Seat No.: Enrolment No.:
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BPLAN SEMESTER IV- • EXAMINATION WINTER 2016
Subject Code: 1045505 Date:26/10/2016
Subject Name: Housing Community Planning
Time:02:30 PM to 04:30 PM Total Marks: 50
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Use appropriate examples and illustrations where necessary.
Q1 Choose the correct option: (1x10=10)
Housing signifies …………. of cities
Beauty
Design
Liveability
None of the Above
Houses in which both walls and roof are made of materials, which have to be replaced
frequently are called ……
Semi-Permanent Houses
Census Houses
Slum Houses
Temporary Houses
What is the full form of HUDCO
Habitat Urban Development Committee
Housing Urban Design Corporation
Housing Urban Development Council
Housing Urban Development Corporation
Money lenders and chit fund are examples of Housing Finance Sector in
India
Informal
Public
Formal
None of the above
Failure of cities to accommodate the housing needs of growing urban populations
leads to:
Proliferation of poorly serviced accommodation
High-density informal settlements
Temporary Structures
Increase in vulnerable population
All of the above
…….. is a group of persons who normally live together and take their meals from a
common kitchen unless the exigencies of work prevent any of them from doing so.
Family
Industrial Labour
Household
None of the Above
Which of the following is not a Public Housing Agency:
Gujarat Housing board,
Gujarat Slum clearance board,
UNITECH,
Maharashtra Housing and Area development Authority
What is the full form of NSSO
National Sample Survey Organisation
National Stratified Survey Organisation
National Simple Survey Organisation
National Social Survey Organisation
…………… is a cost effective option for migrants to avoid long-term financial
commitment in a city
Industrial Housing
Rental housing
Slum Settlements
Squatter Settlements
For the purpose of Census, slums have been categorized and defined as of the
following three types:
Notified Slums, Registered Slums and Identified Slums
Notified Slums, Recognized Slums and Registered Slums
Notified Slums, Recognized Slums and Identified Slums
Notified Slums, Realized Slums and Identified Slums
Q2 Attempt any two (2.5x2=5)
Define Slums
Differentiate between on permanent, temporary and semi-permanent houses.
Differentiate between Slum and Squatter Settlements
Write a note on NHB.
Housing Shortage
Q3 Write Short notes on the following (any three)
Emergence of Slums in a city. Why do they emerge and where? Where do these
people come from?
Status of Urban Housing in India
What are the general characteristics of a Slum Area. Explain using a real example.
Write a short note on any organisation working in the housing sector in India. Discuss
its role and contribution in the housing sector.
Write a note on Housing data sources in India.
Q4 Discuss Housing Programme/Policy promoted by Centre/State government outlining
its objectives, achievements and issues.
OR
Q4 Housing Types in India.
Q5 Write a note on a slum area elaborating its socio-economic profile, housing its
conditions and infrastructure provisions.