| Post Name | Head of Section in Architecture - Technical Education Govt Polytechnics |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 014/2025/OL |
| Category Code | 002/2024 |
| Date of Test | 11 February 2025 |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Which of the following is correct? In Greek Doric Order, the column height is
Answer
B. 8 times that of the diameter of the column
2
Which of the following is correct? The classical Golden Ratio is
Answer
D. 1:1.61803
3
Which of the following is in correct order?
Answer
C. Classical ā Byzantine ā Romanesque ā Gothic
4
Which of the following is not a 'design model'?
Answer
A. The study model
5
Which of the following is correct? 'Broken Pediment' is
Answer
D. a pediment whose sides terminate before reaching the apex point
6
Which of the following is correct? In the 'Rule of Thirds', the subject should be composed within
Answer
A. 1/3rd of the visual frame
7
Which is not recognized as a component of Gestalt theory of visual perception?
Answer
B. Asymmetry
8
Which of the following is correct? The components of intuitive aesthetic perception are
Answer
A. a sense of rhythm, rhyme, pattern, balance and harmony
9
Which of the following is correct? When a room has only one opening at windward side
Answer
A. there is ventilation @ 10% of the outdoor velocity
10
Which shape of plan of a building is less vulnerable for damage during earthquake?
Answer
D. Straight-line shape
11
Which of the following is correct? A void in the wall of a very old building should be ļ¬lled
Answer
C. by inserting polymer substance through grouting
12
Which of the following is correct? A 'Stupa' is a
Answer
C. Buddhist memorial mound
13
Which of the following is correct? Culture is (i) a particular habit of an individual and a group of human beings. (ii) a way of life constantly evolving and adapting to circumstances as necessary. (iii) a creative expression, skills and traditional knowledge of people.
Answer
D. All of the above i, ii and iii
14
Which statement is incorrect?
Answer
B. Urban redevelopment in an area does not demand more energy and transportation
15
Which one of the following is not a cause for depletion of Ozone layer?
Answer
A. Carbon dioxide
16
Match the ancient river valley civilization in Group-I with the appropriate river in Group-II. Group-I Group-II P. Egyptian Civilization 1. Indus River Q. Sumerian Civilization 2. Yellow River R. Harappan Civilization 3. Nile River S. Huang He Civilization 4. Tigris and Euphrates River
Answer
A. P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
17
Buddhist architecture in India mainly consists of structures catering to the religious prayers by monastic orders and worship by lay community. Which of the following is not such an example?
Answer
D. Jagamohan
18
Earliest temples of Chalukya School are located at which of the following places?
Answer
B. Aihole and Badami
19
Notre Dame in Paris and Lincoln Cathedral in England are examples of which style of architecture?
Answer
B. Gothic
20
Match the School of Temple Construction in Group-I with the temple in Group-II Group-I Group-II P. Chandelas 1. Lingaraja Temple Q. Kalinga 2. Vittala Temple R. Vijayanagara 3. Minakshi Sundareswara Temple S. Pandya 4. Kandariya Mahadeo Temple
Answer
D. P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3
21
Who is the author of the inļ¬uential publication 'The Four Books on Architecture' published in 16th century with detailed illustrations and plans which made it possible to build in the Renaissance style all over Europe?
Answer
A. Andrea Palladio
22
The imposing triumphal gateway which is an example of Mughal architecture and located at Fatehpur Sikri is known as
Answer
B. Buland Darwaza
23
Which large structure of iron and glass, the earliest powerful symbol of industrial revolution, was constructed in a very short time making it the ļ¬rst large scale demonstration of prefabrication?
Answer
C. Crystal Palace
24
Match the Architect who designed the building in Group I with their notable work in Group-II Group I Group II P. Cesar Pelli 1. Dulles International Airport Q. Eero Saarinen 2. Saynatsalo Town Hall R. Mies van der Rohe 3. Petronas Towers S. Alvar Alto 4. Seagram Building
Answer
C. P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-2
25
Architectural projects designed by Architect Laurie Baker are based on a set of principles. The design principles include which of the following? P. Use of energy intensive construction. Q. Cost-reduction in building design R. Use of grid of columns instead of load bearing walls. S. Use of locally available building materials and methods. T. Use of roof gardens and sophisticated systems. U. Use of local craftsmen and labor.
