Architecture and Planning
GATE AR topic:history-contemporary-architecture PYQs
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Question 1
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In the architectural style of ancient North Indian Temples, the term ‘Adhishana’ refers to
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Who among the following architects has NOT won the Pritzker Architecture Prize till 2019?
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The stone used in the construction of Kailasa temple at Ellora is
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The correct chronological order of the given architectural movements is
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Shyam-Rai temple of Bishnupur in West Bengal, is an example of
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One of the sites added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2019 is
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Match the Architects in Group I with their projects in Group II
Group I
(P) Victor Horta
(Q) Gerrit Rietvelt
(R) Mies van der Rohe
(S) Frank Lloyd Wright
Group II
(1) Farnsworth House
(2) Robie House
(3) Tassel House
(4) Schroder House
(5) Vanna Venturi House
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Match the books in Group I with the corresponding authors in Group II.
Group I: (P) The Autobiography of an Idea; (Q) Letters to a Young Architect; (R) A Pattern Language; (S) Architecture: Forms, Space and Order.
Group II: (1) Christopher Charles Benninger; (2) Sunil Khilnani; (3) Francis D. K. Ching; (4) Louis H. Sullivan; (5) Christopher Alexander.
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Match the name of architects in Group I with the buildings designed by them in Group II.
Group I: (P) Brinda Somaya; (Q) Sheila Sai Prakash; (R) Revathy Kamath; (S) Marina Tabassum.
Group II: (1) Museum of Tribal Heritage, Bhopal; (2) St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai; (3) Bait-ur-Rauf Mosque, Dhaka; (4) Indian Naval Academy, Kerala; (5) Cholamandalam Artists’ Village, Chennai
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Name the architect who criticized ornament in useful objects in his essay ‘Ornament and Crime’.
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