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 1. The horizontal imaginary plane 5. Earthquakes occur most
perpendicular to the picture plane frequently at
situated at the eye level of the
[A] plate surface
observer is called
[B] plate boundaries
[A] image plane
[C] plate vacuum
[B] ground plane
[D] ocean beds
[C] horizon plane
[D] central plane 6. The number of bricks required for
14 cu.m of brickwork is approximately
2. In AutoCAD, PATCH command is [A] 6750
used to
[B] 7000
[A] join different surfaces
together [C] 7200

[B] fill gap on the open end of a [D] 6500

closed loop of a surface
7. Volatile Organic Compounds
[C] create fillet on sharp surface (VOCs) are commonly found in
edge
[A] cement concrete
[D] combine objects on different
layers [B] paints and lacquers
[C] glass
3. The time, by which the activity
completion time can be delayed [D] bricks
without delaying the early
completion of preceding activities 8. The quantity of non-renewable
and early start of succeeding energy per unit of building
activities, is material, component or system is
called
[A] free float
[A] carbon footprint
[B] total float
[B] carbon sequestration
[C] interference float
[C] embodied energy
[D] slack time
[D] renewable energy
4. Which of the following earthquake
waves are recorded first on the 9. Heritage and conservation areas
seismograph? are classified under _____ land
use category.
[A] P-waves
[A] public and semi-public
[B] S-waves
[B] special area
[C] Rayleigh waves
[C] protective and undevelopable
[D] Love waves [D] recreational
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 10. The City Beautiful Movement was 15. PED-SHED analysis in urban
conceptualised by design is used for
[A] Le Corbusier [A] understanding the
[B] Frank Lloyd Wright transportation networks
[C] Daniel Burnham [B] urban walkability studies
[D] Ebenezer Howard [C] understanding the character
of an urban environment
11. Rich cement mortars are more
liable to cracking as compared to [D] urban morphology studies
lean mortars because rich mortars
have the following quality : 16. Toothing is a construction
technique used in
[A] High strength and low
shrinkage [A] wood construction
[B] Less strength and high [B] reinforced cement concrete
shrinkage construction
[C] High shrinkage [C] steel construction
[D] Less strength
[D] stone construction
12. The urban open space known for
its perspective effects designed by 17. The ratio of number of habitable
Michelangelo is rooms in an area to the net area of
that area is known as
[A] Piazza del Campo, Siena
[A] building density
[B] Piazza del Popolo, Rome
[C] St. Peter’s Square, Rome [B] occupancy rates
[D] Piazza Campidoglio, Rome [C] accommodation density
[D] population density
13. Which of the following is not Kevin
Lynch’s basic element of a city
18. As per URDPFI guidelines, the
structure?
population size of a neighbourhood
[A] Node is
[B] Landmark [A] 5000–10000
[C] Water body
[B] 4000–10000
[D] District
[C] 5000–15000
14. Which of the following describes [D] 10000–20000
Topiary best?
[A] Trimming and cutting of lawn 19. Which one of the following sites
[B] A live bud from a desired plant would be most suitable to achieve
inserted into host plant a sustainable site for a project?
[C] Cutting of evergreen shrubs [A] Greenfield site
into abstract or geometric [B] Farm land
shapes
[C] Grass land
[D] Selecting branches to cut for
better growth [D] Brown field

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 20. The minimum width required for a 25. In GIS, the process used for
horizontal circulation space for the modifying map features to make
simultaneous movement of them clear at a reduced scale is
ambulant person and independent known as
wheel chair user is [A] database generalisation
[A] 1200 mm
[B] cartographic generalisation
[B] 1500 mm
[C] topographical encoding
[C] 1800 mm
[D] data filtering
[D] 2000 mm
26. Which of the following is not
21. Which of the following architectural
included in Intelligent Transport
styles is adopted in Rashtrapati
System?
Bhavan, New Delhi?
[A] Chicanes
[A] Post-modern style
[B] International style [B] Real time parking management

