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GATE Planning Policy and Practice: Development norms, standards and guidelines such as URDPFI – Previous Year Questions

7 GATE previous year questions on Development norms, standards and guidelines such as URDPFI (Planning Policy and Practice, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 AR — Planning Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match URDPFI 2015 healthcare facilities P multi-speciality hospital, Q dispensary, R veterinary hospital, S general hospital with populations 1=15000,…
  2. GATE 2022 AR — Architecture Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match URDPFI 2015 healthcare facilities P multi-speciality hospital, Q dispensary, R veterinary hospital, S general hospital with populations 1=15000,…
  3. GATE 2023 AR — Planning Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – According to URDPFI Guidelines (2015), what is the recommended gross density, in persons per hectare, for a small town in a hill area?
  4. GATE 2023 AR — Planning Q60 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match URDPFI population categories P large city, Q metropolitan city II, R small town II, S medium town I with 1 50000–100000, 2 5–10 million, 3…
  5. GATE 2023 AR — Architecture Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – According to URDPFI Guidelines (2015), what is the recommended gross density, in persons per hectare, for a small town in a hill area?
  6. GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q58 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Under URDPFI 2015, match P sports complex, Q waterbodies, R poultry/dairy farming, S police station with 1 protective/undevelopable zone, 2…
  7. GATE 2026 AR — Planning Q57 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match zoning P form-based, Q Euclidean, R inclusionary, S performance with 1 segregates land uses, 2 provides for poorer/economically weaker groups, 3…