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1. ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNING 2018.......................................................... 5

A. Question Paper ...........................................................................................................................................................................................6

B. Answer Kbey ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

C. Detail Explanation .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21

2. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TOWN PLANNING [GRADE-1/GROUP A] ........ 36

A. Question Paper ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 37

B. Answer Kbey .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 48

C. Detail Explanation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 49

3. ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNER [GRADE-1/GROUP B] [GAZATTED]...... 60

A. Question Paper ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 61

B. Answer Kbey ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 71

C. Detail Explanation ................................................................................................................................................................................. 72

4. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 2012 ................................................ 87

A. Question Paper ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 88

B. Answer Kbey ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 107

C. Detail Explanation ............................................................................................................................................................................... 109

5. ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNER TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING – 2015 134

A. Question Paper ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 135

B. Answer Key ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 140

C. Detail Explanation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 141

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6. ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNER – 2013 .....................................................152

A. Question Paper ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 153

B. Answer Kbey .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 161

C. Detail Explanation ............................................................................................................................................................................... 162

7. JUNIOR TOWN PLANNER YEAR – 2013 ................................................. 172

A. Question Paper .......................................................................................................................................................................................173

B. Answer Kbey ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 195

C. Detail Explanation ............................................................................................................................................................................... 196

8. GATE ARCHITECTURE - URBAN PLANNiNG .........................................218

A. Question Paper ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 219

B. Answer Kbey ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

C. Detail Explanation .............................................................................................................................................................................. 237

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1. ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNING 2018

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A. QUESTION PAPER
D. Water Conservation
1. Recently 'Development Impact Bond'
was launched to help to improve educa- 5. 'Beat Plastic Pollution' was the theme
tion for Children in India. Whose initiative for_______
is this? A. World Water Day, 2018
A. British Asian Trust (BAT) B. Earth Day, 2018
B. International Monetary Fund (IMF) C. World Oceans Day, 2018
C. United Nations Educational, Scientific D. World Environment Day, 2018
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
D. Association of South East Asian Nations 6. 'Repeal the 8th' and 'Save the 8th',
(ASEAN) phrases are related to :
A. Conflict minerals in DR Congo
2. Consider the following statements re- B. Women's rights in Ireland
lated to Indonesia : C. Presidential powers in Turkey
a. It shares maritime boundary with India. D. Gun Control in the U.S.A.
b. It is the largest archipelagic state in the
world. 7. Government of India recently launched
c. It is the founding member of Non-aligned 'Adopt a Heritage' Project. The project is
movement. launched with the efforts of which of the
d. Java Island located in Indonesia is the following institutions?
world's most populous island. Select the A. Ministry of Tourism
correct code : B. Ministry of Culture
A. b,c & d only B. a & d only C. Archaeological Survey of India
C. b & c onlu D. a, b, c & d D. AlI of the above i.e. (A), (B) and (C)

3. The Joint _______GRACE satellite 8. Government recently launched acces-

mission ended its science operations in sible and comprehensive version of mo-
2017. bile application for differently abled per-
A. US - German B. British – French sons. What is the name of the application
C. US - Russia D. India – Israel ?
A. Divyang Mitra B. Divyang Rathi
4. 'SWAYAM' web portal is related to C. Divyang Sarathi D. Divyang Jans
A. Education
C. Agriculture 9.Under The Right to Information Act, 2005
B. Banking as per Sec. 11 for disclosure of information
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relating to third party, the public infor- A. Calculation B. Finalization

mation officer within from the date of C. Inference D. Fixation
receipt of the request of disclosure, shall
give written notice to such third party of 15. Nano Science and Nano Technology is
the request. the field of future science based on the
A. 10 days B. 7 days C. 30 days D. 5 days particle size of the order of
A. 1 x 10 +6 meter B. 1 x 10+9 meter
10. As per Right To Information Act - 2005 C. 1 x 10 -6 meter D. 1 X 10-9 meter
a. State Information Commission should be
single member body. 16. Shadow of an object related with
b. State Information Commission should be A. Interference of light B. Polarization of light
multimember body. Examine the correct- C. Diffraction of light D. Scattering of light
ness of the statements.
A. Statement (a) is correct 17. The mobile phones, a PC or Laptops re-
B. Statement (b) is correct quire USB connector to transfer data, at-
C. Both the statements are correct tach a speaker, connect an external stor-
D. None of the statement is correct age or just to charge the built in battery of
device. This USB stands for_____
11. Which of the following has the lowest A. Universal Series Button
thermal conductivity? B. United States Book
A. Water B. Air C. Brick D. Copper C. United Serial Bus
D. Universal Serial Bus
12. Which of the following plant is not used
for the production of bio-diesel ? 18. This is a doctor who treats patients who
A. Soybean B. Jatropha Curcas have Cancer. Name this doctor.
C. Sunflower D. Peepal A. Cardiologist B. Dermatologist
C. Oncologist D. Ophthalmologist
13. Which part of tongue is most sensitive
to acids? 19. Science is acquisition of knowledge
A. Back of the tongue through
B. Tip of the tongue A. observation, evaluation, interpretation
C. Sides of the tongue and theoretical explanation
D. Middle of the tongue B. identification, evaluation, interpretation
and practical proof
14. Drawing a conclusion which is based C. observation, calculation, interpretation
on observations and reasoning is called and theoretical explanation
as
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D. identification, calculation, interpretation the portion of plot in the second belt is