[C] Indo-saracenic style [C] Variable speed limits

[D] Vernacular style [D] Collision avoidance system

22. The system of valves and pipework 27. The command DDEDIT in AutoCAD
which are kept permanently permits to edit
charged with water for firefighting, [A] polylines
is known as
[B] blocks
[A] double tapped bushing
[C] texts
[B] dry riser
[D] surfaces
[C] hydro-pneumatic system
[D] wet riser 28. A room is 5 m × 4 m with 20 cm
thick wall around. The estimate of
23. A 60 W lamp has a luminous
wall length by centreline method,
efficacy of 40·67 lumens/watt. The
is
luminous flux emitted by the lamp
is [A] 18 m
[A] 2440 lux [B] 18·8 m
[B] 2440 lumens [C] 19·6 m
[C] 150 lumens [D] 18·4 m
[D] 150 lux
29. The index, which correlates the
24. The observations made over the combined effect of air temperature,
same area on different dates to relative humidity and wind velocity
monitor the ground features are on human beings, is known as
[A] temporal resolution [A] design temperature
[B] radiometric resolution [B] effective temperature
[C] spatial resolution [C] dew-point temperature
[D] spectral resolution [D] globe temperature
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 30. A device that converts sound 35. The data which is already
pressure into electrical energy is collected for some other purpose
and available for the present
[A] microphone
study, is
[B] amplifier
[A] primary data
[C] equalizer
[D] speaker [B] first-hand data

[C] secondary data

31. The time taken for a sound level to
decay by 60 dB is [D] tertiary data
[A] echo time
[B] delay time 36. The haphazard outgrowth of cities,
mixing land-use in unplanned ways
[C] reverberation time is called
[D] transient time
[A] strip cities
32. In the two-pipe system of drainage
[B] megalopolis
in buildings, the discharge from
the waste pipe is connected to the [C] urban agglomeration
building drain through
[A] gully trap [D] urban sprawl

[B] silt trap

37. The Central Government scheme
[C] floor trap for providing infrastructure in
[D] grease trap urban areas is

[A] MGNREGA
33. The number of vehicles crossing a
section of road per unit time at any [B] AMRUT
selected period is called
[A] traffic volume [C] PMKVY

[B] traffic density [D] PMGAY

[C] traffic capacity
38. The expansion of buildings along
[D] basic capacity
the sides of the main roads is
called as
34. Who was associated with the
planning of New Delhi? [A] ribbon development
[A] Le Corbusier
[B] concentric development
[B] Patrick Geddes
[C] satellite growth
[C] Doxiadis
[D] Edwin Lutyens [D] scattered development

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 39. Planning document for the physical, 42. The residential place for Buddhist
social, economic and political monks is
framework for the city, which
greatly improves the quality of [A] Stupas
people living in urban areas is
termed as [B] Viharas

[A] special purpose plan

[C] Chaityas
[B] local area plan
[D] Stambhas
[C] development plan
43. Which of the following is a deep
[D] regional plan
foundation?

40. A heating and/or cooling system in [A] Strip

which the flow of the refrigerant
can be varied according to the load [B] Isolated
is
[C] Grillage
[A] hydronic system

[B] variable refrigerant flow [D] Buoyancy rafts

system
44. Which of the following is not a type
[C] mixed mode system
of shoring?
[D] balanced system
[A] Raking

41. The average time taken by a single [B] Flying

lift to make a trip from the main
terminal back to the main [C] Underpinning
terminal, starting from the time
the car doors open at the main
[D] Dead
terminal until the car doors re-
open at the main terminal after
serving all demands along the way 45. Which of the following is not a land
is known as assembly technique as per URDPFI
guidelines?
[A] passenger average waiting
time [A] Land acquisition
[B] nominal travel time
[B] Land renting
[C] round trip time
[C] Land reservations
[D] passenger average transfer
time [D] Guided land development
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 46. Name the material that is used to 48. Which among the following is the
make sure that no moisture leaks first garden city designed by
in those areas of a roof that are Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker?
particularly vulnerable to water
penetration. [A] Welwyn

[B] Windsor
[A] Dampers
[C] Hampstead
[B] Wall plate
[D] Letchworth
[C] Collar
49. What is meant by Pietra Dura?
[D] Flashing
[A] It was a landscaping technique
used by the Romans

47. Which among the following is [B] It was a technique for the inlay
referred to by Jane Jacob’s term of precious stones and gems on
‘eyes on the street’? stone walls

[C] It was a technique used for

[A] Maintaining a history of the
placing shrubs and herbs in
city, by providing art and
Japanese gardens
culture icons on the streets to
enable people to relive its [D] It was a landscaping technique
history through the eyes of used by the Greeks
others

50. V7 concept given by Le Corbusier

[B] Continuous use of the streets
refers to
to create a safety for both
strangers and residents, [A] neighbourhood planning
clearly distinguishing what is
public vs private space [B] housing typologies

[C] Technology mounted on [C] hierarchy of roads

buildings of varying ages and
[D] architectural concept
sizes to monitor activity on the
street and to create a
neighbourhood watch to alert 51. The science dealing with human
enforcement authorities settlement is termed as

