Architecture and Planning
GATE AR Housing PYQs
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Questions 21–26 of 26. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 45
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A plotted housing scheme on a site of 12 hectare has 60% saleable area. The average unit cost of land development is INR 300 million per hectare. If the profit margin is 20%, then the selling price of land per hectare is ________ million INR.
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Data on ‘households with one or more married couples sharing room with a person aged 12 years or more’, is used for computing
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A proposed housing will have HIG, MIG and LIG units on a site measuring 60,750 sq.m. The buildable area of each category of units with respect to the total buildable area will be 30%, 50% and 20% respectively. The maximum allowable FAR is 2.5, ground coverage 45% and height 15 m. The maximum buildable area in sq.m of HIG units, considering a floor height of 3 m for all categories will be ________
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In 2011, the population of a town was 5,00,000 and the number of housing units were 1,00,000. Calculate the additional number of dwelling units (DU) required by 2031 so that there is no housing shortage. The assumptions are
i. 5% decadal increase in population
ii. New DU to be completed by 2021 is 10,000
iii. Number of DU which will become no habitable by 2031 is 5,000
iv. Average household size is 4.5
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Match the distinguished housing projects in Group-I with their architects in Group-II.
Group-I
P. Nagakin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Q. Tara Apartment, New Delhi, India
R. Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada
S. Byker Wall, New Castle, England
Group-II
Walter Gropius
Moshe Safdie
Ralph Erskine
Charles Correa
Kisho Kurokawa
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One acre of agricultural land has been given on a lease till perpetuity at an annual rent of Rs. 10,000 to be paid at the end of each year. Net Present Value of the land parcel in Rupees assuming a discount rate of 5% per annum is ________
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