AR-ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING 1991
Q.1 Ratio ‘Golden Mean is(A) 1:2:216 (C) 1:1.44
(B) 1:1.618
(D) 1:1.44
Q.2 ‘Mihrab’ is Found
(A) On the west wall of a Mosque
(C) In the stepped well of Gujarat (B) Inside wall of a Masoleum (D) On the crown of Minaret
Q.3 which one falls under Indo- Saracenic Architecture? (A) Qutube Minar
(C) Sher shah’s tomb (B) Taj Mahal (D) Bahai Temple
Answer : No Appropriate Answer
Q.4 Which of the following is not a function of a Good Mulch (A) Aid in water retentention
(C) Encourage weed growth
(B) Prevent Soil temperature fluctuation (D) Improve Landscape appearance
Q.5 Byzantine architecture is famous for (A) Stone Carving
(C) Fluted Columns (B) Pointed Arch
(D) New type dome construction
Q.6 Gopuram refers to (A) Temple
(C) Village
(B) Gate way
(D) Brick dome
(A) Semi circular (C) Pointed (B) Flat
(D) Catenary
Q.8 Dimension of Corbusier' (A) Arithmetic progression
(B) Geometric Progression
(C) unrealted natural order (D) None of the above
Q.9 Find the ODD one out of the following
(A) T- Trap
(C) S-Trap (B) Q- Trap (D) P- Trap Q.10 PERT is (A) Node Oriented (C) Activity Oriented (B) Cost Oriented
(D) Event Oriented
Q.11 Gypsum id added in cement manufacture for the property of (A) Increasing the binding capacity
(C) Reducing heat of Hydration
(B) Retarding the setting time
(D) Increasing Strenght
Q.12 pH value of treated domestic water supply should be between: (A) 4.0- 5.5
(C) 6.5-8 (B) 5.5-6.5 (D)8.0-9.5
(A) 12.5m
(C) 22.5m (B)18.0m (D)30.0m
Q.14 Outer layer of timber Log is (A) Heart Wood
(C) Sapwood
(B) Strong Wood (D) Knot wood
Q.15 Sun Temple of Konark Predominantly built with (A) Basalt stone
(C) Sand stone
(B) Soap stone (D) knot stone
Q.16 Average Power out put ( In microwatt ) of human speech in ordinary conversation is : (A) 2.5
(C) 6.2 (B) 4.8
(D) 10.0
Q.17 Principal determinants of a residential neibourhood size is based on : (A) Land use composition
(B) Availability of vacant land (C) Education Facility (D) Residential Density
Q.18 Minimum height of habitable room as prescribed in NBC (A) 1.85M
(C) 3.0M
(B) 2.75M
(D) 3.2M
Q.19 Desirable housing layout of building from acoustic point of view is (A) Courtyard type
(C) Open type single or semidetached Houses
(B) Stilted multistoried flats (D) None of the above
Q.20 Match the Following Q.2(i)
(a) The city in history (A)Patrick Geddes (g) (b) Life and death of great American cities (B) Norberg schulz (j)
(c) The Modular (C) John Ruskin (e)
(d) The future of Housing (D) Charles Abraham (d) (e) Seven Lamps Of architecture (E) Oscar Newman (h) (f) Language of Post modern Architecture (F) Lewis Mumford (a) (g) cities in Evolution (G) Jean Jacob (b) (h) Defensible space (H) Le Corbusier (i) The New Landscape (I) Charles jenka (f) (j) Meaning in Western Architecture (J) Charles Correa (i) (ii)(a) Crystal Palace (A) Le Corbusier (c) (b)Johnson Wax Factory (B) Joseph paxtox
(c) Shoden Vill (C) B. V. Doshi (i)
(d) German Pavillion, Barcelona (D) Mies Van der Rohe (d) (e) Pompidou Centre Paris (E) Frank Lloyd Wright (b) (f) TWA Terminal, Kennedy Airport Pune (F) Charles Correa (g) (g) Kanchanjunga Apartment, Bombay (G) Eero Saarinen (f) (h) National Institute of Bank Management, (H) A.P. Kanvinde (h) (i) I.I. M. Bangalore (I) Sarat Das (j)
(j) Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Indraprastha (J) R. Rogers and Renzo Piano (c) (iii) (a) Grid Iron Pattern
(b) Vastu Shastra Town (B) Hippodamus (a)
(c) Satellite (C) E. Howard (d)
(d) Garden City (D) Raymond Unwin (c)
(e) Arthasastra (E) Mansara (b)
(iv) (a) Chandigarh (A) C.A. Doxiadis (d)
(b) New Delhi (B) Otto Koenigsberger (e)
(c) Gandhi Nagar (C) Mewada (c)
(d) Islamabad (D) Le Corbusier (a)
(e) Bhubaneswar (E) Edwin Lutyen (b)
(v) (a) Munsell Atlas (A) Gothic (e)
(b) Low air speed (B) Landscape (c)
(c) Kinaesthetia (C) Colour (a)
(d) Jantar Mantar (D) Raja Jai Singh (d)
(e) Flying Buttress (E) Kata Thermometer (b)
(f) Hypostyle Hall (F) Egyptian (f)
(g) Humidity (G) Heliometer (h)
(h) Solar radiation (H) Microbar (i)
(i)Sound Pressure (I) Hygrograph (g)
(j) Patina (J) Corrosion (j)
Q.3 Indicate the following statement as TRUE or FALSE.