[A] biophilia
[D] People living in high-rise
buildings that exist in dense [B] ekistics
urban settings are required to
watch their streets as part of [C] anthropology
their volunteering in the
community [D] ecumene

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 52. In a mono-centric urban model, 56. Hip roof is formed by surfaces
land rent is expected to sloping in

[A] diminish as one moves [A] one direction

towards the center
[B] two directions
[B] diminish as one moves away
from the center [C] three directions

[C] remain constant across the [D] four directions

whole urban area

[D] be unrelated with distance

from center 57. The unit for measuring sound
absorption in a room is

[A] sabin
53. Name the architect of Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao, Spain. [B] phon

[A] Louis Khan [C] decibel

[B] Frank Gehry [D] hertz

[C] Le Corbusier

[D] Renzo Piano 58. Which of the following is generally

used as circulating fluid in
freezing climates?
54. Water pollution in rivers is
[A] Liquid carbon dioxide
measured by the amount of dissolved
[B] Water
[A] oxygen
[C] A mixture of propylene glycol
[B] chlorine
and water
[C] nitrogen
[D] Liquid nitrogen
[D] carbon dioxide

59. The temporary framework known

55. ‘Skeleton and Skin’ concept in as _____ is useful in construction,
building design and construction demolition, maintenance or repair
was evolved during the works.

[A] Roman period [A] grouting

[B] Gothic period [B] scaffolding

[C] Renaissance period [C] shoring
[D] Greek period [D] underpinning
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 60. The coefficient of performance of a 63. Which of the following denotes a
window AC is _____ that of housing sector development scheme?
domestic refrigerator.
[A] HRIDAY
[A] lower than
[B] AMRUT

[B] equal to [C] PMAY

[C] more than [D] SBMC

[D] two times

64. GIS captures and analyses

[A] spatial and demographic data

61. Split AC indoor unit consists of
[B] spatial and geographic data
[A] evaporator, blower and air
handling units with fan [C] geographic and demographic
data
[B] evaporator coil, blower and [D] spatial, demographic and
capillary water lines to geographic data
promote cooling

[C] evaporator coil, blower, motor,

air filter, control panel, supply 65. A method for forecasting future
and return air grills population based upon the survival
of the existing population and the
[D] evaporator coil, air filters, births that will occur is
control panel, capillary tubes,
[A] migration and natural
supply air grills
increase method

[B] ratio method

62. The principle of Eminent Domain [C] cohort-survival method
is the power to restrict exercise of
rights in land through [D] matrix method

[A] zoning and environmental

laws
66. By ‘spatial data’, we mean data
that has
[B] controlling land use
[A] complex values
[C] acquiring and taking
possession of property in order [B] positional values
to promote public interest
[C] graphic values
[D] retaining land use [D] decimal values
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 67. Interpolation is made possible by 72. Three typologies of temporary
shelters are
[A] spatial auto-correction
[A] assembly, construction, rental
[B] spatial autocorrelation
[C] thematic auto-correction [B] Ad hoc, community, resistance

[D] thematic autocorrelation [C] ammunition, cables, rabid

[D] assuring, cabinets, rampant

68. Widening of the roads on curves in
hilly region, is done
[A] on the external side
73. “_____ meets the needs of the
[B] on the internal side present, without compromising the
ability of future generations to
[C] on the external as well as meet their own needs.”
internal sides
[A] Sustainable development
[D] more on the external and less
on the internal side [B] Future development

69. The minimum width of a [C] Marginal development

wheelchair accessible toilet is
[D] Soft development
[A] 1200 mm

[B] 1500 mm
74. Which of the following materials
[C] 1300 mm when manufactured, emits the
[D] 1400 mm highest CO2?

[A] Plywood
70. What is the standard size of tread
and riser? [B] Glass
[A] 300 mm, 150 mm [C] Metal
[B] 450 mm, 200 mm [D] Cement
[C] 600 mm, 200 mm

[D] 400 mm, 100 mm

75. Placing a skylight in which
direction will give constant light
71. Which of the following is not a part
throughout the day?
of disaster resistant building?
[A] Shear Wall [A] East

[B] Glass Windows [B] North

[C] Cross Bracing [C] West

[D] Steel plate wall system [D] South
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 76. The hi-line in New York is a great 80. The striking feature of Mughal
example of urban space. Before Gardens was
renovation, what kind of a space
[A] varying heights
was it?
[B] symmetry
[A] Abandoned railway line
[C] flowers
[B] Abandoned warehouse
[C] Abandoned bridge [D] site context

