Silpa Sastra deals with A: 

Dr. Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

B: Vedat Dalokay
A: Sculpture B: Dance C: Yahya Merchant
C: Town Planning in ancient India D: Abdur Rab Nishtar
D: None of these.
1. The town should be divided into
Mohenjodaro represents different, so that suitable rules  and
regulations can be framed for each of
A: Tiger Valley Civilisation B: Indus them.
Valley Civilisat-ion C: Nile Valley A) Planning division
Civilisation D: Yellow River Valley B) Planning units
Civilisation. C) Sectors
Conservative surgery in planning will result D) Land use zones.
2. 5. National Capital Region is spread
in over
A) Union Territory of Delhi
A: mass displacement of population B) Delhi and part of Uttar Pradesh
B: more or less a renewal process C) Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
C: congestion in other parts D) Union Territory of Delhi, Part of
D: huge financial outlay Uttar Pradesh. Haryana and
Rajasthan.
Area of a neighborhood according to C. 9. The 'Finger plan' was adopted for the
Perry will be around extension of the city of
A)Copenhagen
A: 1600 acres B) Chennai
B: 2600 acres C) Brasilia
D) New Delhi.
C: 3600 acres
D: 160 acres 10. Which of the following books Ebenezer
Howard published in 1898 ?
The plan of Washington DC was conceived A) To-morrow : A Peaceful Path to Real
by Pierre l Enfant and it was approved by Reform
Washington and Jefferson. What pattern of B) Garden Cities of To-morrow
street layout is adopted in Washington DC C) Model Garden Cities of To-morrow
D) Garden Suburb of London.
A: Radial streets
Arrangement of various components in a
B: Diagral and radial streets
significant way is known as a _________?
C: Diagonal streets and grid cross streets (A)
D: Diagral and radial streets, superimposed Town planning
upon the typical grid iron layout.
(B)
n how many types were the villages building planning
classified in Manasara
(C)
land scape planning
A: 4 types
B: 3 types (D)
none of the above
C: 8 types
D: 6 types Aristotle Said  a  city should be built to give
it’s inhabitants _____________.
Who was the architect and town planner of
 
Islamabad
(A)
security none of the above
(B) Objective Of Town Planning is a ________
happiness
(A)
(C) Health, Convenience 
security and happiness
 
(D)
none of above (B)
Convenience ,Bueaty
Town planning needs both Art and Science.
(C)
(A) Bueaty, Environment
true
(D)
(B) Health, Convenience ,Bueaty, Environment
False
Green belt is provided on the periphery of
In short town or city means, place of the town.
______________.
A city should be divided into suitable zones
(A) such as __________.
urban living
(A)
(B)  recreation zone
rural living
(B)
(C)  industrial zone and recreation zone
village living
(C)
(D) residential zone, commercial zone
none of above
(D)
In a urbal has more than ____________ residential zone, commercial zone,
population industrial zone and recreation zone
(A) The Great Bath of the Harappa Civilisation
5000 has been found at
(B) (A)
6000 Mohenjodaro
(C) (B)
7000 Harappa
(D) (C)
8000 Rangpur
In a urban has more than ________people (D)
engaged in non agricultural activity. Kalibangan
  What led to the end of Indus Valley
Civilization?
(A)
65% (A)
Invasion of Aryans
(B)
75 %  (B)
 Recurrent Floods
(C)
85% (C)
 Earthquakes
(D)
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 All the above
(D)
Mohenjo-Daro divided in to _________ 47
block.
Gandhinagar and chandigarh's planning is
(A) based on ___________,
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(A)
(B) Rectangular grid pattern
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(B)
(C) Rectangular with diagonal pattern
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(C)
(D) Concentric and radial street pattern
13
(D)
__________________ is known as the divine radial street pattern
architect who is known to have spread the
Types Of Growth Of Town according to
knowledge of shilpa-shastra. ________
(A) (A)
vishwakarmaprakash Origin 

