Q.1) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was conferred _____________Mary Kom, a six time world champion in boxing, recently in a ceremony ___________ the Rashtrapati Bhawan (the President’s official residence) in New Delhi

(A)on, at 

(B)to, at 

(C) on, in 

(D) with,at

Answer:  (A) on, at 

Q.2) Despite a string of poor performances, the chances of K. L. Rahul’s selection in the team are

(A)slim

(B)bright 

(C) obvious

(D) uncertain

Answer:  (B) bright 

Q.3) Select the word that fits the analogy:

Cover : Uncover : : Associate: _______

(A)Inassociate

(B)Disssociate

(C) Unassociate

(D) Misassociate

Answer:  (B) Disssociate

Q.4) Hit by floods, the kharif (summer shown) crops in various parts of the country have been affected. Officials believe  that the loss in production of the kharif crops can be recovered in the output of the rabi (winter sown) crops so that the  country can achieve its food grain production target of 291 million tonnes in the crop year 2019-20 (July-June). They  are hopeful that good rains in July- August will help the soil retain moisture for a longer period helping winter sown  crops such as wheat and pulse during the November- February period.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the following passage

(A)Officials feel that the food- grain production target cannot be met due to floods

(B)Officials want the food-grain production target to be met by the November- February period.

(C) Officials hope that the food gain production target will be met due to a good rabi produce.

(D) Officials declared that the food grain production target will be met due to good rains

Answer:  (C) Officials hope that the food gain production target will be met due to a good rabi produce.

Q.5) The difference between the sum of the first 2n natural numbers and the sum of the first n odd natural number is_________

[A]2n²+n

(B)n²-1

(C) 2n²-1

(D) n²+n

Answer:  (D) n²+n

Q.6) Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lends commercial banks, and reverse repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows money from commercial banks.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above passage?

(A)Decrease in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks

(B)Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial banks

(C) Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks

(D) Decreae in repo rate will increase cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial banks

Answer:  (A) Decrease in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks

Q.7) P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seated around a circular table:

1. S is seated opposite to W
2. U is seated at the second place to the right of R.
3. T is seated at the third place to the left of R.
4. V is the neighbor of S

Which of the following must be true

(A)P is a neighbor of R

(B)R is the left neighbor of S

(C) Q is the neighbor of R

(D) P is not seated opposite to Q

Answer:  (D) P is not seated opposite to Q

Q.8) The distance between Delhi and Agra is 233 km. A car P started travelling from Delhi to Agra and another car Q started from Agra to Delhi along the same road 1 hour after the car P started. Two cars crossed each other 75 minutes after the car Q started. Both cars were travelling at constant speed. The speed of car P was 10 km/hr more than the speed of car Q.       How many kilometers the car Q had travelled when the cars crossed each other?

(A)66.6 

(B)88.2

(C) 75.2 

(D) 116.5

Answer:  (C) 75.2 

Q.9) For a matrix M = [m_ij]; I,j= 1,2,3,4 the diagonal elements are all zero and m_ij= – m_ij. The minimum number of elements required to fully specify the matrix is ___

(A)16

(B)0

(C) 12 

(D) 6 

Answer:  (D) 6 

Q.10) The profit shares of two companies P and Q are shown in the figure. If the two companies have invested a fixed and equal amount every year, then the ratio of the total revenue of company P to the total revenue of company Q, during 2013-18 is _____

(A)15: 17

(B)17: 16

(C) 17: 15

(D) 16: 17

Answer:  (D) 16: 17

Q.11) In the architectural style of ancient North Indian Temples, the term ‘Adhisthana’ refers to 

(A)Base Platform

(B)Transept

(C) Pinnacle 

(D) Vestibule 

Answer:  (A) Base Platform

Q.12) Who among the following architects has NOT won the Pritzker Architecture Prize till 2019

(A)Moshe Safdie

(B)ArataIsozaki

(C) I. M. Pei 

(D) B. V. Doshi

Answer:  (A) Moshe Safdie or (B) ArataIsozaki

Q.13) The stone used in the construction of Kailash temple at Ellora is 

(A)Limestone

(B)Basalt 

(C) Sandstone

(D) Marble

Answer:  (B) Basalt 

Q.14) Four vertical lines having same thickness appear to be of the same height in perspective as shown in the figure.  which line actually has the maximum height?