Answer
D. Q, S, U
26
In Kerala, the basic unit of traditional home is called
Answer
B. EkaÅÄla
27
Total number of ļ¬oors permitted in a building is a factor of
Answer
D. Coverage and ļ¬oor space index
28
Among the following professionals who are eligible to use the term "Architect".
Answer
A. A person registered with the Council of Architecture
29
In India, under which of the given circumstances a construction contract is considered void and unenforceable?
Answer
C. One of the parties is a minor
30
Which of the following statements is not true? "GRIHA is an agency that _________"
Answer
A. Designs and constructs green buildings
31
Which of the following is FALSE for Critical Path in a network?
Answer
A. Change in duration of critical activities does not aļ¬ect the duration of entire project
32
Which of the following is NOT a Project Planning, Scheduling and Controlling technique?
Answer
C. Pie Chart
33
A traditional wall made with sun-dried mud blocks is called
Answer
D. Adobe wall
34
Which of the following properties are related to an Energy Eļ¬cient Window? (i) Solar Heat Gain Coeļ¬cient (SHGC) (ii) Visible Light Trasmittance (VLT) (iii) Variable Air Volume (VAV) (iv) Coeļ¬cient of Performance (COP)
Answer
D. Only i and ii
35
Which climatic zone in India has the LEAST geographical area as per the National Building Code 2016?
Answer
B. Temperate
36
Which parameters are required to calculate Round Trip Time (RTT) for lifts? (i) Number of ļ¬oors (ii) Average number of passengers carried (iii) Envelope Performance Factor (EPF) (iv) Door operating time
Answer
D. Only i, ii and iv
37
Which building type/space should have the LOWEST acceptable indoor noise level as per the National Building Code 2016?
Answer
C. Hospitals
38
The quantities of which items of work are estimated in sq.m. or sq.ft? (i) Damp Proof Course (DPC) (ii) Lime concrete in foundation (iii) Plastering (iv) Reinforcement
Answer
A. Only i and iii
39
In which type of contract, a ļ¬xed sum is quoted by contractor for execution of complete work?
Answer
B. Lump Sum Contract
40
The estimated value of a built-up property at the end of its useful life without being dismantled is called
Answer
C. Salvage Value
41
The ļ¬re demand for water supply of a city may be worked out by
Answer
D. All the above
42
To prevent ļ¬ow in wrong direction, valve of the type shown in ļ¬gure is used. What is this valve called?
Answer
C. Check valve
43
What is NOT true about bell-type cistern?
Answer
C. It is very quiet system
44
Waste which is highly hazardous and may have mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic properties are:
Answer
A. Genotoxic Waste
45
Raft foundations are used for :
Answer
D. All the above options
46
'Ecological footprint' corresponds to
Answer
B. the land area necessary to supply natural resources to a community and disposal of its wastes
47
Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987 is titled :
Answer
A. Our Common Future
48
Which of the following is a Green Infrastructure?
Answer
D. All of the above
49
The maximum score of City Biodiversity Index 2020 is
Answer
C. 112
50
The NBSAP/LBSAP is concerned with
Answer
B. conservation of biological species
51
Options of local disposal of stormwater for its eļ¬cient management include
Answer
A. Rain gardens, swales, soakways
52
What are the stages of Environmental Clearance as per EIA Notiļ¬cation 2006?
Answer
C. Screening, Scoping, Public Consultation, Appraisal
53
When assessing impacts on biodiversity, which of the following must be considered
Answer
D. All of the above
54
The amount of rainwater in mĀ³ that can be harvested from a building with roof top area of 1500 mĀ², paved area 750 mĀ², and open area of 1000 mĀ² and where the annual average rainfall is 700 mm and the runoff coefficients are (Roof top: 0.85, Paved Area: 0.70, Open Area: 0.15) is
Answer
B. 1365 mĀ³
55
Which of the following plants is not a tree?
Answer
D. Bamboo
56
Convert the 1 : 3.5 gradient in percentage slope
Answer
B. 28.57%
57
Which one of the following is NOT an ecologically sensitive zone as per NBC 2016?
