Assistant Town Planner (RPSC) 2013
SYLLABUS – ATP - 2018 11)
1) Nature, Concepts and Principles of Town
Planning, History and Development of
Town Planning in Ancient, Medieval and
modern Period.
2) Planning and present position of modern
towns in India. Factors affecting the town
planning and development.
3) General importance of housing demands for
housing, Design of residential areas, housing
problems in India.
4) Man and Environment Traditional pattern
and trends of change in Indian society,
concept of social structure, culture and
social institutions.
5) General awareness about architecture &
Town Planning of cities of Rajasthan.
6) Urban Ecology and sustainability:
a) Sustainable development, Green
Building, environment policies and
guidelines for planning.
b) Disaster management plan
c) Urban infrastructure and urban transport
d) Planning for urban development &
sustainable development.
7) Master Plan and its concept, scope and
purpose of plan
a) Land Utilization, Land use pattern and
values.
b) Population projections, methods of
population projection, vital statistics and
forecasting techniques.
c) Social infrastructure, Physical
infrastructure, heritage and Tourism.
d) Zonal Plans.
8) Slums and squatter settlements:
a) Causes and effects
b) Prevention of slum formation
c) Resources for slum clearance programs
in India
9) Simplified Planning Techniques
a) Data collections.
b) Surveys, Land utilization survey,
Density survey, Transportation surveys.
10) Unified Building Byelaws, 2017
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Development control rules in India & Urban
regulatory concept.
12) Chief Minister Jan Awas Yojana, Prime
Minister Awas Yojana.
13) Smart Cities and features of smart city.
14) Neighborhood concept, Roads Networks in
the city.
15) Satellite Towns & New Towns.
16) Norms and Standards for Living, Shopping,
Education, Health facilities, Parks and
Playgrounds, Banking, Rain Water
Conservation, Green belt and Garden City,
Road making and street light, Traffic Laws
and problems.
17) Non-government development organizations
and their relationship with local government,
citizen participation. Functions of the Urban
Local Bodies.
18) Engineering Materials and construction
Technology
a) Selection of site for the construction of
various types of buildings, Planning and
orientation of buildings.
b) Bonds in masonry, Damp Proof course,
Scaffolding, Floors, staircase, roofs,
doors and Windows.
c) Ventilation and air conditioning and
acoustics.
19) Structural Mechanics-
a) Stress and strain, elastic constants.
b) Bending moment and shear force
diagrams for cantilever, simply
supported and overhanging, fixed and
continuous beams.
c) Theory of simple bending, shear stress.
20) Pattern of Question Papers:
a) Objective Type Paper.
b) Maximum Marks : 100
c) Number of Questions : 120
d) Duration of Paper: Two Hours.
e) All Questions carry equal marks.
f) There will be Negative Marking.
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Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC)

Assistant Town Planner
Duration: 120 minutes Maximum Marks: 120

Instructions:
1. Answer all questions.
2. All questions carry equal marks.
3. Only one answer is to be given for each question.
4. If more than one answers are marked, it would be treated as wrong answer.
5. Each question has four alternative responses marked serially as 1, 2, 3, 4. You have to darken
only one circle or bubble indicating the correct answer on the Answer Sheet using BLUE
BALL POINT PEN.
6. 1/3 part of the mark(s) of each question will be deducted for each wrong answer. (A
wrong answer means an incorrect answer or more than one answers for any question.
Leaving all the relevant circles or bubbles of any question blank will not be considered as
wrong answer.)
7. The candidate should ensure that Series Code of the Question Paper Booklet and Answer
Sheet must be same after opening the envelopes. In case they are different, a candidate must
obtain another question paper of the same series. Candidate himself shall be responsible for
ensuring this.
8. Mobile Phone or any other electronic gadget in the examination hall is strictly prohibited. A
candidate found with any of such objectionable material with him/her will be strictly dealt as
per rules.
9. Please correctly fill your Roll Number in O.M.R. Sheet. 5 marks will be deducted for
filling wrong or incomplete Roll Number.
10. If there is any sort of ambiguity/mistake either of printing or factual nature then out of Hindi
and English Version of the question, the English Version will be treated as standard.
Warning: If a candidate is found copying or if any unauthorized material is found in his/her
possession. FIR would be lodged against him/her in the Police Station and he/she
would liable to be prosecuted under Section 3 of the R.P.E. (Prevention of Unfair
means) Act 1992. Commission may also debar him/her permanently from all
future examinations of the Commission.

