List of top Urban Design, Landscape and Conservation Questions

Read the following statements and select the correct option.
P: Strong axial layout, symmetry, proportion, and infinite perspective of the 17th Century French Gardens reflects the wealth, power and rigid social structure of France.
Q: Italian gardens of early renaissance period were designed as intellectual retreats where scholars and artists could work and debate.

In landscaping, Miyawaki technique is used for __________
As per the URDPFI Guidelines, 2015, the suggested population served by a single unit of neighbourhood park for plain areas is _________
The population of a city in the year 2001, 2011, 2021 were recorded as 52,000, 76,000, and 1,20,000 respectively. Calculating the average growth rate using geometric mean, the estimated population of the city for 2031 using the geometric increase method is _________. (rounded off to the nearest integer)
A rectangular plot has the dimensions of 20 m × 15 m. A building on the plot fully utilizes both Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 3.0 and ground coverage of 50%. Considering all floors having equal area, the maximum number of floors that can be built on the plot is _________ (answer in integer)
Which of the following cities predominantly has/have a grid iron street pattern?
In Burgess’s Concentric Zone model, 1920, _________ is characterized by mixed residential and commercial establishments.
A ramp with a slope of 1 : 12 is required for wheelchair access. Intermediate landings of length 1.5 m each have to be provided after every 9 m running length. The running length of a straight ramp including landing, to negotiate a level difference of 900 mm vertical height, in m, is ( rounded off to two decimal places).
Rose window is a characteristic feature of
Titan Integrity Campus, Bengaluru is designed by
Match the elements in Group-I with the corresponding religious buildings in Group-II.
Group IGroup II
(P)   Bell capital  (1) Mosque 
(Q)    Mehrab (2) Hindu Temple 
(R)    Gopuram (3) Greek Temple 
(S)    Pediment  (4) Romanesque Church
 (5) Egyptian Temple
Match the museums in Group-I with their architects in Group-II.
Group IGroup II
(P)   Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal  (1) Charles Correa
(Q)    Bihar Museum, Patna (2) Ram Sharma 
(R)    Gandhi Memorial Museum, Ahmdabad(3) Romi Khosla 
(S)    Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru(4) Soumitro Ghosh & Nisha Mathew
 (5) Fumihiko Maki 
As per the Census of India 2011, non-notified slums is/are categorised as
Which of the following sites is/are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as on December 2022?
Match the Biosphere Reserves in Group-I with their corresponding features in Group-II.
Group IGroup II
(P)   Gulf of Mannar  (1) Ridge, Glacier
(Q)     Sunderbans(2) Sub-tropical/Tropical Forest, Stepped Hill 
(R)     Nanda Devi (3)  Swamp forest, Mangrove 
(S)     Nilgiri (4) Coral Reefs, Seagrass bed
 (5) Salt Marsh, Flat Terrain 
Match the terminologies in Group-I with their descriptions in Group-II.
Group IGroup II
(P)   Edge City  (1) Rapid expansion of geographical areas of towns or cities
(Q)    Synekism (2) Violence against the city 
(R)    Urbicide (3) A secondary CBD on the edge of the city 
(S)    Urban Sprawl (4) Rebuilding core city area 
 (5) Union of several small urban settlements under one rule