(A)1

(B)2

(C) 3

(D)4

Answer:  (B) 2

Q.15) As per URDPFI Guidelines 2015, Government of India, choose the correct hierarchy of plans from higher to lower order.

(A)Perspective plan, Regional Plan, Development plan, Zonal plan

(B)Zonal plan, Development plan, Regional Plan,  Perspective plan 

(C) Perspective plan, Development plan, Regional Plan, Zonal plan

(D) Regional Plan, Perspective plan, Development plan, Zonal plan

Answer:  (A) Perspective plan, Regional Plan, Development plan, Zonal plan

Q.16) Which of the following shapes can be used as in interlocking paver block without adding any other shape?

(A)3

(B)4

(C) 2

(D) 1

Answer:  (A) 3

Q.17) In India, the Constitution (Seventy Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, delegates powers to institutions forming the third tier of government, which are 

(A)Development Authority, Municipal Corporation and Municipality

(B)Municipal Corporation, Municipality and Nagar Panchayat

(C) Improvement Trust, Nagar Panchayat and Panchayat

(D) Development Authority, Improvement Trust and Panchayat

Answer:  (B) Municipal Corporation, Municipality and Nagar Panchayat

Q.18) As on 2018, ‘Right to Property’ in India is a 

(A)Secondary Right 

(B)Constitutional Rights 

(C) Fundamental Rights 

(D) Tertiary Rights

Answer:  (B) Constitutional Rights 

Q.19) Tendon is primarily used         

(A) to pre-stress concrete

(B) as a compression member

(C) to prepare a tender document 

(D) as roof sheathing 

Answer:  (A) to pre-stress concrete

Q.20) Emergency preparedness for risk reduction does NOT include

(A)rehabilitation 

(B)revision of code 

(C) relief distribution

(D) rescue

Answer:  (B) revision of code 

Q.21) Beam : Column :: Transom : X 

Which of the following options can replace ‘X’ ?

(A)Balustrade

(B)Ceiling

(C) Sill 

(D) Mullion

Answer:  (D) Mullion

Q.22) The correct chronological order of the given architectural movements is

(A)Romanesque; Roman; Renaissance; Gothic; Baroque

(B)Romanesque; Roman; Baroque; Gothic; Renaissance;

(C) Roman; Romanesque; Gothic; Renaissance; Baroque

(D) Roman; Romanesque; ; Gothic; Baroque; Renaissance 

Answer:  (C) Roman; Romanesque; Gothic; Renaissance; Baroque

Q.23) The decay of sound in large room is indicated in the following figure. The spike within the dashed zone denotes

(A)Flutter echo 

(B)Early reflection

(C) Perfect sound diffusion 

(D) Echo

Answer:  (D) Echo

Q.24) For the same thickness of material layers, relative position of  insulation in the wall sections 1 and 2 shown below will have an  impact on

(A)Thermal Time Constant 

(B)Thermal Conductivity

(C) Thermal Resistivity 

(D) Thermal Trnsmittance

Answer:  (A) Thermal Time Constant 

Q.25) The solar altitude angle on April 16 at 7:00 AM in Kochi is 16º. The same solar altitude angle will occur at the same time in the same year at the same location on  

(A) October 21

(B) September 23 

(C) August 27

(D) July 21

Answer:  (C) August 27

Q.26) In perspective drawing, the picture plane is in between the Object and the Observer. If the Observer comes closer straight towards the picture Plane, without changing the distance between Object and Picture Plane the perspectiveimage will be 

(A) Bigger than the previous image

(B) Smaller than the previous image

(C) Will become the mirror image of the previous

(D) Will remain the same as the previous image

Answer:  (B) Smaller than the previous image

Q.27) Shyama- Rai temple of Bishnupur in West Bengal, is an example of  

(A) Stone Carved Nagara Style Temple 

(B) Panch-Ratna type terracotta temple

(C) Nava-Ratna type terracotta temple

(D) Stone Carved Dravidian Style Temple

Answer:  (B) Panch-Ratna type terracotta temple

Q.28) Which one of the following is NOT a land use zone?

