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PART-1 [ GENERAL STUDIES1 in 90 pages]

Key words:

PLANNING of Chandigadh, hippodomian-planning concept, Aerial photography, sight distance &

braking distance, Eminent Domain and Police power, land acquisition act 1894, 73rd& 74th

Constitutional amendments, formal and functional regions, parking accumulation, parking index and

parking turnover, Central place theory of Christaller, linear and radio-centric patterns, GIS, HDI,numerical questions based on coverage,FAR, population etc., MULTI LEVEL PLANNING IN INDIA,

SETTLEMENT PATTERN, CONCENTRIC ZONE THEORY, MULTIPLE NUCLEI THEORY, Housing

and Urban policy in India, HUDCO, national housing policy, Slum Improvement Programme (SIP),

Slum upgradation programme (SUP), HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES, CONTEMPORARY

DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA, MANASARA VASTUSHASTRA, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT IN

AMERICA, FACTORY TOWN, world planners & their contributions, planning in India, new towns in

India, PLANNING REGULATIONS AND BUILDING BYELAWS, SURVEY METHODS, REGIONAL

PLANNING, FINANCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, PLANNING PROCESS, SERVICES AND

AMENITIES, PLANNING STANDARDS, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING,

DEFINITION OF TERMS, Level of service, etc.

PART-2 [GENERAL STUDIES2 in 51 pages]

Key words:

Blue series and Red series, check valves, questions & answers covering different topics, books &

authors, CPM & PERT, EIA in detail, site planning, landscape, taxes, VAMBAY,etc.

PART-3 [INDIAN HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE in 49 pages]

Key words:

Indus Valley Civilization, Buddhist Architecture, Chaitya Hall, Bhaja, Maharashtra, Sanchi Stupa No.1,

Madhya Pradesh, Sanchi Stupa No.1, Detail of Sculpture on Torana, Madhya Pradesh, The Stupa,Chaitya Hall, The Pagoda, Temple Architecture, Temple 18 at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, Temple 17

at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, Lad Khan Temple, Aihole, Karnataka, Durga Temple, Aihole, Karnataka,

Draupadi and Arjuna Ratha, Stone, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, Nakula and Sahadev Temple,

Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh

Gaya, Bihar, Jagannatha Temple, Puri, Orissa, Shikhara, Vaital Deul Temple, Bhubaneswar, Orissa,

Parasurameswara Temple, Bhubaneswar, Orissa; Surya, Vital Deul Temple, Bhubaneswar, Orissa;

Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar, Orissa; Surya Mandir, Konarak, Orissa; Brihadeshvara Temple,

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Kailash Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra; Temple Complex, Madurai, Tamil Nadu;

Vishwanath temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh; Pala And Sena Kings, Indo - Islamic Architecture,

Qutub Minar, Delhi, Fort of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Tughlaqabad, Delhi; Jali Work, Sidi Sayyid

Mosque, Ahmedabad, Gujarat; Golgombaz, Bijapur, Karnataka; Humayun Darwaza, Purana Qila,Delhi; Humayun's Tomb, Delhi; Amar Singh Gate, Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh; Panch Mahal, Fatehpur

Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh; Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh; Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar

Pradesh; Jali work, Khas Mahal, Red Fort, Delhi; Victory Tower, Chittorgargh Fort, Chittorgarh,

Rajasthan; Modern Architecture In India.