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Q. 1. Major roads in Indus Valley Cities were (2) Agora
laid in (3) Forum
(1) Concentric Pattern (4) Stadia
(2) Grid Iron Pattern
(3) Zig-zag Pattern Q. 7. JNNURM stands for
(4) None of the above (1) Jaiprakash Narayan National
Urban Regulatory Mark
Q. 2. Three ‘Magnets’in Ebenezer Howard’s (2) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
garden city were described as Renewal Mission
(1) Population, Environment & Traffic (3) Janhit Nav Nirman Urja Rajya
(2) Economy, Ecology and Equity Mashal
(3) Town, country and town-country (4) None of the above
(4) All of the above
Q. 8. IDSMT focused mainly on:
Q. 3. Plan of the Jaipur city as built by king (1) Development of parks and play
Sawai Jai Singh was based on grounds in villages
(1) Dandaka Pattern (2) Development of Metro Transit
(2) Padmaka Pattern System
(3) Prastara Pattern (3) Development of Urban
(4) Swastika Pattern Infrastructure in small and medium
towns
Q. 4. Radburn (New Jersey) designed in (4) Development of Urban
1928 by Stein and wright was built on infrastructure in Urban periphery
central idea of - of metropolitan area
(1) Segregation of automobile and
pedestrian traffic Q. 9. TDR stands for :
(2) Liner greens (1) Total Development of Rural area
(3) Urban "Assembly line” housing (2) Transportation Development
(4) None of the above Regulations
(3) Transfer of Development Rights
Q. 5. Planning of New Delhi is based on (4) None of the above
which of the following
(1) Renaissance principles Q. 10. Who amongst the following are/is the
(2) Mandala Vastu-Purusha author of the book "Principles and
(3) Baroque principles practices of town and country
(4) Garden city principles planning"?
(1) H. M. Sherrad
Q. 6. A Greek City had major hub of Urban (2) Lewis Keeble
activities as (3) A Swaminathan
(1) Stoa (4) M.P, Fogarty

1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (2) 7. (2) 8. (3) 9. (3) 10. (2)
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Q. 11. Who amongst the following is the (a) Population rate of slums has a
author of the book "Design of cities"? barring on city size
(1) E.N. Bacon (b) Slums are unavoidable
(2) Lewis Mumford (c) Slums have symbiotic relationship
(3) Kevin Lynch with city
(4) Barry Needham (1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
Q. 12. Who amongst the following is the (3) (a) and (c)
author of book "Housing without (4) None of the above
houses"?
(1) A.H. Ansari Q. 17. Which one of the following states did
(2) Tihamir Salij not implement the "Slum Networking
(3) Nabeel Hamdi program"?
(4) Roger Sherwood (1) Gujarat
(2) Madhya Pradesh
Q. 13. Who amongst the following is not a (3) Rajasthan
co-author of the book "Urban pattern (4) Maharashtra
city planning and design"?
(1) Simon Eisner Q. 18. Slum up gradation program was
(2) Lewis Keeble launched in which five year plan?
(3) Arthur Gallion (1) Third five year plan
(4) Stanley Eisner (2) Fourth five year plan
(3) Fifth five year plan
Q. 14. As per the census of India. Which one (4) Sixth five year plan
of the following population criteria is
followed for defining a slum Q. 19. Central Slum Area (clearance and
(1) At least 500 population improvement) Act was formulated in
(2) At least 200 population which of the following years?
(3) At least 300 population (1) 1959 (2) 1964
(4) At least 100 population (3) 1956 (4) 1962

Q. 15. National slum policy of India was Q. 20. As per slum development policy of
formulated in which of the following 2010 of Rajasthan under public private
years partnership model the maximum FAR
(1) 1998 (2) 2000 that can be allowed on the plot shall
(3) 1992 (4) 2001 be:
(1) 4.5
Q. 16. Which of the following statements (2) 4.0
about slum is true? (3) 1.33
(4) Double of 2.5