(A) Heritage Zone

(B) Industrial Zone

(C) Commercial Zone 

(D) Agriculture Zone

Answer:  (A) Heritage Zone

Q.29) ‘Formulation of GIS based Master Plan’ is a sub scheme of

(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

(B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

(C) Atal Mission for Rejuvination and Urban Transformation

(D) Smart City Mission

Answer:  (C) Atal Mission for Rejuvination and Urban Transformation

Q.30) One Hectare is equal to 

(A)10000

(B)4840

(C) 4048

(D) 4000         

Answer:  (A) 10000

Q.31) One of the cities added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2019 is 

(A)Chandigarh

(B)Walled City, Jaipur

(C) Walled City, Ahmadabad

(D) FatehpurSikri

Answer:  (B) Walled City, Jaipur

Q.32) In the given contour map, the angle at ‘A’ (in degrees, rounded off to two decimal places) is ______

Answer:  18.2 to 18.5

Q.33) A 1.2 m high window is located on a south facing wall. The solar azimuth angle is equal to the wall azimuth angle and the solar altitude angle is 60º. The minimum depth (in meters, rounded off to two decimal places) overhang required to completely shade the window is

Answer:  0.68-0.70

Q.34) In the given figure, the area of the shaded portion is

Answer:  8

Q.35) Average density of a highway is 25 vehicles per km. Average volume of the vehicles on the highway is 520 vehicles per hour. The mean speed (in km/hour, rounded off to one decimal place) is ________

Answer:  20.8 km/hr

Q.36) Match the terminologies of Munsell Colour Wheel in Group I with their corresponding descriptions in Group II

Group I                               Group II

(P) Hue                          (1) Addition of black colour to the base colour

(Q) Chroma                   (2) Radial colour variation

(R) Value                       (3) Addition of White to the base colour

(S) Tint                           (4) Colour variation through angular differences

                                      (5) Vertical colour variation 

(A)P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1

(B)P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3

(C) P-4, Q-2, R-5, S-3 

(D) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1

Answer:  (C) P-4, Q-2, R-5, S-3 

Q.37) Match the plants form in Group I with their botanical names in Group II, as per ‘A  Handbook of Landscape’, CPWD 2013, Government of India

(A)P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1

(B)P-1, Q-5, R-2, S-3

(C) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1

(D) P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-5 

Answer:  (A) P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1

Q.38) Match the images of Garden in Group 1 with their  names in Group II

(A)P-5, Q-3, R-1, S-4

(B)P-1, Q-4, R-3, S-2

(C) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-5

(D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Answer:  (D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Q.39) Match the architects in Group I with their projects in Group II

Group I                                    Group II

(A)P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

(B)P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-1

(C) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2

(D) P-3, Q-4, R-5, S-2

Answer:  (A) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Q.40) Match the graphical representation in Group I with corresponding elements in Group II 

(A) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-5

(B) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-5

(C) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2

(D) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-5

Answer:  (A) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-5

Q.41) Based on the psychrometric chart given below, match the vector in Group I with the respective process in

(A) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-2

(B) P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-2

(C) P-5, Q-3, R-4, S-1 

(D) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-5

Answer:  (A) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-2

Q.42) Match the software tools in Gr-I with their primary applications in Gr-II

(A) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3

(B) P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-3

(C) P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-3

(D) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1

Answer:  (B) P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-3

Q.43) Match the structural form in Group I with their corresponding illustration in Group II

(A) P-5, Q-4, R-2, S-1

(B) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-2

(C) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1

(D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5

Answer:  (C) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1

Q.44) Match the books in Group I with the corresponding authors in Group II

(A) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-3

(B) P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-4

(C) P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3 

(D) P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4

Answer:  (A) P-4, Q-1, R-5, S-3

Q.45) Match the names of tactile paving in Group I with their patterns in Group II  

(A) P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1

(B) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-4

(C) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1

(D) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1

Answer:  (D) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1

Q.46) Match the name of architects in Group I with the buildings designed by them in Group II

(A) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-5

(B) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-3

(C) P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-3

(D) P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-2

Answer:  (B) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-3

Q.47) Match the terms in Group I with the parameters in Group II

(A) P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4

(B) P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-1  

(C) P-3, Q-4, R-5, S-1

(D) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-5

Answer:  (B) P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-1

Q.48) Match the structural system in Group I with their potential causes of failure in Group II

(A) P-1, Q-3, R-5, S-2

(B) P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1

(C) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3

(D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Answer:  (D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Q.49) Match the masonry bond type in Group I with the  corresponding  illustration in Group II 

(A) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-5

(B) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3

(C) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-3 

(D) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-5

Answer:  (D) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-5

Q.50) Match the characteristics type in Group I with the  type of  settlements in Group II as given in URDPFI Guidelines  2015, Government of India 

(A) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-5

(B) P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-4

(C) P-3, Q-5, R-1, S-4

(D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Answer:  (D) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

Q.51) A population of 2500 persons require a minimum area of 3000         for primary schools. For the population  in  four     different sectors given in the table below, the sector having maximum shortage of school area per person is_______(submit numeric value only).

