Section 2_11/09/24

The concentric circles in a sun-path diagram represent

•  Altitude angle

• Azimuth angle

• Day of the year

• Hour of the day

 The Golden Ratio refers to

•  1:√2

•  2:(1 + √5)

• 1:1

• 16:9

Hogarth’s Line of Beauty is a

• Horizontal straight line

• Zigzag line

• Vertical straight line

• Serpentine line

 As per the Handbook of Professional Documents 2015, Council of Architecture, India, architects are liable

• If the building is used for any other purpose than the one for which it was designed

• If any unauthorized changes or illegal modifications are made by the owner(s)/occupant(s)

•  If the client suffers damage/loss due to lack of proper professional service

• 
  If the architect fails to attain the standard of care as prescribed by law

 The correct sequence of the following Construction Project Development stages, as per the 

National Building Code of India 2016 is 

p. Resource Planning 

q. Project Inception 

r. Commissioning and Handing over 

s. Tendering 

t. Site Survey and Soil Investigation 

u. Selection of Construction Methodology 

• P-Q-R-T-U-S

• T-Q-R-U-S-P

• Q-T-U-P-S-R

• Q-T-P-S-U-R

 Match the aspects in Group I with the corresponding items in Group II. 

Group I Group II 

p.  Fire Safety 1. Intruder alarm 

q. Seismic safety  2. Zero–strength barrier 

r. Water efficiency 3. Stairlift 

s. Accessible design  4. Aerator 

5. Auxiliary damper 

• P-4, Q-5, R-2, S-3

•  P-5, Q-1, R-4, S-2

• P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1

• P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-3

Which of the following is/are classified as the Principles of Universal Design?

• Perceptible Information

•  Tolerance for Error

• Occult Balance

• Simple and Intuitive Use

During earthquake, soft storey failure in a building is due to:

•  shear failure initiated by short column effect

• stress discontinuity initiated by abrupt changes of stiffness

• failure of column initiated by weak column – strong beam effect

• drift of building storey initiated by pounding effect

Emergency preparedness for risk reduction does NOT include

• Relief distribution

• Revision of code

•  Rehabilitation

• Rescue

 In a 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 perspective image will

•  become the mirror image of the previous

• be smaller than the previous image

• be bigger than the previous image

• remain the same as previous image