and practical proof 300. As per the belting method of valua-
tion adopted in our Country, the value per
20. Best 'educated guess' of what the an- sq.m. of the part in third and first belt
swer to your question will be known would respectively be Rupees :
as___ A. 100 and 400 B. 150 and 600
A. Hypothesis B. Variable C. 200 and 150 D. 225 and 450
C. Possibility D. None of the above
27. A farmer is selling his 2 ha contiguous
21. Reasoning from particular cases to land which is earmarked in the Agricul-
general principles is known as ture Zone of the sanctioned Regional Plan
A. Deductive reasoning and is falling in the probable Non-Agricul-
B. Inductive reasoning ture Zone in the Annual Statement of
C. Analogical reasoning Rates (ASR). The rates given in the ASR for
D. Critical reasoning the said land are 1,000 per sq. m. and 40
lacs per ha. Find out the total value of the
22. VSNL started internet in India in the said 2 ha land on which the stamp duty is
year payable.
A. 1995 B. 1996 C. 1994 D. 1997 A. 80 lacs B. 92 lacs C. 112 lacs D. 120 lacs

23. India's first aircraft carrier 'Vikrant' 28. Town Planning Scheme is a:
was commissioned into Navy on A. Compulsory land acquisition technique
B. Land pooling and redistribution tech-
A. 1965 B. 1962 C. 1961 D. 1963 nique
C. Acquisition through confiscation and na-
24. The chemical formula for heavy water tionalization technique
used as a moderator or coolant in Nuclear D. Acquisition through grant of F.S.I./T.D.R.
Power Reactor is : technique
A. H2O B. W20 C. D20 D. Y20
29. Fill in the blanks.
25. Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was Paranjape Committee while advocating
launched in Income-Capitalisation Method,
A. 1973 B. 1974 C. 1975 D. 1976 adopted_______ level cropping pattern
in conjunction with ______ level yield
26. The plot having a greater depth and rates.
situated in urban area is divided into 3 A. District, Taluka B. Village, District
belts of valuation. The value per sq.m. for C. Taluka, Village D. Village, Taluka
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B. ANSWER KBEY

Que Ans Que Ans Que Ans Que Ans

1 A 26 D 51 B 76 C
2 D 27 C 52 B 77 B
3 A 28 B 53 C 78 B
4 A 29 D 54 B 79 C
5 D 30 D 55 C 80 D
6 B 31 C 56 B 81 B
7 D 32 B 57 D 82 D
8 C 33 B 58 D 83 B
9 D 34 D 59 A 84 C
10 B 35 D 60 D 85 B
11 B 36 B 61 C 86 A
12 D 37 C 62 D 87 D
13 C 38 D 63 C 88 D
14 C 39 B 64 B 89 B
15 D 40 B 65 B 90 C
16 C 41 D 66 # 91 B
17 D 42 C 67 # 92 B
18 C 43 D 68 # 93 C
19 A 44 C 69 C 94 D
20 A 45 B 70 C 95 B
21 B 46 D 71 # 96 B
22 A 47 C 72 B 97 D
23 C 48 A 73 C 98 D
24 C 49 B 74 D 99 B
25 C 50 C 75 D 100 A
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C. DETAIL EXPLANATION

Equity and Quality by covering School/Vo-

1. Answer: A cational, Under-Graduate, Post Graduate,
The Quality Education India DIB was Engineering and Other Professional
launched in 2018 with the Indian govern- Courses.
ment in Delhi and at the United Nations
General Assembly in New York. 5. Answer: D
 World Environment Day 2018: a call to “Beat
2. Answer: D plastic pollution”
A. (b), (c) and (d) only
B. (a) and (d) only 6. Answer: B
C. (b) and (c) only  On 5 June every year, the World Health Or-
D. (a), (b), (c) and (d) ganization (WHO), United Nations sister
agencies and thousands of communities
3. Answer: A and organizations celebrate World Envi-
 The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experi- ronment Day.
ment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission is a  This year, the theme of the Day is “Beat
partnership between NASA and the Ger- plastic pollution” – a call for action for the
man Research Centre for Geosciences world to work together to address one of
(GFZ). the great environmental challenges of our
 GRACE-FO is a successor to the original time and raise global awareness of the
GRACE mission, which orbited Earth from need to reduce the heavy burden of plastic
2002-2017. pollution on people’s health and the threat
 GRACE-FO will carry on the extremely suc- it poses to the environment and wildlife.
cessful work of its predecessor while test-
ing a new technology designed to dra- 7. Answer: D
matically improve the already remarkable  Ireland's pro-life campaign concedes de-
precision of its measurement system. feat in abortion referendum Ireland’s pro-
life "Save The 8th" campaign has con-
4. Answer: A ceded defeat in the country’s historic
 SWAYAM MOOCs platform is World's Larg- abortion referendum after exit polls re-
est Online Free E-Learning Platform Portal ported a landslide win for those advocat-
designed to achieve the three cardinal ing liberalization.
principles of Education Policy viz., Access,
8. Answer: C
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 The Ministry of Tourism, Government of In-