Answer:  Sector 3

Q.52) Number of married couples in a household along with number of rooms (for a household) are given in the table. Assuming each married couple needs one separate room, the total number of additional rooms required for them is

Answer:  5214

Q.53)  In a residential complex, the central play area is to be converted as a detention pond for storm water management.  For a 24 hour rainfall event of 100 mm, a 100 % storm water of central play area and 70 % storm water run-off from rest of the complex is to be held at a detention pond. Area distribution in the residential complex is given in the table.

The required depth of the detention pond (in mm) is _________ 

Answer:  760 mm

Q.54) In the plot shown below , ‘S1’ and ‘S2’ are two non- directional point,  having a sound intensity level of 95 dB and 60 db, respectively, at a  distance of 1 m from each point source. Considering free field  conditions, the effective sound intensity level at the receiver location ‘R’ (in dB, rounded off to two decimal places) is

Answer:  75- 79 dB

Q.55) A room measures 5m×10m×3m (L×B×H). Consider the following conditions Total solar radiation incident on the roof surface = 800 W/m²        

Outdoor air temperature = 40^oC

Outside film coefficient of the roof surface = 18 W/m² deg C

The outdoor mean radiant temperature is equal to outdoor air temperature

The minimum reduction required in solar absorption of the roof (rounded off to two decimal places) to achieve a 20º reduction in sol air temperature is   ____

Answer:  0.43- 0.47

Q.56) The activity duration, early start, early finish, late start and late finish of the three activities ‘P’, ‘Q’ and ‘R’ are             shown in the following figure. The independent float of activity ‘Q’ is _________ (day).

Answer: 1 day

Q.57) A square based regular pyramid has all sides equal to 10 units. Its height (in the same units, rounded off to two decimal places) is _______________

Answer:  7.07

Q.58) A parking area measuring 52 m × 4.67 m is approached through a driveway as shown in the given illustration. The  parking is designed at an angle of 30º with the parking bay of 2.5m × 5m

The number of cars that can be parked in the designated parking area considering no car overshoots the length of the parking area is  ________

Answer:  10

Q.59) Plan and section of an isolated foundation is given below. The volume of concrete up to Ground Level (GL) (in m³, rounded off to two decimal places) is___________

Answer:  3.1 to 3.4

Q.60) Top floor of a 25 story building is using a flush valve system with a   minimum fixture pressure of 1.0 kg/cm². If static pressure increases by 0.3 kg/cm² per metre length and friction loss is zero, then height of the bottom of the  water tank from the top fixture (in meters, rounded off to two  decimal places) is ______.

Answer:  3.30 to 3.40 m

Q.61) In a single phase alternate current circuit, an electric lamp is rated 100 watts. If 220 volts is impressed on it and the power factor is 0.85, the energy (in watt hour, rounded off to one decimal place) delivered in an hour is _____________ (watt hour)

Answer:  116 to 117 watt hour

Q.62) A simply supported RCC beam of cross section 0.4 × 0.6 m covers a span of 8 m. It is subjected to a uniformly distributed load of 30 kN/m. If the unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m³, the tensile stress (in N/mm², rounded off to two decimal places at the bottom of the beam at mid-span is ________________ ( N/mm² ).              

Answer: 11.32 N/mm²

Q.63) A basement wall resists lateral pressure exerted by soil and water. The soil pressure amounts to 4.5 kN/m² for every meter of depth below Ground Level (GL). The sub-soil water  level is 1.0 m below GL and hydrostatic pressure of water is 9.8  9.8 kN/ m² for every meter of depth below GL. The total     lateral pressure (in kN/m², rounded off to one decimal place) exerted on the wall 2 m below GL is______   kN/m²

Answer: 18.8kN/m²

Q.64) Assuming that the population growth trend given in the table will continue, the population (in persons) for the  year  2031 will be 

Answer:  4,84,315

Q.65) A developer would like to select a residential plot of 3000 for group housing in a city. Different options with varying development controls are given. In every group housing plot, 15% of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) over and above the maximum permissible FAR has to be utilized for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) units. The maximum built up area (in available from the options given below is _________

Answer:  10,350