GATE 2019 Syllabus for Architecture and Planning (AR)

Type of Question

There will be two type of questions:

Sections

• General Aptitude (common section in all papers)

• Subject – Specific section

General Aptitude Section

The mandatory General Aptitude (GA) section will have 10 questions. 5 of the questions will be of 1 mark and the remaining 5 will be of 2 marks each. Therefore, the total marks for this section will be 15 marks.

Marking Scheme

• For 1 mark MCQs – 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.

• For 2 mark MCQs – 2/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong response.

• Zero marks will be given for unattempted questions

• No negative marking will be done for Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions

Number of questions  asked

• GATE architecture and planning engineering question paper will have 65 questions of 100 marks.

S. No.

Books 

Author

1.

Building Construction

Sushil Kumar

2.

History of Architecture

Fletcher

3.

Becoming a Landscape Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design

Kelleann Foster

4.

Manual of Tropical Housing and building

Kelleann Foster

5.

Building Services and Equipment: 2

F Hall

6.

Urban Transport Planning and Management

Pratibha Deshmukh

7.

CAD/CAM: Principles and Applications

P N Rao

8.

The Urban Pattern: City Planning and Design

Gallion

9.

Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure

Rajagopalan

10.

Strength of material

R S Khurmi