[D] Abandoned plaza 81. Expansion joints in masonry walls

are provided if length exceeds
77. Garden city concept was based on
what principle? [A] 10 m

[A] Combining green landscape in [B] 20 m

rural areas [C] 30 m
[B] Combining the town with the [D] 40 m
countryside
[C] Locating amenities within 5 82. Advances in technology led to the
mile radius development of _____ cities.
[D] Dividing entire cities in [A] Eco
sectors
[B] Hybrid
78. Calculate the equivalent runoff [C] Smart
coefficient for a site of 40 m × 80 m,
[D] Satellite
which is covered by 25% wooden
area, 50% lawn area and 25%
83. The idea of community living exists
concrete area. The runoff
around many cultures in India.
coefficient is 0·15 for wooden area,
Which of the following is not a type
0·10 for lawn area and 0·95 for
of community housing?
concrete area.
[A] 0·325 [A] Chawls

[B] 3·077 [B] Pol Houses

[C] 3·25 [C] Gated societies

[D] 0·307 [D] Hi-rise buildings

79. Urban density establishes a 84. As per NBC, the minimum

relationship between which two distance between fan blades and
elements? the ceiling should be about

[A] People and buildings [A] 0·10 m

[B] Green land and buildings [B] 0·20 m

[C] People and green land [C] 0·05 m

[D] Buildings and cities [D] 0·30 m

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 85. Which of the following is not a 89. Which of the following is not a type
requirement for fire exit? of Vault?
[A] Entrance to the fire escape [A] Cloister
shall be separated and remote
from the internal staircase [B] Groin
[B] The route to fire escape shall [C] Barrel
be free of obstructions at all
times except the doorway [D] Coffered
leading to the fire escape
which shall have the required
90. Hagia Sophia is an example of
fire resistance
_____ period.
[C] Fire escape shall be
constructed of non-combustible [A] Romanesque
materials
[B] Byzantine
[D] Fire escape should be located
in the centre of the building [C] Greek

[D] Renaissance
86. A crucial factor to design sprinkler
system is
91. The word Renaissance translates
[A] height
to _____ which marked the
[B] windows transition from middle ages to
modern world.
[C] flooring
[D] furniture [A] rebirth

[B] restructure
87. Flying buttresses are part of which
time period? [C] resurrect
[A] Greek [D] revolutionise
[B] Gothic
[C] Roman 92. In which of the following models
does the private partner own the
[D] Pre-historic revenue as well as the risk
associated with the project for a
88. For longer seating, the most limited period of time?
comfortable position for the leg is
when knee is bent at about _____ [A] Build Own Operate (BOO)
degree.
[B] Design Build Finance Operate
[A] 25 (DBFO)
[B] 35 [C] Build Own Operate Transfer
[C] 45 (BOOT)

[D] 55 [D] Design Bid Build (DBB)

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 93. What is Frieze? 97. The columns 50 cm × 50 cm and
60 cm × 60 cm carry 80 tonnes and
[A] Decorative part of column 120 tonnes of loads respectively.
The centre to centre distance
[B] Horizontal band on top of
between columns is 5·00 m. The
column
permissible bearing capacity of the
soil is 20 tonnes/m2. If the footing
[C] Start of the column
is not to project more than 25 cm
[D] Decorative projection of top of beyond the outside of the smaller
a wall column, pick up the correct design
parameters of the footing from the
following :

94. Oculus is found in which [A] Distance of CG of the loads from

structure? the smaller column = 3·00 m
[B] The length of the foundation
[A] Hagia Sophia
slab = 7·00 m
[B] Pantheon [C] Area of footing slab = 11·00 m2
[C] Stonehenge [D] All of the above

[D] Temple of Amon 98. The window which is provided on a

sloping roof of a building, is called
[A] lantern window
95. The foundation in which a
cantilever beam is provided to join [B] dormer window
two footings, is known as [C] louvered window
[A] strip footing [D] rash window

[B] strap footing 99. The process of making the back-

ground rough before plastering is
[C] combined footing
[A] dubbing
[D] raft footing
[B] hacking
[C] blistering
96. A wall constructed to resist the [D] peeling
pressure of an earth filling is
called
100. The art of bringing the floor to a
true level surface is called
[A] retaining wall
[A] topping
[B] breast wall
[B] bedding
[C] buttress
[C] screeding
[D] parapet wall [D] pouring
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