Name of the Organisation : Karnataka Examinations Authority
Name of the Exam : PG Common Entrance Test – PGCET
Subject: Architecture
Year : 2015
Document Type : Question Paper
Website : https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/indexnew
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KEA PGCET Architecture Question Paper
Time: 2 Hours
Max. Marks: 100
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Marks Distribution :
PART — I 50 Questions: 50 x 1 = 50 Marks
PART – II 25 Questions: 25 x 2 = 50 Marks
Total = 100 Marks
1. Hector Guimard was associated with
a) Arts and Crafts Movement
b) Art Nouveau Movement
c) Italian Futurism
d) De Stijl Movement
2. Piano nobile of the Italian palazzo refers to the
a) second floor
b) third floor
c) ground floor
d) first floor (above the ground floor)
3. The concept of bio-climatic skyscraper is associated with
a) William Lim
b) Ken Yeang
c) Mario Botta
d) Channa Daswate
4. The ideologies of architects, according to Jon Lang, fall under
a) normative theory
b) positive theory
c) scientific theory
d) explanatory theory
5. Golden section refers to the division of a line into two parts a and b such that Corbuiser chose to propound FIVE points of architecture in reference to
a) FIVE fingers of hand
b) FIVE orders of architecture
c) FIVE elements of nature
d) FIVE proportions
6. “Layering of facades’ and “Sense of Centre’ are the basic tenets of
a) B.V. Doshi
b) Charles Correa
c) Anant Raje
d) Achyut Kanvinde
7. If the height of a building is h and distance of viewing is d, then distance – relation ratio is h;d. If h;d is 1:3, we
a) tend to see object as edge
b) tend to notice details more than the façade
c) tend to see object as whole together with details
d) tend to see the building in relation to surrounding objects
8. Compared to the Greek agora, the Roman Forum was more
a) symmetrical
b) scattered
c) structured
d) open
9. As the population size of cities increases, the percentage of area under residential use usually
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
d) increases marginally
10. If the age-sex pyramid of a settlement is broad at the base and narrow at the middle and top, it indicates that the
a) settlement has employment opportunity
b) settlement’s population is aging
c) settlement has young population
d) settlement has poor employment opportunity
11. The Dasavatara Temple at Deogarh belongs to which period
(A) Kalinga
(B) Chalukya
(C) Gupta
(D) Maurya
12. Sanctum sanctorum of a Temple is otherwise called
(A) Kund
(B) Garba griha
(C) Mandapa
(D) Antarala
13. The five rathas at Mamallapuram belong to which style?
(A) Chola
(B) Pandya
(C) Nayak
(D) Pallava
14. Revival of Gothic cathedrals was carried out by
(A) Viollet-Le-Duc
(B) Francois Blondel
(C) Mies van der Rohe
(D) Vitruvius
15. GIS stands for
(A) Geological Survey of India
(B) Geography of India Survey
(C) Geological Ideology Survey
(D) Geographic Information System