11. (1) 12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (3) 15. (4) 16. (3) 17. (3) 18. (2) 19. (3) 20. (2)
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Q. 21. As per slum development policy of more than 100m in a proposed
Rajasthan the eligibility criteria for township
developer who wishes to develop area (1) 12m. (2) 18m.
between 25-50 acres should have a (3) 30m. (4) 9m.
minimum net worth of
(1) 20 crores (2) 10 crores Q. 27. The target cities, of JNNURM of
(3) 50 crores (4) 100 crores Govt. of India for the Rajasthan state
has been
Q. 22. The IHSDP scheme of Govt. (1) Towns below 50,000 population
of India has been in operation for (2) Towns having a development
(1) Govt. Housing Authority only
(2) Housing finance (3) Special towns
(3) Provision of drainage in urban (4) None of the above is complete set
area of criteria
(4) Slum improvement
Q. 28. What is the minimum percentage of
Q. 23. In Township policy 2010 of land to be left towards public utilities
Rajasthan, "the minimum area and facilities in a township scheme of
specified for establishing a township" more than 10 hectares as per township
(in hectares) is policy 2010
(1) 20 ha (2) 10 ha (1) 5 (2) 7.5
(3) 30 ha (4) 40 ha (3) 10 (4) 15

Q. 24. If a special township scheme for Q. 29. As per township policy 2010,
industrial township is proposed, the maximum charges for external
maximum saleable area permitted will development,for a fully serviced plot of
be : land, per sq.m. is
(1) 55% (2) 60% (1) Rs. 500.00
(3) 65% (4) 75% (2) Rs. 300.00
(3) Rs. 100.00
Q. 25. In special township schemes under (4) Rs. 50.00
Township policy 2010, what is the
maximum % area on which residential Q. 30. As per the guidelines issued by
activity and supporting social Ministry of surface transport, what is
infrastructure is allowed the minimum distance between a road
(1) 25% (2) 30% junction and petrol pump for towns
(3) 20% (4) 15% with more than 3 lac population
(1) 300 m.
Q. 26. In special township schemes under (2) 500 m.
township policy 2011 what is the (3) 200 m.
minimum road width, if road length is (4) 100 m.

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Q. 31. As per the guide lines issued by the Q. 36. As per the building bylaws of Jaipur
ministry of surface transport, what is Development Authority, who is the
the minimum distance allowed between competent officer to grant approval of
a toll post and petrol pump, for town building plans in S-l region?
having 3 lac population (1) Secretary JDA
(1) 200 m. (2) Building plan committee of JDA
(2) 300 m. (3) Officer authorized by Gram
(3) 400 m. Panchayat
(4) 1000 m. (4) Chief Town Planner of Govt. of
Rajasthan
Q. 32. As per the guidelines given by
"Affordable Housing Policy" of Q. 37. As per model building bylaws 2010,
Rajasthan government maximum FAR, the parking provision for cinemas is
that can be given as TDR to a 1ECU parking for every :
developer is : (1) 50 sq.m, of permissible FAR
(1) 2.5 (2) 1.0 (2) 10 seats
(3) 1.5 (4) 2.25 (3) 50 sq.m, of built up area
(4) 20 seats
Q. 33. As per "Affordable Housing Policy"
of Rajasthan government what is the Q. 38. If FSI of a given parcel of land is 200,
minimum percentage of land that must what is its corresponding FAR?
be constructed for EWS and LTG to (1) 200
quality under this scheme? (2) 2
(1) 45% (2) 40% (3) 0.2
(3) 35% (4) 50% (4) 2000

Q. 34. As per the building bylaws 2010, for Q. 39. Limit on the ground coverage on a
Jaipur if the height of building with plot of land is to prevent :
stills is 38 meters what is the minimum (1) Overcrowding and lack of light and
side and rear setbacksrequired? ventilation
(1) 11 m. (2) 9 m. (2) Non compatible uses
(3) 12 m. (4) 13.5 m. (3) Solar heat farming
(4) Shortage of parking
Q. 35. As per model building bylaws 2010
for Jaipur waste water recycling is Q. 40. As per National Building code a high
mandatory for plots having an area of rise building is the one having a height
sq.m. or more. of more than
(1) 2000 (1) 18 m.
(2) 3000 (2) 15 m.
(3) 4000 (3) 12 m.
(4) 5000 (4) 21 m.

