Architecture and Planning
GATE AR exam:gate PYQs
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Question 40
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A real estate project on a 12 hectare site contains 6 buildings, each with ground coverage of 3 percent of the site area. The landscaped area is 40 percent of the site and rest of the area are roads. Assume coefficient of runoff for landscaped area and road area to be 0.15 and 0.6 respectively. Ignore the rainwater from the roof of the buildings and additional water from outside areas. Considering average rainfall intensity of 70 mm per hour, the estimated peak surface runoff rate from the site is ____________ m³/s. (rounded off to two decimal places)
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In a regular semi-circular arch of 2 m clear span, the thickness of the arch is 30 cm and the breadth of the wall is 40 cm. The total quantity of brickwork in the arch is ____________ m³. (rounded off to two decimal places)
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A roof area of 600 m² of a building is drafted on a drawing sheet as 240 cm². The scale used in the drawing sheet is 1:____________. (rounded off to the nearest integer)
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A housing property of INR 50 lakh is on sale either through a Full Down Payment (FD) scheme with an 8% rebate OR a Deferred Payment Plan (DPP) as shown in the table. A customer after converting all the future payments in DPP using 10% annual discount rate, find the DP scheme to be is financially gainful. The customer would be able to save in INR ______________ lakh, if DPP is chosen over FD. (rounded off to two decimal places)
Deferred Payment Plan (DPP)
Payment time | Payment |
|---|---|
At the time of booking | INR 10 lakh |
After one year | INR 15 lakh |
After two year | INR 15 lakh |
After three year | INR 10 lakh |
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The population of a city in the year 2001, 2011, 2021 were recorded as 52,000, 76,600 and 1,20,000 respectively. Calculating the average growth rate using geometric mean, the estimated population of the city for 2031 using geometric increase method is ______________. (rounded off to the nearest integer)
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A room having dimension of 12 m × 8 m and height 4 m, stores a certain combustible material of volume 80 m³. The density and calorific value of the combustible material are 3.0 kg/m³ and 4000 kcal/kg, respectively. The fire load of the room is ____________ kcal/m². (rounded off to the nearest integer)
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A construction project consists of four activities. The duration, relationship and cost parameters are given in the table. The indirect cost of the project is INR 500/- per week. If the project has to be completed by 12 weeks, the total project cost will be, INR______________. (Answer in integer)
Activity | Immediate Predecessor Activity | Normal Duration (Weeks) | Crash Duration (Weeks) | Normal Cost (INR) | Crash Cost (INR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | Nil | 8 | 5 | 20,000 | 26,000 |
Q | Nil | 5 | 2 | 30,000 | 33,000 |
R | P | 6 | 4 | 40,000 | 52,000 |
S | Q | 4 | 3 | 10,000 | 13,000 |
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A 24 cm line AB is vertically stand on a horizontal plane. The station point is located 18 cm above ground and 15 cm in front of the line AB. The picture plane is located in between the line AB and station point perpendicular to the sight line. The distance between the picture plane and the station point is 9 cm. The height of the perspective view of the line AB is ____________ cm. (rounded off to one decimal place)
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The view from ground to sky of a location is projected on a plane as shown in the figure. The hatched and the solid black portion of the diagram represent the sky and the obstructions, respectively. The radius of the whole circle shown in the figure is 3 units and other dimensions are provided in the figure. The Sky View Factor (SVF) of this location is ________________. (rounded off to two decimal places)
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A city aims to introduce Metro rail as a sustainable public transport, with a projected daily ridership of 3,67,200 which is expected to shift 18% of the daily trips from other existing modes. The existing modal share (in percentage) is shown in the figure. If half of the above modal shift is expected to replace trips by Motorised Two-wheeler and Motorised Four-wheeler in 2:1 ratio, the trips only by Motorised Two-wheeler, post modal shift to Metro is ________________. (answer in integer)
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