Design and Graphics - Common Section - Architecture and Planning Previous Year Questions

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2008 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2008

An applied science of design concerning universal human characters and configurations aiming at effective utility and safety is called

A

Anthropometry.

B

Cognitive behavioural mapping.

C

Universal design.

D

Ergonomics.

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

Given below is the sketch plan of a site showing contours. The broken lines show valleys and ridges. Identify the ridges and valleys.

A

Ridges: P, Q, R
Valleys: S, T

B

Ridges: T, V
Valleys: R, T, U

C

Ridges: S, U
Valleys: Q, T, V

D

Ridges: R, V, U
Valleys: P, T

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair.
Unemployed : Worker

A

fallow : land

B

unaware : sleeper

C

wit : jester

D

renovated : house

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word below:
Circuitous

A

cyclic

B

indirect

C

confusing

D

crooked

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
His rather casual remarks on politics ____________ his lack of seriousness about the subject.

A

masked

B

belied

C

betrayed

D

suppressed

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) are siblings (i.e. brothers and sisters). All were born on 1st January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is born one after another) is less than 3 years. Given the following facts:
i. Hari's age + Gita's age > Irfan's age + Saira's age.
ii. The age difference between Gita and Saira is 1 year. However, Gita is not the oldest and Saira is not the youngest.
iii. There are no twins.
In what order were they born (oldest first)?

A

HSIG

B

SGHI

C

IGSH

D

IHSG

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause.

Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:

A

Modern warfare has resulted in civil strife.

B

Chemical agents are useful in modern warfare.

C

Use of chemical agents in warfare would be undesirable.

D

People in military establishments like to use chemical agents in war.

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2010 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2010

If 137 + 276 = 435 how much is 731 + 672?

A

534

B

1403

C

1623

D

1513

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

A site in a map drawn to scale of 1:16000 measures 75 sqcm. The actual area of the site in hectares is

A

120

B

162

C

192

D

256

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:
Amalgamate

A

merge

B

split

C

collect

D

separate

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence.
If you are trying to make a strong impression on your audience, you cannot do so by being understated, tentative or ______________.

A

hyperbolic

B

restrained

C

argumentative

D

indifferent

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete the following sentence.
I contemplated ___________ Singapore for my vacation but decided against it.

A

to visit

B

having to visit

C

visiting

D

for a visit

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

Which of the following options is the closest in the meaning to the word below:
Inexplicable

A

Incomprehensible

B

Indelible

C

Inextricable

D

Infallible

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

P, Q, R and S are four types of dangerous microbes recently found in a human habitat. The area of each circle with its diameter printed in brackets represents the growth of a single microbe surviving human immunity system within 24 hours of entering the body. The danger to human beings varies proportionately with the toxicity, potency and growth attributed to a microbe shown in the figure below:

A pharmaceutical company is contemplating the development of a vaccine against the most dangerous microbe. Which microbe should the company target in its first attempt?

A

P

B

Q

C

R

D

S

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2011 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2011

Few school curricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement and grief, and yet all students at some point in their lives suffer from losses through death and parting.

Based on the above passage which topic would not be included in a unit on bereavement?

A

how to write a letter of condolence

B

what emotional stages are passed through in the healing process

C

what the leading causes of death are

D

how to give support to a grieving friend

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2013 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2013

The scale of a contour map is 1:10,000 and the contour interval is 5 m. Distance between two given points on the map is 2 cm and the elevation difference between the two given points is 10 m.
The actual distance between the two given points in m would be

A

2

B

20

C

200

D

2000

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2013 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2013

The slope between two given points in percentage is

A

5

B

10

C

15

D

20

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2013 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2013

A number is as much greater than 75 as it is smaller than 117. The number is:

A

91

B

93

C

89

D

96

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2013 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2013

The professor ordered to the students to go out of the class.
I  II  III  IV
Which of the above underlined parts of the sentence is grammatically incorrect?

A

I

B

II

C

III

D

IV

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2013 · Architecture and Planning · Common Section · Design and Graphics

Architecture and Planning (AR) 2013

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below:
Primeval

A

Modern

B

Historic

C

Primitive

D

Antique

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