1. What are the advantages offered by trees if planted surrounding the building?
Ans: The trees will prevent the noise and air pollution to a maximum extent.
2. Which is the type of lift that doesn’t need a machine room on top of the last floor?
Ans: The Hydraulic Lift doesn’t need a machine room on top of the last floor.
3. What are the types of arches used in the architectural designing?
Ans: There are five types of arches used in the architectural designing
a. Flat Arch
b. Semi-circular Arch
c. Segmental Arch
d. Relieving Arch
e. Dutch / French Arch
4. Why flutes were provided in the stone columns of ancient buildings?
Ans: To hide the joints of the stone masonry and to provide the visual illusion of the height.
5. How many types of stair-cases can we design?
Ans: There are six varieties of stair-cases which can be designed
a. Straight stairs
b. Dog-legged stairs
c. Open-newel stairs
d. Geometrical stairs
e. Circular stairs
f. Bifurcated stairs
6. Define the ‘Gable’.
Ans: It is a triangular shaped portion of masonry at the end of a sloped roof.
7. What is the purpose of providing cavity walls?
Ans: The Cavity walls have 25% greater insulating value than solid walls and are economical.
8. What is plinth area?
Ans: The built up, covered area measured at the floor level of the basement of any storey.
9. What is a window?
Ans: An opening on the exterior wall which provides all or part of the required natural light or ventilation or both to an interior space.
10. What do you mean by partition?
Ans: An interior non-load bearing barrier, one storey or part-storey in height.
11. What is a Baluster?
Ans: It is a wooden, metal or masonry vertical member supporting a hand rail.
12. What is Newel Post?
Ans: It is a wooden or metallic post supporting the handrail and is usually provided at the hand, foot or at points where the balustrade changes its direction.
13. What is the average eye-level of the human beings?
Ans: 1500 mm is the average human eye-level considered for all design purposes.
14. List out the varieties of natural stones used in the building finishes.
Ans: The following natural stones are generally used in the building finishes:
a. Granite
b. Marble
c. Shahbad
d. Slate
e. Sandstone
15. What are the types of buildings?
Ans: Buildings are classified into 9 categories, they are:
a. Residential
b. Educational
c. Institutional
d. Assembly
e. Business
f. Mercantile
g. Industrial
h. Storage
i. Hazardous
16. Why is false ceiling adopted for buildings?
Ans: For reducing the volume of air in the given room for effective air-conditioning and to hide the cables in corridors. The type of false ceiling will decided depending upon the usage of that area.
17. What is FSI and FAR and how will you calculate?
Ans: FSI is floor space index and FAR is floor area ratio
Total covered area of the floors
FSI / FAR = -----------------------------------------------
Plot area
18. How will you decide the opening size of the room?
Ans: Opening size will be decided as per the function and the occupant load of that room.
19. What are the deciding factors for the provision of the lift?
Ans: Function, occupant load and space restriction are the deciding factors for the provision of the lift.
20. How many types of lifts are there?
Ans: There are five varieties of lifts available as per the functional requirement and they are:
a. Passenger lifts
b. Goods lifts
c. Hospital lifts
d. Goods lifts
e. Dumb waiters
21. What is ashlar stone masonry and rubble stone masonry?
Ans: The dressed stones are used in the ashlar stone masonry and undressed stones are used in the rubble stone masonry.
22. Who has designed “The House of Falling Waters”?
Ans: The Architect Frank Lloyd Wright had designed “The House of Falling Waters”.
f. Mercantile
g. Industrial
h. Storage
i. Hazardous
16. Why is false ceiling adopted for buildings?
Ans: For reducing the volume of air in the given room for effective air-conditioning and to hide the cables in corridors. The type of false ceiling will decided depending upon the usage of that area.
17. What is FSI and FAR and how will you calculate?
Ans: FSI is floor space index and FAR is floor area ratio
Total covered area of the floors
FSI / FAR = -----------------------------------------------
Plot area
18. How will you decide the opening size of the room?
Ans: Opening size will be decided as per the function and the occupant load of that room.
19. What are the deciding factors for the provision of the lift?
Ans: Function, occupant load and space restriction are the deciding factors for the provision of the lift.
20. How many types of lifts are there?
Ans: There are five varieties of lifts available as per the functional requirement and they are:
a. Passenger lifts
b. Goods lifts
c. Hospital lifts
d. Goods lifts
e. Dumb waiters
21. What is ashlar stone masonry and rubble stone masonry?
Ans: The dressed stones are used in the ashlar stone masonry and undressed stones are used in the rubble stone masonry.
22. Who has designed “The House of Falling Waters”?
Ans: The Architect Frank Lloyd Wright had designed “The House of Falling Waters”.
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