31. (4) 32. (3) 33. ( ) 34. (3) 35. (4) 36. (3) 37. (2) 38. (2) 39. (1) 40. (2)
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Q. 41. Clearance from MOEF is mandatory Q. 46. As per UDPFI guidelines of Govt. of
for alarge building project if the built India the developed area average
up area is more than density for large cities is
(1) 10,000 sq.m. (1) 100-125 pph
(2) 15,000 sq.m. (2) 125-175 pph
(3) 20,000 sq.m. (3) 75-120 pph
(4) 30,000 sq.m. (4) 175-210 pph

Q. 42. As per UDPF1 guidelines issued by Q. 47. As UDPF1 guidelines the suggested
Govt. of India, minimum area in standard for open spaces in large and
hectares, ofsenior secondary school metro cities is
with capacities of 1000 students should (1) 5-8 sq.m./person
be : (2) 15-18 sq.m./person
(1) 2.0 (2) 3.6 (3) 8-10 sq.m./person
(3) 1.6 (4) 5.0 (4) 12-14 sq.m./person

Q. 43. As per UDPFI guidelines of Govt. of Q. 48. As per UDPFI guidelines, all KV
India, what should be the minimum electric substation is recommended for
area in hectares, for a 500 bedded a population of
general hospital, for a town with 2.5 (1) 5000
lacs population? (2) 2000
(1) 10.0 (2) 5.0 (3) 15,000
(3) 6.0 (4) 7.5 (4) 10,000
Q. 44. As per UDPFI guidelines of govt. of
India. What is the recommended design Q. 49. As per UDPFI guide lines suggested
speed in kilometers for arterial road in norms for water supply for public
urban areas? purposes in large and metro cities is
(1) 40 (2) 30 (1) 30-35 lpcd
(3) 60 (4) 80 (2) 25-30 lpcd
(3) 20-25 lpcd
Q. 45. As per UDPFI guidelines of Govt. of (4) 40-45 lpcd
India the proposed land distribution of
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Q. 50. As per UDPFI guidelines suggested
and Recreational land use, respectively norms for provision of community
for medium cities in plane areas is centre is for an urban population of :
(1) 35-40%, 4-5%, 10-12% & 18-20% (1) 25,000 - 1,00,000
(2) 45-50%, 6-8%, 10-12% & 8-10% (2) 1,25,000 - 2,00,000
(3) 40-50%, 8-10%, 3-4% & 22-25% (3) 1,00,000 - 1,25,000
(4) 40-45%, 3-4%, 8-10% & 18-20% (4) 2,00,000 - 5,00,000

41. (3) 42. (3) 43. (3) 44. (4) 45. (2) 46. (2) 47. ( ) 48. (3) 49. (4) 50. ( )
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Q. 51. As per UDPF1 guide lines, suggested Q. 56. The three most significant factors
norms for at least one school for, responsible for urban growth are
physically challenged students is; on an (a) Economic and industrial policies
urban population of (b) Changes in political setup
(1) 15,000 (2) 25,000 (c) Changes in legal/administrative
(3) 35,000 (4) 45,000 status
(d) Improvement in quality of life
Q. 52. According to census of India, which
one of the following minimum criteria (1) (a), (b), (c)
is followed to define an urban area (2) (b), (c), (d)
(1) 1,00,000 population and density (3) (a), (c), (d)
300 persons/sq km. (4) (a), (b), (d)
(2) 5000 population and density 500 Q. 57. Which one of the following is not a
persons/sq km. survey technique?
(3) 5000 population and density 400 (1) Public participation
persons/sq km. (2) Rapid appraisal
(4) 15,000 population and density 500 (3) Interview
persons/sq km. (4) Delphic

Q. 53. The class IV cities of census Q. 58. Which one of the following is not a
(population wise) classification refers sampling method?
to population range between (1) Quota
(1) 20001-50,000 (2) Stratified
(2) 10001-20,000 (3) Interval
(3) 50001-1,00,000 (4) Cluster
(4) 5001-10,000
Q. 59. Match the following land use with
their respective colour codes given in
Q. 54. Urbanization is an index of
UDPFI guide lines
transformation of
(1) Economy List I List II
(2) Political setup (a) Commercial (i) Yellow
(3) Population structure (b) Manufacturing/industrial (ii) Red
(4) All of the above (c) Public-Semi public (iii) Blue
(d) Residential (iv) Purple
Q. 55. As per 2001 census, the share of
natural population growth in over all (a) (b) (c) (d)
urban growth of population in the (1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
country is : (2) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(1) 60 (2) 52 (3) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(3) 58 (4) 56 (4) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

