S V ENGINEERING COLLEGE

IV B.TECH I SEM EEE

Cost Effective Housing Techniques (20A01704)
UNIT-1
Short Answer Questions
1. Differentiate between house and home.
2. Name two institutions for housing at national level.
3. Define special building.
4. Mention any four salient features of national housing policy (NHP).
5. Explain the role of government as a facilitator.
6. List out the housing financing systems in India.
7. Write about Housing Finance and its Types.
8. How to improve slum?
9. What are the principles of sustainable housing?
10. Mention the basic infrastructure considerations for housing at National level.
Long Answer Questions
1. Differentiate the Status of Urban and Rural Housing.
2. What is the role of institutions for housing at National and State levels?
3. Explain in detail household, apartments, multi-storeyed building.
4. Discuss the strategies of National Housing Policies.
5. Discuss the objectives of National Housing Policies.
6. Explain the types of Housing Finance in briefly.
7. What are the statutory requirements for urban low cost house planning?
8. Explain Land use and physical planning for housing.
9. Explain approaches and strategies of housing urban poor.
10. Discuss in detail about the objectives of slum housing.
UNIT-2
Short Answer Questions
1. Define Precast elements.
2. What is an economical wall system?
3. What is meant by Masonry wall?
4. How prefabricated brick panels are made?
Long Answer Questions
1. Explain the adoption of innovative cost effective construction techniques.
2. Highlight on Economic Wall System and focus on Single Brick thick loading bearing
wall.
3. Explain in detail about the Precast RC Plank and Joist system for roof in a building.
4. Explain 19 cm thick load bearing masonry walls and Half brick thick load bearing
wall.
5. What are the advantages of adopting precast RC plank?
6. Explain briefly about Fly ash Gypsum thick masonry wall. How to reduce the
building cost?
UNIT-3
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the substitutes for scarce materials?
2. What is Ferro Cement? Give one example.
3. State any two Industrial Wastes?
4. What is meant by Low Cost Sanitation?
5. What is meant by Domestic wall?
Long Answer Questions
1. Explain adoption of low-cost housing technology.
 2. Explain in detail joint system of roof and floor.
3. What is economical wall system? Give any one example and explain.
4. Explain fly ash gypsum thick masonry wall. How to reduce the building cost?
5. Explain different types of waste. Differentiate organic and inorganic waste.
6. Explain soil stabilization. Explain different methods of stabilization.
7. Explain the substitute for scarce materials?
8. Explain the low-cost sanitation process?
9. Highlight on the use of substitute for scarce materials in low cost housing.
10. Explain the low-cost infrastructure services?
UNIT-4
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the mud housing technology?
2. What is meant by Thatch Roof?
3. List out any four utility services.
4. Mention any four traditional practice of rural housing.
5. How prefabricated brick panels are made?
Long Answer question
1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using mud housing technology?
2. Explain about the fire treatment for thatch roof.
3. What are the various strategies to be kept in mind while designing housing for the
poor?
4. Mention in detail the various rural housing programs promoted by India.
5. Explain the characteristics of Mud Housing Technology?
6. Explain in brief about Rural Housing programs?
7. Explain the traditional practice of rural housing.
8. Explain different types of waste. Differentiate organic and inorganic waste.
UNIT-5
Short Answer Questions
1. Explain different types of damages in houses.
2. What is earthquake? Which instrument is used for measuring the earthquake?
3. List out any two state level organization for housing.
4. List out the housing financing systems in India.
5. Elucidate the infrastructure services for producing low cost housing.
6. What are the precautions to be considered for housing in disaster prone areas?
Long Answer question
1. Interpret on the types of damages to houses in disaster prone areas.
2. Illustrate the requirement of structural safety of thin precast roofing units against
earthquake forces.
3. What is traditional prone area? Explain in detail traditional in rural area.
4. Explain repair work of earth work damaged building.
5. Explain structural safety of earth quake building.
6. Explain in detail earth quake strengthening measures.
7. What type of damages and repairs are generally observed in non-engineering
building?
8. List out recommendations for future constructions to prevent damages during natural
calamities.
9. How do you recommend the use of precast roofing units against earthquake forces for
future construction requirements?
10. How do you strengthen thin precast roofing units against earthquake forces?