATE 2016)

Q4- ‘Indore Slum Networking Programme’ has been planned by:

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(1) B. V. Doshi

(2) Dulal Mukherjee

(3) Anil Laul

(4) Himanshu Parikh

Answer: (4) Himanshu Parikh

Q5- ‘Volume Zero’ is a film based on the architectural works of:

(1) Peter Eisenman

(2) Charles Correa

(3) Daniel Libeskind

(4) Roger Angers

Answer: (2) Charles Correa

Question (GATE 2016)

Q6- ‘Summit curve’ is a term associated with the design of:

(1) Roads and flyovers

(2) Escalators and elevators

(3) Tensile fabric structures

(4) Geodesic domes

Answer: (1) Roads and flyovers

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Q7- Super plasticizer is added in a concrete mix to:

(1) Reduce the water-cement ratio for a given workability

(2) Increase the water-cement ratio for a given workability

(3) Reduce the flow

(4) Reduce the content of coarse aggregate

Answer: (1) Roads and flyovers

Question (GATE 2016)

Q8- Low-emissivity coating on a glazing unit:

(1) Increases the SHGC

(2) Increases the VLT

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(3) Reduces the SHGC

(4) Increases the VLT and SHGC

Answer: (3) Reduces the SHGC

Question (GATE 2016)

Q9- Spatial connectedness in GIS refers to:

(1) Tomography

(2) Topography

(3) Topiary

(4) Topology

Answer: (4) Topology

Q10- Associate the structural systems of Group-I with buildings in Group-II:

Group-I Group-II

(i) Diagrid (v) Millennium Dome, London

(ii) outrigger truss (vi) HSBC, Hong Kong

(iii) suspended floor (vii) Taipei 101, Taipei

(iv) Cable stayed (viii) Hearst Tower, New York

(ix) Sears Tower, Chicago

Associate the Structural Systems of Group-I with Buildings in Group-II

(1) i-v, ii-vi, iii-vii, iv-ix

(2) i-ix, ii-vii, iii-viii, iv-v

(3) i-viii, ii-vi, iii-vii, iv-v

(4) i-viii, ii-vii, iii-vi, iv-v

Answer: (4) i-viii, ii-vii, iii-vi, iv-v

Q11- Associate the systems of Group-I with their applications in Group-II:

Group-I Group-II

(i) Nisargruna (v) Renewable energy generation

(ii) Vortex-DEWAT (vi) Ground water recharge

(iii) Swale (vii) Solid waste management

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(iv) BIPV (viii) Desalination

(ix) Wastewater treatment

Associate the Systems of Group-I with Their Applications in Group-II

(1) i-viii, ii-v, iii-ix, iv-vii

(2) i-v, ii-vi, iii-ix, iv-viii

(3) i-vii, ii-ix, iii-vi, iv-v

(4) i-ix, ii-viii, iii-vi, iv-v

Answer: (3) i-vii, ii-ix, iii-vi, iv-v

Question (GATE 2016)

Q12- Match the Houses in Group-I with their Architects in Group-II:

Group-I Group-II

(i) Villa Muller, Prague (v) Frank Gehry

(ii) Farnsworth House, Illinois (vi) Frank Lloyd Wright

(iii) Schroder House, Utrecht (vii) Adolf Loos

(iv) Dancing House, Prague (viii) Mies van der Rohe

(ix) Gerrit Rietveld

Match the Houses in Group-I with Their Architects in Group-II

(1) i-ix, ii-vi, iii-viii, iv-v

(2) i-vii, ii-viii, iii-ix, iv-v

(3) i-vii, ii-vi, iii-ix, iv-viii

(4) i-ix, ii-viii, iii-vi, iv-vii

Answer: (2) i-vii, ii-viii, iii-ix, iv-v

Question (GATE 2016)

Q13- As per URDPFI guidelines, the number of Equivalent Car Space (ECS) required to
accommodate ten cars, sixteen scooters and forty bicycles will be … :

Answer: 18

Question (GATE 2016)

Q13- In 2001, the population and work force participation rate of a town were 30,000 and
30 percent, respectively. The work force participation rate in the year 2011 increased to 34

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percent. If the decadal population growth rate was 6 percent, the increase in the number
of working people in the town in 2011 was … :

Answer: 1812

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