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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING


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  • Town and Country Planning - 10 MCQs
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  • Town and Country Planning- Drawing and Surveying- Notes- 119 one word notes
  • Town and Country Planning- Rajasthan - 14 MCQs
  • Town and Country Planning- Tamilnadu - 14 MCQs​ ​
SUCCESS STORIES

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING​ SYLLABUS

(These syllabus may change from time to time. Please check with the relevant Public Service Commission websites for any changes in the syllabus)​​

Unit I- Basic Mathematics
  • Units of Measurement 
  • Conversion from one unit of measurement to another.
  • Traditional units of measurement used in revenue maps.
  • Calculation of perimeter, area and volumes
  • Calculation and relationships of fractions, decimals and percent

Unit II- Drawing and Surveying
  • Symbols and conventions of Architectural and Town Planning drawings.
  • Understanding of Cartography, contours, levels etc.
  • Basic equipment and instruments used for Surveying, Total Station.
  • Reading of building drawings- plans, elevations, sections, three dimensional views.
  • Reading of Revenue Maps.
  • Land use, colour schemes and symbols used in preparation of Master Plans.
Unit III- Architecture and Town Planning
  • General awareness about architecture and town planning of cities.
  • Components of building.
  • Basic understanding of layout, functioning and components of sanitary, plumbing, electrical & other services in town planning and housing schemes
  • Solid Waste Management as applicable to residential schemes and cities
  • Awareness about different housing schemes of Government of India & States
  • 'Terminology related to ‘Smart Cities’.
  • Awareness of Sustainable Development,
  • Building & Development Regulations:
                 o set-backs, permissible heights, ground coverage, built up area, super built up area etc
                 o FAR/FSI, Parking requirements
                 o Fire-Fighting provisions 2
                 o Water Harvesting
                 o Plot sizes for different categories like, EWS, LIG, MIG, HIG, etc.
                 o Road right of ways, road cross-sections.


Unit IV- Computer Aided Design and Computer Application 
  • CAD-Features of CAD.
  • Coordinate systems used in CAD and dimensioning.
  • Drafting, Editing and Dimensioning commands for 2D.
  • Changing properties of drawings such as line type, line weight, colours. o Managing layers.
  • Calculation of Area, volumes.
  • Connecting from one file format to another.
  • ​Taking printouts using drawing plotter. Computer applications for graphics and Photo editing. General awareness of Computer hardware and its components. Computer applications for word processing, presentation and spreadsheet. (MS Word, Power point, Excel or similar software).

​TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING MCQ

​1. The town should be divided into different, so that suitable rules  and regulations can be framed for each of them.
A) Planning division
B) Planning units
C) Sectors
D) Land use zones.
Ans: D

2. In how many types were the villages classified in Manasara ?
A) 4 types
B) 3 types
C) 6 types
D)  8 types.
Ans: D

3. The plan of Washington DC was conceived by Pierre l'Enfant and it was approved by Washington and Jefferson. What pattern of street layout is adopted in Washington DC ?
A) Radial streets
B) Diagral and radial streets
C) Diagonal streets and grid cross streets
D) Diagral and radial streets, superimposed upon the typical grid iron layout.
Ans: D

4. Area of a neighbourhood according to C. Perry will be around
A) 1600 acres
B) 2600 acres
C) 3600 acres
D) 160 acres.  
Ans: D

5. National Capital Region is spread over
A) Union Territory of Delhi
B) Delhi and part of Uttar Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
D) Union Territory of Delhi, Part of Uttar Pradesh. Haryana and Rajasthan.
Ans: D

6. Conservative surgery in planning will result in
A) mass displacement of population
B) congestion in other parts
C) huge financial outlay
D) more or less a renewal process.
Ans: D

7. Mohenjodaro represents
A) Tiger Valley Civilisation
B) Indus Valley Civilisat-ion
C) Nile Valley Civilisation
D) Yellow River Valley Civilisation.
Ans: B

8. Silpa Sastra deals with
A)Town Planning in ancient India
B) Sculpture
C) Dance
D) None of these.
Ans: A

9. The 'Finger plan' was adopted for the extension of the city of
A)Copenhagen
B) Chennai
C) Brasilia
D) New Delhi.
Ans: A

10. Which of the following books Ebenezer Howard published in 1898 ?
A) To-morrow : A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
B) Garden Cities of To-morrow
C) Model Garden Cities of To-morrow
D) Garden Suburb of London.
Ans: A
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  •  Town and Country Planning- Page 13 - 
  • Town and Country Planning- Drawing and Surveying- Notes
  • Town and Country Planning- Rajasthan - 12 MCQs
  • Town and Country Planning- Tamilnadu - 14 MCQs​ ​​

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