GATE AR topic:building-services-sustainability PYQs & Answers — Page 2

Questions 11–20 of 83. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Match the items in Group-I with the corresponding statements in Group-II.

Group-I: (P) Suction lift; (Q) Discharge lift; (R) Rotary pump; (S) Priming of pump.

Group-II: (1) Difference between point of discharge and the pump; (2) Filling pump casing with air to remove trapped air inside; (3) Difference between low water level and pump; (4) Water is carried upwards around the side of the casing and pushed through discharge pipe; (5) Work done by a pump in raising the water

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P–3, Q–1, R–4, S–2

P–4, Q–5, R–3, S–1

P–3, Q–1, R–5, S–4

P–1, Q–5, R–4, S–2

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A source of light is located at point C. Point A is 1.75 m vertically below point C. Point B is situated horizontally 1.0 m right of point A. If the illumination level at point A due to the light source at point C is 300 Lux, then the illumination level at point B is ______________ Lux. (rounded off to the nearest integer)

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There are 16 similar machines located radially and equally distanced from a fixed sound receiver. While operating, each machine records 60 dB sound level at the receiver. Assuming 70 dB to be the highest sound level allowed as per the industrial sound pollution norms, the total number of machines allowed to operate simultaneously without violating the norms is ________________. (rounded off to the nearest integer)

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Which of the following is/are under the purview of the Energy Conservation Building Code of India 2017 ?

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Indoor Lighting

Outdoor Lighting

Plug Loads

Embodied Energy

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Match the items in Group–I with their corresponding items in Group–II.

Group–I: (P) Floating floor; (Q) Float valve; (R) Metal float; (S) Free float.

Group–II: (1) Overflow control; (2) Delay not affecting a project; (3) Acoustical buffer; (4) Plastering equipment; (5) Traffic flow control

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P – 3, Q – 2, R – 4, S – 1

P – 5, Q – 1, R – 3, S – 4

P – 3, Q – 1, R – 4, S – 2

P – 1, Q – 2, R – 5, S – 4

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Which of the following statements is/are true?

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Physiological Equivalent Temperature is used in outdoor thermal comfort evaluation.

Thermal Performance Index is computed using outside surface temperature of building envelope.

Reynolds number less than 2000 refers to laminar wind flow.

Reynolds number greater than 4000 refers to turbulent wind flow.

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The schematic diagram of a unitary air-conditioner operating in cooling mode, is shown in the following Figure. The component P marked in the figure represents

Diagram for Architecture and Planning question 51

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Condenser

Evaporator

Compressor

Expansion valve

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A non-stop express elevator directly connects the observatory level at 80ᵗʰ floor of a tower with the podium at 2ⁿᵈ floor level. The tower has a uniform floor-floor height of 4 m. The elevator attains a maximum speed of 8 m/s. Assume 2 m/s² as net vertical acceleration and net vertical deceleration (incorporating gravity). If the elevator starts from a state of rest from the podium, the time taken to reach the observatory, in seconds, is ____________ (rounded off to one decimal place).

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Which of the following statements is/are correct?

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The unit of Lighting Power Density is W/m

The unit of Lighting Power Density is cd/m

The unit of Sound Power is W.

The unit of Energy Performance Index is kWh/m

/year.

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The decay of sound in an enclosed lecture hall of volume 300 m

is shown in the Figure below. The sound source is switched off at point P. Using the Reverberation Time (RT

) obtained from the figure, the calculated total sound absorption of the hall, in Sabins, is __________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

Diagram for Architecture and Planning question 64

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