(B) (B)
Direction
Kautilya 
(C)
(C) origin and Direction

Chanakya (D)
none of the above
(D)
In town Concentric spread growrh
none of the above ___________.
The master plan of Chandigarh was (A)
prepared by Development around the town
(A) (B)
 Maxwell Fry  Development around the center
(B) (C)
Albert Mayer                                                               Development in  center
(C) (D)
 Le Corbusier  Development of periphery of the town
(D) which type of survey in functional of town?
 Maciej Nowicki   
(A)
The town of Chandigarh divided is a traffic survey
_______ sectors.
(B)
(A) Railways 
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(C)
(B) Airports
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(D)
(C) all of the above
The social aspects of a town life are studied National survey
under _________
(D)
(A) Preliminary survey
Birth rate and death rate
Method Adopted to Collect Data in civic
(B) survey are 
Schools
(A)
(C) Field work 
Hospitals
(B)
(D)  House to house investigation
all of the above
(C)
A study of national survey ____________  is  Direct collection from office data
carried out.
(D)
  all of the above
(A) in town the land is mainly divided in
resources _____________ categories
(B) (A)
potentialities  one
(C) (B)
all of the above two
(D) (C)
none of the above three
The main object of preliminary survey is to (D)
decide approximately the boundary of area Four
to be planned
Town consists of  ____________
Vital Survey ____________________
aspects are studied under this survey (A)
Town centre 
(A)
population (B)
Suburbs
(B)
Topography (C)
Industrial areas and Road network 
(C)
Birth rate (D)
all of the above
(D)
all of the above It is defined as a movement of traffic within
a city area is known as a _______
_______  type of survey conducted at local
level for re-development scheme, slum (A)
improvement scheme the different forms of Circulation
town survey (B)
(A) Rotation
Civic survey or socio-economic survey (C)
(B) Rotation and Circulation
Regional survey (D)
(C) none of the above
Requirements of ideal city roads is a  (B)
Concentric and radial street system
(A)
It should have a sufficient width (C)
Rectangular combined with diagonal street
(B) system
It should have a straight alignment
(D)
(C) all of the above
It should have a easy gradient
A city should be divided into suitable zones
(D) such as 
all of the above
(A)
The urban roads are classified as a residential zone, commercial zone
____________
(B)
(A)  industrial zone 
Arterial roads (main roads)
(C)
(B) recreation zone
Sub-arterial roads
(D)
(C) all of the above
Local road and Other road
Principles Of Zoning are _____
(D)
all of the above (A)
Arrangements of zones 
A Arterial roads  carry ______ amount of
traffic (B)
Boundaries of each zone 
(A)
large (C)
Flexibility 
(B)
small (D)
all of the above
(C)
medium The aim of height zoning is controlling the
height of the building.
(D)
all of the above Which factor considering the height of
zoning?
Sub-arterial roads are connected to 
(A)
(A) Cubical contents of the building (B)
arterial roads
Width of streets and other marginal open
(B) spaces of buildings
local roads
(C)
(C) option A & B
local roads and arterial roads
(D)
(D) none of the above
none of the above
Which of the following are types of urban
Which types of road system used in city patterns ?
planning?
(A)
(A) Satellite pattern,Radio centric patterns
Rectangular or grid – iron street system
(B) (B)
Linear pattern.Star pattern two
(C) (C)
 Ring pattern ,Sheet pattern three 
(D) (D)
all of the above Four
_________ urban pattern consists of a Characteristics of CBD is a 
central hub surrounded by smaller
dependent urban areas (A)
Land values are very high
(A)
Satellite pattern  (B)
Tallest buildings
(B)
Radio centric patterns  (C)
Shortage of car parking space 
(C)
Linear pattern  (D)
all of the above
(D)
all of the above The first step is to prepare a
_______________ for the entire city or
Landscape architecture is the design of development area
outdoor areas
(A)
_______________ may be defined as a Development Plan
general plan for the future layout of a city. 
(B)
(A) town plannnig schemes
Master Plan
The civic centres are also known as
(B) community centres
Lay-out plan
A business center is a place where people meet
(C) for ___________ related activities
key-plan
(A)
(D)
all of the above Business

Which  plan give a perspective picture of a (B)

fully developed town. Market
(A) (C)
Master Plan
Shopping
(B)
key-plan (D)

(C) none of the above

lay-out plan The size of the neighborhood units is limited
(D) to about_________ sq.km
None of the above (A)
The Town Centre may be divided in to 1 to 1.5
_________types
(B)
(A)
one 2 to 2.5
(C) Health and sanitation
3 to 3.5 (B)
(D) Income criteria
none of the above (C)
in neighbourhood planning population is Moral
_________________ which one primary
school is required (D)

(A) all of the above

2000 to 3000
(B)
2000 to 5000
(C)
3000 to 5000
(D)
none of the above
A slum is already an overcrowded area where
dwellings are unfit for human habitation
Causes of Slums are
(A)
Rapid industrialization
(B)
Population growth
(C)
Lack of zoning
(D)
all of the above
which Methods use for Slums Clearance 
(A)
Improvement method
(B)
Complete removal method
(C)
opetion (A) & (B)
(D)
none of the above
Characteristics of Slums are
(A)