List of top Architecture Questions asked in Joint Entrance Exam Advanced

Re-using waste material is an accepted principle of sustainability. Used tyres are one such waste material. You are required to design and sketch a utility object made of tyres, which could be of different sizes and types (e.g. bicycle, car, two-wheeler tyres, etc.).

Make a pencil sketch of a mug that is commonly used for bathing. The sketch should also show a hand holding the mug. The drawing should be of appropriate form and proportion, showing various parts, materials, and textures, along with shades and shadows.

An impressive entrance gateway has to be designed for a college. Make a pencil drawing of the elevation of the gateway, adding appropriate elements of your choice. Also, add shade, patterns, and textures. Some indicative outlines of part of the gateway, and a line of symmetry, are given below.

Sketch an interior view of an examination hall, depicting the scene of an examination in progress.

Certain cities across the globe are known by their uniquely coloured street façades. Colour the given street façade with minimum three colours of your choice. The façade elements such as cornice, entry steps, door, window, parapet etc. are to be considered while planning the colour scheme for the street façade.

The schematic plan, front elevation, and side elevation, of an office building block are given below. The direction of the incident sunrays is indicated as ‘S’. Sketch the shading and shadows that would be generated by the sunrays in the view of the building block provided in Figure J.

Below is the story of a hare and a tortoise narrated in four scenes. Fill up the blank frames with appropriate illustrations to complete the narration. You may add text balloons, if required.

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The shaded plane given below is rotated clockwise around the given axis, up to an angle of 270 degrees. Draw the solid form resulting from this rotation.

Consider the developed surface in Figure K. Lines of cut and fold are indicated. Draw the 3D view of the solid in a manner that the faces A, B, and C are visible.

Match the representative skylines in Column I, with their corresponding cities in Column II.

A rod AB of length 8 units, having mid-point at S, is in a vertical position as shown below. The end A is sliding vertically down, while end B is moving horizontally to your right till it reaches the point C, which is 8 units from the point B. Draw the locus of the mid-point S, using a minimum of 8 positions of AB.

A table lamp designed with simple geometrical forms is shown below in plan, and elevations from S1 and S2. Draw the elevation of the same lamp from the direction P, as indicated in the plan.

The front elevation of a city hoarding is shown in Figure H. Given below (Figure I) is the outline of the human-eye view of the hoarding. Fill it up with text and graphic elements indicated in Figure H, maintaining geometry and proportion. Use the indicative grid provided.

Match the architectural landmarks of India in Column I, with their corresponding descriptions in Column II.

Match the transport infrastructure described in Column I, with their names and locations in Column II.

You have sprained your ankle and are on a wheelchair. You want to join your friends for a party at the food court located on the top floor of a shopping mall, which you are visiting for the first time. Since you are alone, and also do not know your way around, signs would help you. \textit{Which of the following signs will you require to conveniently reach your destination on your own?}

Identify the last figure in the sequence shown in Figure G.

A hemispherical vessel of radius 30 cm is full of mixture to prepare kulfis. Kulfi-moulds are right circular cones of 5 cm diameter at base, having a height of 10 cm. Maximum how many kulfis can be prepared by filling the moulds up to the brim?

A building designed by the famous Indian architect Raj Rewal was demolished in the year 2017, after much controversy. \textit{Identify the building from the given options.}

Which of the following graphics represents the United Nations’ ‘Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3): Good Health and Well-being’?

You overheard a conversation between X and Y in a building. The conversations were as follows: \begin{quote} X: I am a part of a window and can be appreciated from outside.
Y: Well, I might be invisible, but I carry the building load.
X: While I ensure light inside the room, I am not affected by the weather.
Y: I am not exposed to the weather, and people take advantage of my strength, which you don’t have much. \end{quote} Identify X and Y from the options given below.

Which of the following tasks is \textbf{NOT a part of the job of an architect?}

Considering the operation given in Figure E, what is the result of the operation in Figure F?

Consider a 3D hollow geometry with six faces and nine equal edges, as indicated in Figure D. Which of the given shapes will generate the described 3D geometry when folded along the dotted lines?

Which of the following materials, used in construction, is an industrial waste product?