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    SIL. No.: : AAR/18 Register Number 2018 ARCHITECTURE (Degree Standard) ‘Time Allowed : 3 Hours] [Maximum Marks : 300 Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS 1. The applicant will be supplied with Question Booklot 15 minutes before commencement of the examination. 2, This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. Prior to attempting to answer, the candidates are requested to check whether all the questions are there in series and ensure there are no blank pages in the question booklet. In ease any defect in the Question Paper is noticed, it shall be reported to the Invigilator within first 10 minutes and get it replaced with a complete Question Booklet. If any defect is noticed in the Question Booklet after the commencement of examination, it will not be replaced. 3. Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks. 4. You must write your Register Number in the space provided on the top right side of this page. Do not write anything else on the Question Booklet. 5. An answer sheet will be supplied to you, separately by the Room Invigilator to mark the answers. 6. You will also encode your Question Booklet Number with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen in the space provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode properly or fail to encode the above information, action will be taken as per Commission's notification 7. Each question comprises four responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct response and mark in your Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there are more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for ¢ach question. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct responses marked by you in the Answer Sheet. 8. In the Answer Sheet there are four circles @ ,@), © and () against each question. To answer the questions you are to mark with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen ONLY ONE circle of your choice for each question. Select one response for each question in the Question Booklet and mark in the Answer Sheet. If you mark more than one answer for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. e.g. If for any item, @) is the correct answer, you have to mark as follows : @@00 9. You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Question Booklet. You are not allowed to take this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the time of examination. led. yor 10. Do not make any marking in the question booklet except in the sheet before the last page of the question booklet, which can be used for rough work. This should be strictly adhered. 11. Applicants have to write and shade the total number of answer fields left blank on the boxes provided at side 2 of OMR Answer Sheet. An extra time of 5 minutes will be given to specify the number of answer fields left blank. 12, Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or penalty as the Commission may decide at their discretion, SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK AAR/18 2 B CAD refers to Mo Computer Aided Design (B) Computer Automated Design (©) Computer Animated Design (D) Computer Aided Drawing Vaults are ———— structures of arched cross section. (A) 2D Compression 3D Compression (©) 2D tensile (D) 3D tensile ‘The state or quality of lacking variety is 7 weeciteny ®) emphasis © regular (D) collage A relatively light value of a colour produced by adding white to it is known as (hue MT tint (©) shade @) dextros An arch having one impost higher than the other rampant arch (B) bell arch (© segmental arch (D) drop arch ‘Taj Mahal, Agra, India is an example for organization. WY centralized @®) linear (© confused ©) grid ‘The science of human beings, study of the origins, physical and cultural development is called (A) sociology B) biology SAM anthropology (@) archeology 3 AAR/I8 [Turn over 8. 10. 1. 12, 13. 14, AAR/18 4 B ‘A strong door sliding vertically with heavy wooden frames having pointed iron bars at the bottom is called Porteullis (B) Mullion (©) Lancento () Porte cochere Roman Masonry, where the surface displays irregularly placed stones of different sizes is called YO Opus incertum (B) Opus isodomum (©) Opus reticulatum (@) Opus signinum Colour that appears to move away from the observer is called (A) moving colours (B) backward colours (© warm colours MM receding colours A reproduction of an original is called (A) prototype B) archetype I cctype (D) model A.warm colour that appears to move towards observer is called (A) moving colour DH advancing colour (© _ primary colour (D) frontal colours The roof of the palace of Persepolis was made of timber (B) mud brick (©) stone (D) glazed tiles The most splendid tholos at Mycenae is the WW treasury of atreus (B) palace of tiryns (©) treasury of minyas () palace of mycenae 16. 