Gate 2020
Gate 2020
Gate 2020
– Online registration for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2020 has started.
It is an all Indian level examination, which is open for national and foreign students.
The scorecard of GATE is valid for 3 years and qualified candidates get admission in M.E / M.Tech /
M.Arch / Ph.D courses offered by IITs, IISc, NIITs, IIEST, SAP, SLIET, etc.
Even Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) recruit on the basis of the exam.
From this year onwards, Biomedical Engineering (BM) has been added in the exam, hence, increasing
subject papers to a total of 25. Candidates planning to appear GATE 2020 can check exam dates,
eligibility, syllabus, and more details from this page.
Exam pattern :
General aptitude section has 5 questions of 1 mark (sub total 5 marks), and 5 questions of 2 marks (sub
total 10 marks). Further explanation of question scheme.
URBAN DESIGN
GATE-2019
Q.16 The Indian property inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage List in the year 2018 is
Q.27 Match the characteristics of settlement systems in Column - I with their corresponding
theory/rules in Column - II and select the appropriate option.
Column - I Column - II
P Primacy of settlements 1 Central place theory
Q Settlement size and location 2 Gravity model
R Random component in location of settlements 3 Rank size rule
S Interaction between settlements 4 Entropy of settlements
5 Core periphery model
(A) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-5 (B) P-2, Q-5, R-3, S-1
(C) P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-2 (D) P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-2
Q.38 Match the contemporary Urban Design Movements listed in Column - I with the corresponding
principles listed in Column - II and select the appropriate option.
Column - I Column - II
P Park Movement 1 Self-contained, self-sufficient community surrounded
by green belts
Q New Urbanism 2 Revival of the relationship between man and nature
R City Beautiful Movement 3 Relationship between work and living, environmental
sustainability
S Garden City and 4 Unity, cohesion and balanced relationship between
New Town Movement urban components and elements
5 Technical and socio economic processes resulting in
growth, energy production and waste elimination
(A) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1 (B) P-1, Q-5, R-3, S-2
(C) P-5, Q-3, R-1, S-2 (D) P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-1
GATE-2018
Q.8 ‘Area based development’ and ‘Pan city development’ are part of
Q.13 As per the Urban and Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation
Q.15 As per the National Building Code of India 2016, the minimum turning radius (in metres)
Q.20 According to the UN, one of the components for measuring ‘inclusive growth’ is
Group-I Group-II
5 30.0 m
(A) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-2 (B) P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1
(C) P-3, Q-5, R-1, S-2 (D) P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-3
Q.33 Match the built forms in Group-I with their descriptions in Group-II
Group-I Group-II
(A) P-1, Q-4, R-3, S-2 (B) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-5
(C) P-4, Q-3, R-5, S-2 (D) P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-2
Q.36 Match the planning principles in Group-I with their descriptions in Group-II
Group-I Group-II
institutions
S Cluster theory
the CBD