PART-4 [WORLD HISTORY OF ARCHITECURE in 114 pages]

Key words:

Egypt time-line, pyramids, kingdom and dynasties, comparative buildings and plans, the temple of

khonsu, Karnak; The great temple of Amon, Karnak; Column, beam & arch; Western Asia & its time

line, Assyria, Palace of Sagon II Khorsabad, The city of Babylon; Persia, The palaces of Persepolis,

Hall of 100 columns, Voults & Domes, Greek & its time-line, Cnossus,Crete; The Aegean, The temple

of Apollo, Syracuse; Temple of Zeus Olympius, Agrigentum; The Parthenon, Athens; The Five

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Orders, Greek & Roman, The temple of Aphaia, Aegina; Acropolis, Hellenic, Miletus, Optical

correction, Roman and its time-line, The Forum, Rome; The Pantheon, Rome; Roman arches,

Thermae of Diocletian, Rome; The Basilica of Constantine, Rome; Materials & Methods, The

Colosseum, Rome; Greek Theatre; Roman Theatre; Early Christian style, Comparative Plans, Roman

Basilica, Early Christian Churches, Byzantine Architecture, S. Basil, Moscow; S. Mark, Venice; Dome

& Pendentives, Romanesque Architecture, S. Miniato, Florence; Pisa Cathedral, Plans & elevations,Barrel vaults, Groined vaults, Gothic Architecture, Laon Cathedral, Notre Dame, Paris; Rheims

Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Renaissance Baroque Architecture, Plans & Elevations, Vitruvius, The

Divine Proportions, Italy Church Facades, Germany Rococo Churches, Architecture in 19th & 20th

Centuries, Industrial revolution and its impact on Architecture, Crystal Place, London; Menai

suspension bridge; Eifel Tower, Paris; Gaudi &Spain, FL Wright & USA, Nervi & Italy, Famous

Buildings.

PART-5 [BEAM & ITS PROPERTIES in 15 pages]

Key words:

Beams, types of beams, internal reactions in beams, normal force, shear force, bending moment,

V&M diagrams, The Relationship Between Load, Shear and Bending Moment, easy to remember

charts, Examples, solved and unsolved questions.

PART-6 [HOUSING &PLANNING in 35 pages]

Key words:

Urban design, Development of contemporary architecture, ABBREVITIONS, HOUSING, Demand led

housing approach, The supply led Housing Approach, Social Housing Scheme, Classification of

residential buildings, Aspects of Rural Housing, Cooperative Housing Societies , Role of HUDCO in

financing housing projects, Role of CIDCO, CITY PLANNING, PLANNING THEORY, TECHNIQUES

OF PLANNING, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

PART-7 [WORLD ARCHITECTS in 44 pages]

Key words:

Pritzer Prize Winners & their works, Philip Johnson, Glass House Architect; Le Corbusier, Leader of

the International Style; Richard Neutra, Pioneer of the International Style; Mies van der Rohe, Modern

Architect; Walter Gropius, Founder of the Bauhaus; Ieoh Ming Pei, Pritzker Prize Laureate; Richard

Meier, Architect of the Getty Center; Oscar Niemeyer - Brazilian Modernist; Robert Venturi,

Postmodern Architect; Buildings and Projects by Jean Nouvel, Alvar Aalto: Buildings and Projects,

Architecture of Antoni Gaudi, Buildings by Frank Gehry, Buildings by Jorn Utzon, Buildings by

Palladio; Buildings by Paulo Mendes da Rocha; works of Charles Correa, Buildings and Projects by

Peter Zumthor, Renzo Piano: Buildings and Projects, Buildings and Projects by Richard Rogers

Partnership, Buildings and Projects by Sejima + Nishizawa and Associates (SANAA), Buildings by Sir

Norman Foster, Bauhaus, 1930 - 1950: Art Moderne House Style, Modernism, Architecture Timeline,

Whos Who In Architecture, Clarence Perry and the Neighbourhood Unit, Clarence Stein, Henry

Wright and the New Towns

PART-8 [APTITUDE TEST in 27+ pages]

Key words:

General aptitude (questions, answers & explanations), Logical Reasoning: Statement and Conclusion

(questions, answers & explanations), Logical Reasoning : Verbal Reasoning (questions, answers &

explanations), Verbal Ability : Synonyms (questions, answers & explanations), Verbal Ability : Spotting

Errors (questions, answers & explanations), Verbal Ability : Antonyms, Basic mathematical formula.