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Urban Housing

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A hypothetical uniform plane representing a city and its use zones are called?

a)

Co Planar surface

b)

Iso planar surface

c)

Isotropic surface

d)

Isometric surface

2.

tendencies toward congregation & discrimination are long- standing but dominated by internal cohesion are called?

a)

Ghettos

b)

Enclaves

c)

Colonies

d)

Development

3.

The combined result of congregation & discrimination is called ?

a)

Segregation

b)

Dispersion

c)

Diversion

d)

Development

4.

What is a bid rent?

a)

Optimum rent that a potential user would be willing to pay for a site.

b)

Average rent that a potential user would be willing to pay for a site.

c)

Minimum rent that a potential user would be willing to pay for a site.

d)

Maximum rent that a potential user would be willing to pay for a site.

5.

Major issues in Megacities :

1.Slum housing

2.environmental degradation

3.Disease & health risks


Choose the correct options.

a)

1,2

b)

2.3

c)

1,3

d)

1,2,3

6.

The Urban Design Protocol identifies __________ essential design qualities that create quality urban design.

a)

7

b)

8

c)

6

d)

4

7.

______________is a concept that has the challenge to solve the problems of urban areas, to control urban sprawl and to prevent environmental deterioration.

a)

Urban Context of Life

b)

Urban Definition of Life

c)

Urban Quality of Life

d)

Urban Concept of Life

8.

New Urbanism is a theory implemented in which city?

a)

Kochi

b)

Amaravati

c)

Guwahati

d)

Chennai

9.

development that serves the economy, the community, and the environment is called?

a)

Urban growth

b)

Smart Growth

c)

Rapid growth

d)

Defined growth

10.

primary purpose of urban renewal is to ________________?

a)

restore economic viability

b)

promote urban decay

c)

promote rapid urbanisation

d)

remove sustainable development

11.

Choose the tools for urban regeneration in correct order?

a)

scoping - planning - financing - implementation

b)

planning - scoping - financing - implementation

c)

planning - financing - scoping - implementation

d)

scoping - financing - planning - implementation

12.

Expand BREEAM

a)

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

b)

Building Regenerative Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

c)

Building Revitalisation Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

d)

Building Regenerative Environmental Establishment Assessment Method

13.

Expand MHUPA

a)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

b)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poor Alleviation

c)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Assessment

d)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poor Assessment

14.

Expand NIUA

a)

The National Implementation of Urban Assessment

b)

The National Institute of Urban Assessment

c)

The National Institute of Urban Affairs

d)

The National Implementation of Urban Affairs

15.

Urban spatial configurations are defined through?

a)

Path, Edge , District , Node , Landmark

b)

Path, Edge , District , sector , Landmark

c)

Path, Edge , District , periphery , Landmark

d)

Path, Edge , District , Node , Boundary

16.

There are _______ types of settlement classified according to their pattern

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

2

17.

Driving forces of urbanization are?

a)

Industrialisation

b)

Globalisation

c)

Marketization

d)

All of the above

18.

Expand PDL.

a)

Public Dispersion Law

b)

Public Disclosure Law

c)

Public Development Law

d)

Public Division Law

19.

Design & Implementation of a Public Participation Process are as follows :

a)

Preliminary Design - Plan Development - Implementation - Feedback

b)

Preliminary Design - Plan Development - Feedback - Implementation

c)

Plan Development -Preliminary Design- Implementation - Feedback

d)

Plan Development -Preliminary Design- Feedback - Implementation

20.

How many number of public participation techniques are present actively?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

21.

Expand CPL

a)

City Participation Law

b)

City Preservation Law

c)

Community Participation Law

d)

Community Preservation Law

22.

Expand CDP

a)

City Development Plan

b)

Corporation Development Plan

c)

City Division Plan

d)

Corporation Division Plan

23.

Expand RTI

a)

Right to Incorporate

b)

Right to Institute

c)

Right To Information

d)

Right To Influence

24.

When was the RTI act passed?

a)

2001

b)

2005

c)

2003

d)

2002

25.

