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B.Tech IV Year II Semester (R13) Regular & Supplementary Examinations April 2018

COST EFFECTIVE HOUSING TECHNIQUES

(Civil Engineering)

Time: 3 hours

Max. Marks: 70

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PART - A

(Compulsory Question)

Answer the following: (10 X 02 = 20 Marks)

1. Define the household and apartment.
2. Name any two institutions for housing at state level.

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3. What is a gated community?
4. Name any two non-government organizations in slum housing.
5. Differentiate between precast roofing and flooring systems.
6. What is total prefabrication of mass housing?
7. What is a domestic wall?

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8. Mention any four substitutes for scarce materials.
9. Differentiate between cyclone and flood.
10. Write a short note on damages to houses due to earthquake.

PART - B

(Answer all five units, 5 X 10 = 50 Marks)

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UNIT - I

1. (a) Write about the integrated approach on arriving holding capacity and density norms.
   (b) Discuss the objectives of National Housing Policies.
   OR
   

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2. (a) Discuss the role of local level institutions for housing.
   (b) What are the principles of sustainable housing?

UNIT - II

1. (a) Write a short note on open development plots.
   (b) Discuss in detail about the use of GIS and MIS in slum housing projects?
   

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2. (a) Explain the slum improvement programmes in India.
   (b) Write short notes on Cooperative Housing and Rental Housing in India.

UNIT - III

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1. (a) Discuss about the innovative cost effective construction techniques adopted in India.
   (b) Illustrate the single brick thick load bearing wall.
   OR
   
2. (a) Explain the significance of usage of fly ash in masonry.
   

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   (b) Write about the adoption of pre-cast RC planks in roofing systems.

UNIT - IV

1. (a) Discuss low cost infrastructure services for rural houses.
   (b) Write about the Mud Housing Technology and Mud Roofs prevailing in rural India.
   OR
   

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2. Write short notes on the following:
   (a) Low cost sanitation.
   (b) Ferro cement-gypsum boards.
   (c) Timber substitutions.

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UNIT - V

1. (a) Discuss about the future safety in the Context of Housing in Disaster Prone Areas of India.
   (b) How do you repair earth quake damaged buildings?
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2. Discuss in detail about the requirements of structural safety of thin pre-cost roofing units against seismic forces.

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