dia runs the “Adopt a Heritage: Apni 9. Answer: D
Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan” project which is  Divyang Sarathi Mobile Application: An
a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Evaluation of Features You might have
Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Archaeologi- heard about the Divyang Sarathi Mobile
cal Survey of India and State/ UTs Govern- App of the Government of India. The beta
ment for developing tourism amenities at version of the app was launched in Sep-
heritage/ natural/ tourist sites tember 2017.
 This project is envisioned to fulfill the ob-  This comprehensive and accessible mo-
jective of the Government of India to pro- bile application has been designed to pro-
vide an enhanced tourism experience to vide all relevant information related to the
all travelers. It aims at ensuring quality & Department of Empowerment of Persons
inclusive provision of amenities and facili- with Disabilities (Divyangjan). Let us give
ties across heritage, natural, & tourist sites you an insight into the app and how it
through active participation of private and might be useful for you if you are a PwD re-
public sector organizations and individu- siding in India. We would also be sharing
als. These organizations would be known our evaluation of the app
as “Monument Mitras” for their collabora-
tion initiative. 10. Answer : B
 The project plans to entrust development,
upgradation and maintenance of ameni- 11. Answer: B
ties and facilities at the heritage, natural &  Thermal conductivity is the ability of a ma-
tourist sites to the Monument Mitras, cou- terial to conduct heat. It depends on the
pled with innovation and technology inter- type of material.
ventions to increase awareness of these  Thermal conductivity of a material is be-
incredible treasures. cause of migration of free electrons and
 The project began with 93 ASI monuments lattice vibrational waves
and has extended to heritage, natural and  For air – 0.24 W/m degree i.e. lowest.
tourist sites across India. These sites are  It is denoted by K and SI unit is W/m-k
classified into various categories based on Kair< Kwater < Kbrick < Kcopper < Kdiamond
visibility and footfall. The 'Monument Mi-
tras' would take up the sites of varied visi- 12. Answer : D
bility and footfall as a package, based on  Biodiesel is produced from vegetable oils,
their viability, and through CSR. They would yellow, grease used cooking oils or animal
get visibility on the monument premises fats. The fuel is produced by transesterifi-
and Ministry of Tourism digital platforms cation – a process that converts fats and
for their initiative.
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oil into biodiesel and glycerin ( a coprod- physics, materials science, and engineer-
uct) ing.
 Soyabean, Jatropha Carcas, Sunflower is  One nanometer is a billionth of a meter, or
used for production for biodiesel but pee- 10-9 of a meter.
pal is not used for production for bio die-
sel, because Peepal is medicinal plant. 16. Answer :C
 Shadow of an object related with Diffrac-
13. Answer : C tion of Light.
 Only the sides of the tongue are more sen-  Most objects don’t make their own light.
sitive than the middle overall to Acids. This  The Sun lamps- Flashlights and files are all
is true of all tastes within one exception the sources of light
back of our tongue is very sensitive to bit-  Shadows show the shape of an object
ter testes.  Shadows need a light source and an ob-
o Back of the tongue – bitter tests ject.
o Tip of the tongue – savory tests  Diffraction is the slight bending of light as
o Middle of the tongue – Sweet tests it passes around the edge of an object. The
amount of bending depends on the rela-
14. Answer : C tive size of the wavelength of light to the
 An inference is an idea or conclusion that size of the opening.
drown from evidence and reasoning. An  If the opening is much larger than lights
inference is an educated guess. wavelength. The bending will be almost
 The reasoning involved in drawing a con- unnoticeable.
clusion a conclusion or making a logical
judgment on the basis of circumstantial 17. Answer : D
evidence and prior conclusions rather  USB- Universal serial BVS (USB) is a com-
than on the basis of direct observations. mon interface that enables communica-
tion beth devices and a host controller
15. Answer: D such as a personal computer, mobile
 Nanotechnology is science, engineering, phones, laptops and smartphone.
and technology conducted at the na-  It connects peripheral devices such as
noscale, which is about 1 to 100 nanome- digital cameras, mice, keyboards, printers,
ters. scanners, media devices, external had de-
 Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the vice and flash devices.
study and application of extremely small
things and can be used across all the other 18. Answer : C
science fields, such as chemistry, biology,  Oncology is a branch of medicine that
deals with the prevention, diagnosis and