Answer
D. Sacred groves
58
The maximum Lighting Power Density for Landscaped areas, including individual house courtyards, terraces is
Answer
A. 2.15 W/mĀ²
59
'Cut-and-ļ¬ll' lines are mostly used in
Answer
C. Earthwork Computation
60
The area requirement for Housing area park under the URDPFI 'Organised Green for Plain areas' norm is
Answer
B. 0.5 Ha
61
What would be the path of the Sun in Australia?
Answer
B. East-North-West
62
The primary beneļ¬t of a well-thought out shading device is
Answer
C. Minimize Solar Heat Gain
63
Which of them does not inļ¬uence the Climatic factors at a Global Scale?
Answer
C. Urban Heat Island Eļ¬ect
64
Which of the following explains the best relation between pitch and frequency?
Answer
C. High Frequency would mean high Pitch
65
Which is the largest contributor of Green House Gas Emissions?
Answer
D. Electricity and Heat Production
66
Which of the following gives a direct indication of evaporation potential?
Answer
C. Relative Humidity
67
The phenomenon of 'temperature inversion' happens when
Answer
C. Air temperature increases with increasing height from the ground
68
Which of the following condition(s) is/are applicable to Adaptive Thermal Comfort Model
Answer
D. All of the above
69
Which of the following materials has the highest U-value?
Answer
B. Steel
70
Which of the following statements best describes the concepts of 'time lag' and 'decrement factor' in building materials?
Answer
A. Time lag refers to the time taken for heat to travel through a material, while decrement factor indicates the reduction in temperature amplitude as heat passes through
71
The 'Vertical Shadow Angle (VSA)' is important for designing which type of shading device?
Answer
A. Overhangs that shade windows from overhead sunlight
72
As per experiments by 'Givoni' it has been established that wind incident at 45 degrees to a building
Answer
A. would increase the average indoor velocity
73
Which of the following is the primary metric used to assess the quality of daylight in a room or building?
Answer
A. Daylight Factor (DF)
74
In designing an oļ¬ce space, you want to ensure that the desk areas receive adequate light. Which measurement would you focus on to determine how much light is falling on the desk surface?
Answer
B. Illuminance
75
A building's energy eļ¬ciency is being assessed over a 50-year period, considering energy usage during occupancy and the sustainability of the materials used. What kind of analysis is the project manager conducting?
Answer
B. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
76
Which of the following statement is/are correct about Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0)? (i) ULBs will submit detailed City Water Balance Plans (CWBPs) and City Water Action Plans (CWAPs) through online portal covering proposed projects in the thrust areas. (ii) Information Education and Communication (IEC) including Behaviour Change Communication under AMRUT 2.0 is envisaged as a key strategy (iii) While formulating the projects under AMRUT 2.0, it should be ensured that households of informal settlements and low-income groups are duly considered (iv) All admissible projects under AMRUT 2.0 would have at least two-year Operation and Maintenance for infrastructure, which may be duly incorporated through the tender process
Answer
B. Only (i, ii & iii)
77
Which one of following pairs with respect to human settlements (Basis of Classiļ¬cation - Kind/Category of settlement) is most correctly matched?
Answer
A. Physiographic setting - Lacustrine settlement
78
Consider the following statements with reference to the Slum Areas and select the correct answer : (i) The Slum Areas (improvement and Clearance) Act, 1966 extends to all Union territories except the Union territories of only the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ii) Every person having any interest in any land acquired under this Act shall not be entitled to receive from the Central Government compensation as provided hereafter in this Act
Answer
D. Neither (i nor ii)
79
Consider the following statements with reference to Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and select the correct answer : (i) JNNURM was launched as an attempt to narrow down the investment gaps in urban infrastructure (ii) The Mission introduced a set of 23 reforms which were further classiļ¬ed into 13 mandatory and 10 optional reforms (iii) Reform of Rent Control Laws balancing the interests of landlords and tenants is an optional reform under JNNURM
Answer
A. Only (i & ii)
80
In which of the following Five Year Plan, for the ļ¬rst time, the government decided to encourage private and co-operative housing schemes by providing ļ¬nancial assistance and also recognized the need to provide housing ļ¬nance to low-income groups and accordingly set up the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)?