51. ( ) 52. (3) 53. (1) 54. (1) 55. ( ) 56. (3) 57. (1) 58. (1) 59. (2)
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Q. 60. Match the following acts with the (3) Permissible use
year of commentment (4) Compoundable use
List I List II
(a) Model town & country planning act (i) 1915 Q. 65. Which one amongst the following is a
(b) Jaipur Development Authority act. (ii) 1976 prohibited use/activity in Industrial
(c) Bombay Town Planning act. (iii)1962 land-use?
(d) Gujarat Town Planning & Development act. (iv)1982 (1) Hospital
(2) Gas Godown
Code :
(3) LPG Refilling plant
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(4) All of the above
(1) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Q. 66. Which one out of the following is a
(3) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
permissible use/activity in public and
(4) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
semi public land-use?
(1) Warehouses
Q. 61. Which one amongst the following is (2) Farm houses
not a part of an urban ‘Development (3) Hospitals
control’? (4) Solid waste dumping sites
(1) Land use
(2) Land subdivision Q. 67. Schools require ECUS/100 sq.m. of
(3) National Building code built up area.
(4) Building by laws (1) 0.5 - 1.5
(2) 1.5 - 2.5
Q. 62. Which one of the following is not a (3) 0.5 - 1.0
zoning technique/method? (4) 0.25 - 0.75
(1) Height (2) Character
(3) Accessibilities (4) Density Q. 68. Which factor amongst the following
does not affect the FAR?
Q. 63. Which one of the following is a (1) Plot Size
permissible use/activity in residential (2) Road Width
land use? (3) Land-use
(1) Water treatment plant (4) Market Value of the property
(2) Cinema Hall
(3) Auditorium Q. 69. Which amongst the following does
(4) Botanical Garden not express the intensity of
development?
Q. 64. Museum in commercial land use zone (1) Migration rate
is (2) Occupancy rate
(1) Prohibited use (3) Gross residential density
(2) Permitted use (4) Accommodation density

60. (1) 61. (3) 62. ( ) 63. (3) 64. (2) 65. (1) 66. ( ) 67. (2) 68. (4) 69. (4)
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(2) Construction of water supply
Q. 70. A town is classified as "mono- scheme for design period
functional” when (3) Planning and designing water
(1) > 40% workers are in single supply and O & M works for the
occupation design period
(2) > 50% workers are in two (4) O & M works and supervision
occupation
(3) > 60% workers are in single Q. 75. Water supply master plan caters to
occupation the which of the following target
(4) > 70% workers are in single (1) Short term target
occupation (2) Long term target
(3) Medium term target
Q. 71. The most suitable method of (4) All of the above
population forecast for a city that is
saturating will be Q. 76. Who amongst the following was
(1) Logistic Curve appointed as first Town planning
(2) Geometric Growth advisor to the Government of India?
(3) Arithmetic Growth (1) H. V. Lancaster
(4) Component Method (2) Patrick Geddes
(3) Le Corbusier
Q. 72. Which one of the following (4) Swindon Jacob
population forecasting method gives
maximum population? Q. 77. Otto Koenigsberger was associated
(1) Arithmetic increase with planning of which city
(2) Geometric increase (1) Bokaro Steel City
(3) Incremental increase (2) Gandhi Nagar
(4) Graphical method (3) Bhubaneshwar
(4) Jamshedpur
Q. 73. Identify the correct pair of terms used
to indicate a sewage disposal and Q. 78. Which of the following constitutional
treatment system/process. amendment Act (CAA) entrusted urban
(1) Biological and physical electrical planning function to local bodies?
(2) Onsite and offsite servicing (1) 72 CAA (2) 73 CAA
(3) Branched and looped (3) 74 CAA (4) 75 CAA
(4) Aerobic and Anaerobic
Q. 79. The structure plan is prepared for a
Q. 74. Water supply master plan caters for period of
(1) Augmentation of present water (1) One year
supply (2) Five years
(3) 10-15 years
(4) 20-25 years

