Thursday, 1 August 2019
Gate Architecture 2020 Previous year papers_2016
Q. 1 – Q. 5 carry
one mark each.
Q.1 An apple costs Rs. 10. An onion
costs Rs. 8.
Select the most suitable sentence with respect to
grammar and usage.
(A) The price of an apple is greater
than an onion.
(B) The price of an apple is more than
onion.
(C) The price of an apple is greater
than that of an onion.
(D) Apples are more costlier than
onions.
Q.2 The
Buddha said, “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the
intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burnt.”
Select the word below which is closest in meaning to
the word underlined above.
(A) burning (B)
igniting (C) clutching (D) flinging
Q.3 M
has a son Q and
a daughter R. He has no other children. E is the mother of P and
daughter-in-law of M. How is P related to M?
(A)
P is the son-in-law of M.
(C)
P is the daughter-in law of M.
(B)
P is the grandchild of M.
(D)
P is the grandfather of M.
Q.4 The
number that least fits this set: (324, 441, 97 and 64) is ________.
(A) 324 (B)
441 (C)
97 (D)
64
Q.5 It
takes 10 s and 15 s, respectively, for two trains travelling at different
constant speeds to completely pass a telegraph post. The length of the first
train is 120 m and that of the second train is 150 m. The magnitude of the
difference in the speeds of the two trains (in m/s) is ____________.
(A) 2.0 (B)
10.0 (C)
12.0 (D)
22.0
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Th e velocity V of a vehicle along a straight line is measured in m/s and plotted as shown with respect to time in seconds. At the en d of the 7 seconds, ho w much
will the odometer reading
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Which of the following can be logically inferred
from the above sentences?
(A) The number of people in India infected with rabies is high.
(B) The number of people in other part
s of the world who are infected with rabies is low .
(C) Rabies ca n be eradicated in India
b y vaccinating 70% of stray dogs.
(D) Stray dog s are the main source of
rabies worldwide.
Q.8 A
flat is shared by four first year undergraduate students. They agreed to allow the oldest of them to enjoy some extra space in the flat. Manu is two months older than Sravan, who is three months younger than Trideep. Pavan is
one month older than Sravan. Who should occupy the extra space in the flat?
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Q.10 A straight line is fit to a data
set (ln x, y) .
This line intercepts the abscissa at ln x
= 0.1 and has a slope of −0.02.
What is the value of y
at x = 5 from the fit?
(A)
−0.030 (B) −0.014 (C) 0.014 (D) 0.030
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Q.1
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‘Dharahara’ refers to
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(A) Concept of Vastu Shastra
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(B) Elevation feature of a Hindu Temple
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(C) Heritage tower at Kathmandu
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(D) Construction method of Buddhist Architecture
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Q.2
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‘Mushroom Column’ is a typical feature of
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(A) Pantheon, Rome
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(B) Parthenon, Athens
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(C) Chrysler Building, New York
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(D) Johnson Wax Building, Racine
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Q.3 ‘AMRUT’, the new scheme launched by
Government of India, stands for
(A) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation
(B) Atal Mission for Renewal of Urban
Transportation
(C) Atal Mission for Redevelopment of
Urban Transportation
(D) Atal Mission for Renewal and Urban
Transformation
Q.4 The concept of ‘Dry Garden’ is
associated with
(A) Japanese Garden
(B) Chinese Garden (C) Mughal
Garden (D) Egyptian Garden
Q.5 The concept of Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) refers to
(A) Transit oriented planning in
institutional campuses
(B) High density development along a
mass transit corridor
(C) Orienting residential blocks
towards the transit in a gated community
(D) Spatial design for persons with
disabilities along a mass transit corridor
Q.6 The components measuring Human
Development Index (HDI) of a nation are
(A) Life expectancy, Education and Per
Capita Income
(B) Life expectancy, Economy and
Housing
(C) Health, Development and Per Capita
Income
(D) Housing, Health and Hygiene
Q.7 As
per the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 2010, the
extent of ‘prohibited area’ beyond the ‘demarcated protected area’ in meters is
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(A) 50
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(B) 100
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(C) 200
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(D) 500
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Q.8
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In CMYK colour model, ‘K’ represents the colour
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(A) White
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(B) Black
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(C) Blue
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(D) Green
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Q.9
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‘Segregation at source’ is a concept associated with
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(A) Solid waste management
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(B) Disaster management
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(C) Traffic management
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(D) Water management
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Q.10 In a flat slab, the load is transferred through
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(A) Beam action
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(B) Membrane action
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(C) Plate action
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(D) Vector action
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Q.11
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Map is an
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(A) Isometric projection
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(B) Orthographic projection
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(C) Axonometric projection
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(D) Oblique projection
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Q.12
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‘Indore Slum Networking Programme’ has been planned
by
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(A) B. V. Doshi
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(B) Dulal Mukherjee
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(C) Anil Laul
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(D) Himanshu Parikh
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Q.13
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‘Volume Zero’ is a film based on the architectural
works of
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(A) Peter Eisenman
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(B) Charles Correa
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(C) Daniel Libeskind
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(D) Roger Angers
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Q.14
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The unit of Thermal Conductivity of a material is
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(A) W/(m K)
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(B) W/(m2 K)
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(C) m K/W
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(D) m2 K/W
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Q.15
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A semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque,
towards the direction of Mecca is known as
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(A) Sahn
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(B) Minbar
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(C) Qibla
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(D) Mihrab
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Q.16 As
per CPWD Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment, the
minimum turning radius for a wheelchair in mm is
(A) 900 (B) 1200 (C) 1500 (D) 1800
Q.17 ‘Summit Curve’ is a term associated
with the design of
(A) Roads and flyovers (B) Escalators and
elevators
(C) Tensile fabric structures (D) Geodesic domes
Q.18 As per Census of India 2011, Nagar
Panchayat refers to
(A) Rural area surrounded by a growing
city
(B) Urban area within a panchayat
(C) Rural area adjacent to a nagar
(D) Urban area with a statutory local
government
Q.19 Statutory setback of a building
depends on
(A) Building height (B) Property
boundary
(C) Width of access road (D) Ground
coverage
Q.20 Super plasticizer is added in a
concrete mix to
(A) Reduce the water-cement ratio for a
given workability
(B) Increase the water-cement ratio for
a given workability
(C) Reduce the flow
(D) Reduce the content of coarse
aggregate
Q.21 Shodhan House, Ahmedabad was
designed by
(A) Anant Raje (B) Le Corbusier
(C) Louis I. Kahn (D) B. V. Doshi
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Q.22
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Low-emissivity coating on a glazing unit
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(A) Increases the SHGC
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(B) Increases the VLT
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(C) Reduces the SHGC
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(D) Increases the VLT and SHGC
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Q.23
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Spatial connectedness in GIS refers to
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(A) Tomography
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(B) Topography
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(C) Topiary
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(D) Topology
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Q.24 In
a residential neighbourhood, the net area of residential plots is 50 percent of
the total area. If the population is 8000, the ratio of net density to gross
density of the neighbourhood is ________
Q.25 A
hemispherical earth mound of 3 meter diameter is proposed to be constructed in
a children’s park. If the proportion of soil and sand for the construction is
3:2, the estimated volume of soil in cubic meters is ________
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