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GATE Urban Design and Conservation: Development controls - FAR, densities and building byelaws – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Development controls - FAR, densities and building byelaws (Urban Design and Conservation, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AR Q64 (2 marks, MTA) – Four eight-storey MIG towers, each with identical 400 m² floor area per storey, use 75% of permitted FAR. Three seven-storey LIG towers use the…
  2. GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q39 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 20×15 m plot uses FAR 3.0 and 50% ground coverage fully. All floors have equal area. Find maximum number of floors, as an integer.
  3. GATE 2025 AR — Architecture Q39 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 20×15 m plot uses FAR 3.0 and 50% ground coverage fully. All floors have equal area. Find maximum number of floors, as an integer.
  4. GATE 2026 AR — Planning Q48 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A four-storey building with identical plans uses the full 50% ground coverage on a 500 m² plot and the original maximum FAR. Incentive zoning raises…
  5. GATE 2026 AR — Architecture Q48 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A four-storey building with identical plans uses the full 50% ground coverage on a 500 m² plot and the original maximum FAR. Incentive zoning raises…