70. (1) 71. (3) 72. (4) 73. (4) 74. (3) 75. (2) 76. (1) 77. (3) 78. (3) 79. (2)
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Q. 80. Which of the following is not in the
scope of master plan?
(1) To allocate land use
(2) To suggest road network
(3) To provide implementation
guidelines and finance
(4) To regulate land-use
Q. 81. The function of town planning
department includes
(1) City sanitation plan
(2) Water supply master plan
(3) Plans of schemes
(4) All of the above
Q. 82. The urban local body is an approving
authority for
(1) Perspective plan
(2) Structure plan
(3) Master plan
(4) Annual plan
Q. 83. Arrange the following planning
stages in the sequential order
(i) Evolving program
(ii) Evolving plan
(iii) Evolving project
(iv) Evolving policies
(1) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(2) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(3) (i), (iii), (iv), (iii)
(4) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
Q. 85. JNNURM is a
(1) Centrally sponsored scheme
(2) Central sector scheme
(3) States funded scheme
(4) Internationally funded scheme
Q. 86. Which one out of following is not a
part of JNNURM
(1) City development plan
(2) City sanitation plan
(3) Detailed project report
(4) None of the above
Q. 87. The ratio of financial contribution of
center, state and local urban body
under JNNURM for large cities is
(1) 50%, 20%, 30%
(2) 80%, 10%, 10%
(3) 35%, 15%, 50%
(4) 90%, 10%, 00%
Q. 88. The number of cities covered under
JNNURM is
(1) 63 (2) 65
(3) 61 (4) 62
Q. 89. Which one amongst the following
financing institution extends housing
finance, directly to individuals?
(1) NHB
(2) HDFC
(3) ADB
(4) HUDCO

Q. 90. Which one out of the following is not

Q. 84. The duration of JNNURM is : the model of urban structure?
(1) 4 years (1) Concentric zone model
(2) 5 years (2) Sector model
(3) 6 years (3) Garin - Lowery model
(4) 7 years (4) Multiple Nuclei model

80. (3) 81. (4) 82. (4) 83. (2) 84. (4) 85. (1) 86. (2) 87. (3) 88. (2) 89. (2) 90. (3)
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Q. 91. Position of transition zone in Q. 96. Arrange following city concepts in
concentric zone theory is located chronological order
between (a) Satellite town
(1) Middle and High income group (b) Linear city
(2) CBD and middle income group (c) Industrial city
(3) Middle income group and (d) Garden city
commuter zone
(4) High income group and commuter (1) (a), (b), (d), (c)
zone (2) (d), (b), (c), (a)
(3) (c), (a), (d), (b)
Q. 92. CBD in a city is : (4) (b), (d). (a), (c)
(1) The geometric centre of the city
(2) Main business area/commercial Q. 97. Patrick Geddes Triad explains the
area of the city relationship between/among
(3) Historic / tourism core of the city (1) Folk, Work, Leisure
(4) Central park (2) Folk, Space, Shelter
(3) Folk, Place, Work
Q. 93. The concentric zone theory is (4) Folk, Form, Culture
propounded by a/an
(1) Geographer (2) Economist Q. 98. The K-7 principle in "Central place
(3) Sociologist (4) Urban planner theory" relates to
(1) Administrative principle
Q. 94. The "Threshold" in central place (2) Marketing principle
theory relates to : (3) Transport principle
(1) Maximum distance people are (4) Sustainability principle
prepared to travel for a service
(2) Minimum number of people for a Q. 99. In Neighborhood concept "Upper
service Schools" were placed to serve
(3) Minimum distance people are population within a radius of :
prepared to travel for a service (1) 1 mile (2) 1.5 mile
(4) Maximum number of people (3) 1.75 mile (4) 2 mile
served by a service.
Q. 100. The traffic carrying capacity of a
Q. 95. The concept of Garden city was given road cannot be improved by
by (1) Mix traffic
(1) Tony Gamier (2) Dedicating lane according to traffic
(2) Soria Y Mata speed
(3) Raymond Unwin (3) Unidirectional flow of traffic
(4) Ebenezer Howard (4) Minimizing the number of
intersections