Expand SBUT

a)

Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust

b)

Saifee Bihar Upliftment Trust

c)

Saifee Burhani Urban Trust

d)

Saifee Bihar Urban Trust

26.

Publications, Public meetings , Open House & Target Briefings are techniques of ?

a)

Traditional Public Participation Techniques

b)

Emerging Public Participation Techniques

c)

Both Traditional and Emerging Public Participation Techniques

d)

None of the above.

27.

What is a Trade Off Model?

a)

Urban dwellers trade-off between accessibility & living space

b)

Urban dwellers trade-off between CBD & rural areas

c)

Urban dwellers trade-off between periphery & developed zones

d)

Urban dwellers trade-off between two different zones in the city.

28.

Choose the correct types of settlements .

a)

Isolated , Divergent , Nucleated

b)

Isolated , Dispersed , Nucleated

c)

Integrated , Dispersed , Nucleated

d)

Integrated , Divergent , Nucleated

29.

The first city in recorded history to reach a population of one million residents was ?

a)

Greece

b)

Ancient Rome

c)

London

d)

New York

30.

Define Conurbation.

a)

A very large city with its suburbs consisting of multiple satellite cities and towns

b)

An extremely large city consists of a group of metropolises, containing between three and ten million residents.

c)

A small city that functions as a type of municipality or subdivision of a consolidated city.

d)

A large town which has a population between 10,000 and 100,000

31.

A large city with a large population and many services. The population is less than one million but over 300,000 people is termed as?

a)

Conurbation

b)

Borough

c)

Regiopolis

d)

Prefecture

32.

A supercity consists of a group of conurbations, containing more than ten million residents in total is called?

a)

Megapolis

b)

Metropolis

c)

Conurbation

d)

Borough

33.

State True or False :

Urban Element typically refers to the physical building blocks of the city: the buildings, clusters of buildings. and the spaces between them.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Expand HUDCO.

a)

The Housing and Uniform Development Constitution

b)

The Housing and Urban Development Constitution

c)

The Housing and Urban Development Corporation

d)

The Housing and Uniform Development Corporation

35.

The concept of Quality Of Life in an urban environment revolves around :

a)

Ecological Sustainability

b)

Social Sustainability

c)

Economic Sustainability

d)

All of the Above

36.

Safety and transportation such as roads, police, and fire facilities comes under which type of Urban Planning?

a)

Urban Revitalisation

b)

Economic Development

c)

Environmental Planning

d)

Infrastructure Planning

37.

•Personal privacy and virtue

•Communal well-being

•Inner essence of things

are basic principles of?

a)

Islamic cities globally

b)

Spanish Colonial Architecture

c)

European Cities

d)

North American cities

38.

Beaux art style and Modern Movement are Features of ?

a)

European Cities

b)

North American Cities

c)

Spanish Colonial cities

d)

South American Cities

39.

The ecological model of urban land use in North American Cities is known as?

a)

The Chicago Model

b)

The Bright Light Area

c)

The Central Business District Model

d)

European City Model

40.

Hoyt's model of urban structure: Sector model is a _____________?

a)

Organised Model

b)

Dispersed Model

c)

Concentric Model

d)

Integrated Model

41.

Development of American Cities reflect historical trend of racial segregation.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Choose the correct answers of :

Emerging Techniques in Public Participation Techniques :

A.Open space Technology

B.Future Search Conferences

C.Workshops and Focus Groups

a)

A & B

b)

A & C

c)

B & C

d)

All of the above

43.

Traditional city development based on urban center with administrative functions including government, banking, law, education, & retail functions is known as ?

a)

Central Urban District

b)

Central Business District

c)

Core Business District

d)

Core Urban District

44.

Mount Road was the Central Business District of the early Madras.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Grid street system with Churches, govt. offices, stores, & slaughter house at Center with Central Plaza is an ideal layout found in which city ?

a)

Spanish Colonial Town

b)

Ancient Rome

c)

London

d)

Italy