Answer
C. 4th Five Year Plan
81
Match List-I (City Planning) with List-II (Propagators) and choose the correct answer : List-I List-II a. Garden City 1. Earnest Simon b. The City Beautiful 2. Ebenezer Howard c. New City of Modi'in 3. Daniel Burnham d. Satellite Garden Town 4. Moshie Safdie
Answer
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
82
Which of the following statement is/are correct with respect to the Neighborhood unit by Clarence A. Perry? (i) The neighborhood unit should occupy about 160 acres (ii) About 20% of the area should be allocated to recreation (iii) The schools should be at a walking distance of not more than one-half miles without crossing a major arterial road
Answer
A. Only (i & iii)
83
Which one of the following pairs with respect to Sustainable Development Goals is incorrectly matched?
Answer
B. Goal 8 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
84
Consider the following statements about The Search for City Form and select the correct answer : (i) Clarence Stein organized the Assembly of Constructors for an Architectural Renovation (ASCORAL) and extended the investigation into the character of the city (ii) ASCORAL set forth the ''Three Human Establishments'' : the farming unit, the radio concentric city, and the linear industrial city
Answer
B. Only (ii)
85
Match List-I (Model of economic growth and development) with List-II (Propagators) and choose the correct answer : List-I List-II a. Lewis Dual-Sector Model 1. Highlights the role of capital accumulation, technological progress, and population growth b. Solow-Swan Model 2. Focuses on the relationship between savings, investment, and economic growth c. Harrod-Domar Model 3. Centered on the role of industrialization and rural- urban migration in development d. Endogenous Growth Models 4. Emphasizes on the role played by policy variables
Answer
C. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
86
Which of the following targets mentioned in Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), 2030 by UNDP aims to support positive economic, social and environment links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning?
Answer
B. Target 11.a
87
Which of the following is NOT an attribute of resilient cities?
Answer
A. The development of the spatial conļ¬guration of resource-based communities is mostly aļ¬ected by the ļ¬uctuations of resource-dependent sectors
88
A Compage Region is deļ¬ned as
Answer
D. A concept introduced in regional geography by Derwent Whittlesey as a way of encompassing the diverse aspects of geographical research
89
The process where human operators are embedded into the database engine and collaborate with other conventional database operators to process the queries for a project is called
Answer
A. Crowd sourcing
90
Name the author of the book ''Expulsions'', 2014 which elucidates how the intricate nature of the global economy complicates the attribution of responsibility for the displacements, evictions, and eradications it engenders, while simultaneously making it challenging for beneļ¬ciaries of the system to acknowledge their culpability for its harms
Answer
C. Saskia Sassen
91
One of the major areas of work of the Housing and Land Rights Network, (HLRN) located in New Delhi, India, is
Answer
B. Climate justice
92
The 'Challenge Fund' (CF) was used as a pioneering initiative in a state highway project, 2022 in India, namely in the state of
Answer
C. Kerala
93
The cohesive Fine Grain factor in the built to void relationship, a crucial aspect in urban design, refers to
Answer
D. Human scale
94
From the following image it is evident that the growth the trend of the city is
Answer
C. Directed North-West and South-East
95
With reference to the following table which of the following is correct?
Answer
B. Tourism in the city is growing in the recent years
96
As per the NIUA report, 2021 which of the following is NOT responsible for bio diversity loss?
Answer
A. Managing the use and enabling fair and equitable sharing beneļ¬ts, arising out of the use of biological resources within the local communities
97
One of the signiļ¬cant problem of Singapore in recent years is
Answer
B. The increasing ageing population
98
''To make citizen centric cities in India Tactical Urbanism may be adopted'' actually means
Answer
D. All of the above
99
A family would have been deemed as a destitute and a beneļ¬ciary of the Kudumbashree program, 2005 only if
Answer
A. The family satisļ¬es 7 out of the 9-point criteria and 1 additional criterion
100
The National Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Policy, 2017 aimed to
Answer
C. Enable transformations, accessible public transport and compact walkable communities
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