91. (2) 92. (2) 93. (3) 94. (2) 95. (4) 96. (4) 97. (3) 98. (1) 99. (1) 100. (1)
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Q. 101. Which amongst the following has Q. 106. 'Vector' and 'raster' are in context of
highest PCU (equivalent) GIS.
(1) Horse Driven Cart (1) Quantities and images
(2) Auto Rickshaw (2) Points, lines, areas and images
(3) Cycle Rickshaw (3) Physical features and Historical
(4) Bullock Cart facts
(4) Geometrical figures and algebraic
Q. 102. The revenue sharing between the values
central government and state
government is decided by : Q. 107. Raster Data from Satellite can be
(1) Central finance commission used to locate :
(2) Planning commission (1) Informal / unauthorized
(3) State finance commission developments
(4) State planning boards/commission (2) Sites of historical values
(3) Degradation of natural wealth in
Q. 103. Which out of following is a land eco sensitive areas
assembly technique? (4) All of the above
(1) Town planning scheme
(2) Accommodation reservation Q. 108. Spatial inter-polation is a process of
(3) Transfer of development rights using points of known values of Geo
(4) All of the above spatial factors for.
(1) Getting exact values on identified
Q. 104. Which of the following is a single nodes
purpose institution (2) Getting estimated values on other
(1) Houring Board points of unknown values to create
(2) Development Authority a raster surface.
(3) Municipality (3) Marking strategic locations on a
(4) Gram Panchayat map
(4) Drawing a pattern precisely
Q. 105. Of following statements:
(a) A Geographical information system Q. 109. Topologically correct vector data is
(GIS) file has geo-spatial data. digitized with the help of :
(b) A G.I.S. file can contain data on (1) Toposheets and Grids
population characteristics of a place. (2) Shapping distance and search
radius
(1) (1) Both (a) and (b) are correct (3) Tail data and core data
(2) (2) Only (a) is correct (4) Raster images and statistical
(3) (3) Only (b) is correct observations
(4) (4) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect

101. (4) 102. (1) 103. (1) 104. (1) 105. (1) 106. ( ) 107. (4) 108. (2) 109. ( )
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Q. 110. Who amongst the following is
responsible for maintenance of
National Highways in Urban areas, and
development of interstate roads?
(1) Concerned municipality
(2) Concerned UIT/Development
authority
(3) State Public Works Department
(4) CRF (Central Road Fund)
Q. 111. Which one amongst the following
cities of Rajasthan was listed as state
priority city in the report of "National
commission on urbanization"?
(1) Jalore (2) Chittorgarh
(3) Churn (4) Sikar
Q. 112. Which one out of following towns of
Rajasthan is included in NCR?
(1) Udaipur (2) Jodhpur
(3) Alwar (4) Ajmer
Q. 113.Which out of the following taxes is
levied by urban local bodies in
Rajasthan as per Rajasthan
Municipalities Act 2009?
(1) Urban Development tax (2) Service tax
(3) Value Added tax (VAT) (4) Income tax
Q. 114.Which out of the following is an
accepted financing technique for urban
development
(1) Betterment levy (2) Impact fee
(3) Developer exaction (4) All of the above
Q. 115. A housing program qualifies as
affordable when the amount paid by the
occupant as rent or loan repayment is
(1) <33% of occupants income
(2) 33-35% of occupant's income
(3) < 30% of occupant's income
(4) 35-40% of occupant's income
110.(3) 111.( ) 112.(3) 113.(1) 114.(4) 115.(4) 116.(2) 117.(3)
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Q. 116.The suggested range of scale of maps
by UDPFI guidelines for development
plans of a metro city is :
(1) 1 : 5000 - 1 : 10000
(2) 1 : 100000 - 1 : 1,50,000
(3) 1 : 10000 - 1 : 20000
(4) 1 : 25000 - 1 : 50000
Q. 117. A new housing price index has been
launched (RES1DEX) by
(1) Planning commission
(2) HDFC
(3) National Housing Bank
(4) Central statistical organization
Q. 118. Which out of the following is not a
part of identified implement the
proposals in National Housing Policy?
(1) Supply and Management of land
(2) Housing techniques
(3) Rural housing
(4) Legal and Regulatory Framework
Q. 119. National Housing policy was
formulated in the year
(1) 1992 (2) 1986
(3) 1989 (4) 1979
Q. 120. Which out of the following sets of
elements form the "Images of a city" as
per Lewis Mumford
(1) Roads, Parks, Neighborhoods,
Industries, Markets
(2) Paths, Edges, Nodes, Districts,
Land Marks
(3) Peoples, Traffic, Buildings, Trees,
Water bodies
(4) Wealth, Knowledge, Morels,
Ethics, Religion
118.( ) 119.( ) 120.(2)
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