(i) Over compaction of concrete is bad as it causes disintegration. TRUE
(iii) “Mulguf ’ is a ventilating device used first by the Romans. FALSE
(iv) Aerobic bacteria require oxygen for their existence and they thrive in the presence of light .TRUE
(v) Laurie Baker is famous for slum upgradation scheme in India. FALSE Q.4 Fill in the blanks:
(a) The purpose of vibration is to expel voids and air bubbles in the concrete mass entrapped during mixing.
(b) In a computer system printer is an external device. (c) Floppy diskette is an external storage device.
(d) In a post-tensioned beams, the tendons are not initially embedded_ to the concrete. (e) Amoeba is an organism associated with the biological treatment of waste water.
(f) Sun light facilitates stack effect by warming the air and causing gent e convction current (g) Bhilai is an example of Steel Town.
(h) New Delhi is an example of Capital Town. (i) Notre-Dame is an example of Gothic architecture. (j) Ratio of built up area to plot area is defined as FAR Q.5 What do the following abbreviations stand for
(a) INTACH : Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (b) N.B.O: National Building Organization
(c) E.W.S: Economically Weaker Section
(d) T.C.P.O: Town and Country Planning Organization (e) FORTRAN: Formula Translation
Q.6 Distinguish between: (i) Urban and Rural
(ii) Renewal and Redevelopment
(iii) Intimate scale and Monumental scale (iv) Forum and Agora
(v) Loop street and cul-de-sac (vi) P.C.C and R.C.C
(vii) Micro climate air and Macro climate air (viii) Harmony and contrast in colour (ix) Walk up and high rise apartments (x) In-situ and Pre-cast concrete. Q.7 Answer the following briefly:
(i) Indicate the factor that you would consider regarding the terrain for suitability of a site. (ii) Write the names according to hierarchy of streets and roads in an urban area.
(iii) Highlight the major considerations for the preparation of land sub-division plan in an urban area.
(iv) Discuss the meaning and concept of a development plan.
(v) Outline the principle aspects for consideration in the development of settlement planning thoughts
(vi) What is meant by Day Light Factor? Name the components required for estimation of Daylight Factor.
(vii) Briefly describe the importance of chlorination treatment in water treatment (viii) Why Roman dome looks hemispherical inside but saucer shaped from outside?
(ix) Outline the role of public participation in urban planning
(x) State special architectural features associated with the following buddings which made them different from one another
Q.8 Explain the following with sketches: (i) Ekistics grid
(ii) Schematic diagram of four different urban forms. (iii) Difference between symmetric balance and
(iv) A square shape resting on its side looks vertically elongated or horizontally elongated. (v) Given one dimension ‘a’, draw a set of dimensions in Golden Mean Rectangle.
Q.9 (a) An urban area with a population of 2,15,000 is having housing stock of 39,000 and average household size 5.0. The city is expected to have a population of 2,70,000 by 2001 with an average family size of 4.5. a C • Estimate the housing demand of the city by 2001 assuming there will be depletion of existing housing stock
(b) Define the term “Affordable cost” in housing. (c) Distinguish between‘home’and housing.
Q.10 (a) The residential Landuse of an urban area accounts for 50 % of the developed land of the city. The vacant undeveloped land about 30% of the total land area , which amount to 2,400 hectare of land . Estimate the quantam of land put to residential uses and also the overall density of the urban area if the population is of 2,00,000
(a) Illustrate with sketches the ‘Redburn principle of Housing Layout
Q-11 (a) Draw the bending moment and shear force diagram for the following: (b) Sketch the bending moment and shear force diagram (values not required): Q. 12 Explain the following planting techniques:
(a) Grafting (b) Layering
Q.13 Draw the CPM network diagram with the activities as shown below: Sl.No
1 Activity A Preceding activity
1 A -2 B A 3 C A 4 D C 5 D C 6 F E 7 G D
Q.14 Find the errors in the following FORTRAN program: READ (5) A, B, C
20 FORMAT (3F10.4) D= (A+B) * C/5.0 PRINT *A,B,C
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Q. 15 Illustrate with sketches the optical correction in Architecture developed by the Greek.
