GATE 2025 AR — Architecture – Question 33

Urban Design and Conservation · Theories, principles, tools and techniques of urban design · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match P Cities for People, Q Architecture:Form, Space, and Order, R The Death and Life of Great American Cities, S The Image of the City with 1 F.D.K.Ching, 2 Jan Gehl, 3 Kevin Lynch, 4 Jane Jacobs, 5 F.L.Wright.

P–5; Q–2; R–4; S–3
P–2; Q–1; R–4; S–3
P–3; Q–4; R–5; S–1
P–2; Q–1; R–3; S–4

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Correct answer: (B) P–2; Q–1; R–4; S–3

Explanation

Gehl wrote Cities for People; Ching wrote Architecture:Form, Space, and Order; Jacobs wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities; Lynch wrote The Image of the City. The sequence 2, 1, 4, 3 gives B. The last two titles distinguish Jacobs’s urban-life critique from Lynch’s urban-image study.

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