List of top Questions asked in GATE AR- 2026

As per the National Building Code of India 2016, match the types of glass in Group-I with their corresponding descriptions in Group-II.

Group-I		Group-II
P	Reflective glass	1	Prefab unit of glass having an edge seal that binds the individual sheets together
Q	Tempered fire-resistant glass	2	Glass into which a wire mesh is embedded during production
R	Insulating glass units	3	Rolled glass having a distinct pattern on one or both sides
S	Wired glass	4	Glass with metallic coating reducing heat gain and glare and allowing optimum visible light transmission inside
		5	Glass that breaks into granular fragments, with no large sharp edges

Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to temporary structures during construction?

Match the names of the following historic palaces in Group-I with their corresponding locations in Group-II.

Group-I		Group-II
P	Ujjyanta	1	Orchha
Q	Umaid Bhawan	2	Jammu
R	Jehangir Mahal	3	Jaipur
S	Hari Niwas	4	Agartala
		5	Jodhpur

An existing four storey building of identical floor plans was built by utilizing the maximum allowable F.A.R. and maximum ground coverage of 50% in a plot of 500 m\(^2\). Due to incentive zoning, the F.A.R. of the plot has been increased to 2.75. The maximum floor area (in m\(^2\)) that can now be added to the building is (in integer).

Albedo is the ratio between

The circular opening at the top of a dome is termed as

The figure below represents the plan and elevation of a square based prism of base 4 cm x 4 cm and height 20 cm. The prism is standing on the horizontal plane (HP) with its faces making an angle of 45 degrees with the vertical plane (VP). A cutting plane, perpendicular to VP, divides the prism as shown in the figure below.

The surface area (in cm\(^2\)) of the vertical faces of the prism below the cutting plane is (in integer).

Which of the following statements about the elements of Islamic Architecture is/are correct?

Setting out of the foundation is a process executed

A construction project consists of 7 activities. These activities, their connecting events, and the three PERT times (optimistic, likely, and pessimistic), in days, are listed in the table below. The project starts on 27th July 2026. Assuming no holidays for the entire duration of the project except 15th August 2026, the expected date of completion of the project will be August 2026 (mention the date in integer).

Activity	Connecting Events	Three PERT Times (in Days)
P	1 to 2	4 - 6 - 8
Q	1 to 3	5 - 6 - 13
R	2 to 5	6 - 8 - 22
S	2 to 3	8 - 11 - 14
T	3 to 5	2 - 4 - 12
U	3 to 4	4 - 8 - 18
V	4 to 5	5 - 7 - 15

The section of a R.C.C. staircase flight is shown in the figure below. Each riser and tread of the staircase is 150 mm and 300 mm, respectively. The steps are supported by a 75 mm thick waist slab.

The width of the staircase is 1500 mm. The flight consists of 10 steps. Consider reinforcement to be 0.75% by volume of the total R.C.C. The density of steel is 7800 kg/m\(^3\). The amount of reinforcement required to construct the staircase flight (in kg) is (rounded off to two decimal places).

A city's population in 2025 is 1,75,000 and is expected to increase in the next three decades at a growth rate of 8.5% per decade. In 2055, the estimated per capita domestic water demand will be 175 litres per day. The total daily domestic water demand for the city in 2055 (in million litres per day) will be (rounded off to two decimal places).

A rectangular open concrete drainage channel has base width of 3 m and flow depth of 1.5 m. The channel bed slope is 0.001. If the Manning's roughness coefficient of concrete used in this channel is 0.018, then the average flow velocity of this channel (in m/s) is (rounded off to two decimal places).

A socio-economic survey of a city is planned with a sample size of 1250 persons, having the same proportion of age and sex distribution of the city population, as given in the table below. The required number of representative female respondents of the age group 19 to 40 years, is (rounded off to nearest integer).

Age group (in years)	City Population Distribution (in %)
	Male	Female
0 to 6	2	1.5
7 to 18	8.5	6
19 to 25	14.5	13.5
26 to 40	14.5	11
41 to 50	12	8
51 to 60	2.5	2.5
60 +	1.5	2

Which of the following is/are correct labelling of \(P\), \(Q\), \(R\), \(S\), \(T\) with respect to the illustration of a section through a given city?

Which of the following is/are correct labelling of \(P\), \(Q\), \(R\), \(S\), \(T\) with respect to the illustration of a suspension bridge as shown below?

Which of the following is/are listed within the responsibilities of Council of Architecture (CoA) as per the Architect's Act 1972?

Which of the following relationships is/are correct with respect to disaster risk in a geographical location?

Who among the following is/are the recipient(s) of the Pritzker Architecture Prize till 2025?

Identify from the following, the correct short command key(s) and their respective application(s) in AutoCAD^® software.

The figure below shows the generic sequence of spaces and direction of movement of users to and from an operation theatre after entering from a common corridor. The spaces are marked as \(P\), \(Q\), \(R\), \(S\). Choose the correct option(s).

Arrows indicate flow of different users

Match the following tree species in Group-I with the colour of their flowers in Group-II.

Group-I	Group-II
P - Cassia fistula	1 - Scarlet red
Q - Jacaranda mimosifolia	2 - Orange
R - Erythrina indica	3 - White
S - Plumeria alba	4 - Violet blue
	5 - Bright yellow

Match the following city planning concepts in Group-I with their proponents in Group-II.

Group-I	Group-II
P - City Beautiful	1 - Robert Owen
Q - Conservative Surgery	2 - Daniel Burnham
R - Happy City	3 - Patrick Geddes
S - Garden City	4 - Charles Montgomery
	5 - Ebenezer Howard

Match the following Books in Group-I with their corresponding Authors in Group-II.

Group-I	Group-II
P - Silent Spring	1 - Rachel Carson
Q - Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan	2 - Madhav Gadgil
R - Small is Beautiful	3 - Ramachandra Guha
S - The Unquiet Woods	4 - Salim Ali and S. D. Ripley
	5 - E. F. Schumacher

Match the following terms in Group-I with their corresponding descriptions in Group-II.

Group-I	Group-II
P - VAV	1 - Continent-ocean heat balance system
Q - DEWAT	2 - Public transportation system
R - El-Nino	3 - Intelligent air conditioning system of building
S - BRTS	4 - Water supply monitoring system
	5 - Waste water treatment system