18. 19, ‘The building stone abundantly available in Northern/Lower Egypt is (A) Sandstone PO Limestone (©) Granite (D) Marble was used as a material to water-proof drains in ancient Mesopotamia. (A) coal (B) metal (©) timber MM vitumen Mythical monster statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that lined up the approach of Egyptian temples are (A) Mastabas (B) Obelisks A Sphinses (D) Hieroglyphs ‘The height of the Buland Darwaza or the Gate of magnificence built by Akbar is approximately. (A) 108" 0" (B) 2210/0" (©) 136'0" 1060" ‘The great Pyramid of cheops was originally cased in finely dressed —___— blocks. (A) slate ®) marble (© sandstone M™ limestone ‘The tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah in Agra was built by (A) dJehangir Our Mahal (©) Akbar (D) Shah Jehan Which variety of marble was used in the Taj Mahal at Agra? 7 Makrana marble (B) Pink marble (©) Pista marble (D) Green marble 5 AAR/I8 [Turn over ‘The construction of the Humayun’s tomb was undertaken by (A) Babur Haji Begum (©) Akbar (D) Sher Shah Sur ‘The was a triumphal arch built during the Qutb Shahi period in Hyderabad OP Charminar (B) Tin Darwaza (©) Buland Darwaza (D) Dakhil Darwaza ‘The projecting cornice supported on closely ranked brackets at the lintel or roof level in the Islamic style is called the (A) Chadar wr Chajja (©) Guldasta (DP) Chini khana ‘The Sun temple at Konark was built mainly of Se levers (B) sandstone (© granite (D) limestone A recess or alcove on the wall of the sanctuary indicating the direction of prayer towards Mecea is called the (A) Maqbara (8) Mimbar WT Mibrab (D) Magsura Decoration with fanciful interwining of ornamental elements called ————— decorative inscriptions adorned the Alai Darwaza in Delhi (A) _ Kanjuras (B) Pinnacle Arabesque (@) Abacus Which one of the following is an example of last of megalithic architecture? (A) Rome (B) Egypt Greece () Romanisque 29, 30. 31. 32, 33. 34, PIC is abbreviated as wr Polymer Impregnated Concrete (B) Polymer Induced Cement (©) Partially Induced Cement (D) Partially Impregnated Concrete Base plate in steel roof trusses are also called as Gusset plate (B) Sliding plate I Bearing plate (D) Shear plate ‘T sections are best suited for use as principal rafters, whereas angles or channel sections are used as (A) Angle cleat GH ervsts (©) Purlins () Gutter Conerete is WH weak in tension (B)_ weak in compression (©) strong in compression and tension —_(D)__ strong in tension SERC stands for WW structural Engineer Research Contre (B) Science and Engineering Research Council (©) Science and Engineer Résearch Centre (D) Structural Engineering Research Council Which of the following property is a major requirement for thermal insulation in materials? (A) _ high specific gravity MI low thermal conductivity (©). high specific heat (D) low degree of heat resistance 7 AAR/18 [Turn over ‘The operation of placing concrete in each lift is continued but the rate of vertical progress is not to exceed about wim ®) 2m () 3m @) 4m Identify the steel door-made from small rolled steel channel sections and strips and are fitted with rollers at the top or bottom (A) _ Rolling shutters (B) Sliding doors A Collapsibie gates (D) Revolving doors In ordinary type of concrete flooring, the topping is replaced by only a thin coat of cement mortar (B) 1:2 (D) 1:2:5 Which one of the following concrete has the disadvantage of entrainment of air (A) Light weight concrete (B) High sulphate concrete (©) Ready mix concrete WM Fibre reinforced concrete Use of thermal insulating materials inside a room results in the prevention of interior walls and ceilings OY Condensation (B) Absorption (© Humidification (D) Crystallization ‘The property of thermal transmittance of building material is denoted by A ‘or B) iy oO Su AAR/18 41, 42. 43. 4. Cast irons are generally classified into three main varieties namely (A) Blue cast iron, black cast iron and grey cast iron (B) Black, grey and malleable east iron NM White, grey and malleable cast iron (@) Grey, blue and malleable cast iron Why are cables installed within fixed conduit? wo Conduit is a permanent fixture of the building while cables require replacemerit when aged (B) Conduit becomes earth continuity conductor (©) Reduce heat emission from cables (D) Protects PVC cables from heat gain from environment How are waste pipe system syphonage risks reduced?

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