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Q. Match the building configuration characteristics in Group-I with their seismic consequences in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P Re-entrant corner 1 Soft storey Q Floating column 2 Stress concentration at corner R Irregular storey stiffness 3 Load path discontinuity S Gap between adjacent buildings 4 Vertical asymmetry     5 Pounding (A) P-3, Q-1, […]

Q. Match the built forms in Group-I with their descriptions in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P Agora 1 Custodial precincts Q Ziggurat 2 Place of Jewish worship R Mastaba 3 Built in diminishing stages of masonry with buttressed wall S Synagogue 4 Market place or public square     5 Tomb made of mud

Q. Match the building materials in Group-I with their distinctive properties in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P Cement 1 Charring Q Steel 2 Brittle R Wood 3 Evaporation S Glass 4 Tensile strength     5 Setting Time (A) P-5, Q-3, R-2, S-1                                   (B) P-5, Q-4, R-1, S-2 (C) P-1, Q-4, R-5, S-2                                   (D)

Q. Match the iconic architectural examples in Group-I with their predominant structural systems in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P S. Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Florence 1 Shell Q Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 2 Suspended roof R Olympic Arena, Tokyo 3 Space frame S Bahá’i Temple, Delhi 4 Double-walled dome     5 Flying buttress

Q. Match the elements in Group-I with the building components in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P King post 1 Curtain glazing Q Grade beam 2 Door R Metal decking 3 Plinth S Jamb 4 Intermediate floor     5 Truss (A) P-5, Q-3, R-4, S-1                                   (B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1 (C) P-2, Q-4, R-5,

Q. Match the photometric quantities in Group-I with their respective units in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P Illuminance 1 Candela Q Luminous Intensity 2 Candela/sqm R Luminance 3 Lumens/sqm S Luminous Efficacy 4 Lumens/watt     5 Lumens (A) P-3, Q-2, R-5, S-4                                   (B) P-5, Q-4, R-2, S-1 (C) P-5, Q-1, R-2, S-3                                   (D)

Q. Associate the fire safety requirements for high rise buildings in Group-I with corresponding standards of the National Building Code of India 2016 in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P Minimum Refuge area 1 12.5 sqm/person Q Maximum Travel distance 2 2.0 m R Maximum Occupant load 3 0.3 sqm/person S Minimum Stair case width

Q. Match the planning documents in Group-I with their respective government schemes in Group-II   Group-I   Group-II P Integrated Cluster Action Plan 1 NULM Q Service Level Improvement Plan 2 Make in India R Housing for All Plan of Action 3 RuRBAN mission S City Livelihood Centre Development Plan 4 PMAY     5

Q. A 25 storeyed building has 5 lifts. The resulting waiting time is 35 sec and ‘Return Travel Time’ is 175 sec. The number of lifts required for reducing waiting time to 25 sec, without increasing the lift speed, is   Ans: 7.0 to 7.0 Sol:

Q. A room of 3m × 3m × 3m has a reverberation time of 0.8 sec. Using Sabine’s method, the total absorption in the room is__________sabin (up to one decimal place). Ans: 5.3 to 5.7 Sol: RT60 is the reverberation time (to drop 60 dB)V is the volume of the roomc20 is the speed of sound at