2 MARKS

1. WHAT IS VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?

2. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UNDERSTANDING VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?
3. WRITE ANY TWO COLONIAL INFLUENCES OF TRADITIONAL GOAN HOUSES
4. WHAT IS A HOUSE BOAT?
5. WHAT ARE PROPORTIONING SYSTEMS?
6. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BANGLA AND BUNGALOW
7. OUTLINE ANY TEO HOUSE TYPOLOGIES IN COCHIN
8. OUTLINE ANY FOUR BUILDING MATERIALS USED IN THE TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF KERALA
9. ELABORATE ON ANY TWO APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
10.WHAT IS A NALLUKETTU HOUSE?
11.DEFINE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
12.HOW WILL YOU CLASSIFY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?
13.OUTLINE ANY THREE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
14.OUTLINE THE CONTRIBUTION TO WALL PAINTINGS BY ANY ONE VERNACULAR SETTLEMENT
15.NAME ANY FOUR BUILDING MATERIALS USED IN ANY ONE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF
AN AREA
16.OUTLINE THE DIFFERENT VERNACULAR STYLES PREVALENT IN KERALA
17.WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON HOUSE BOATS IN KASHMIR
18.WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS COLONIAL INFLUENCES ON THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF
INDIA
19.OUTLINE ANY FOUR CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF AN AGRAHARAM
20.BRING OUT ANY TWO INFLUENCES THAT ALTERED THE VERNACULAR STYLE OF THE
CHETTINADU SETTLEMENT
21.IS VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE A PROCESS OR A PRODUCT? BRIEFLY STATE WHY
22.WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?
23.LIST OUT THE THREE MANIFESTATIONS OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN THE MODERN
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES OF THE 20TH CENTURY ACCORDING TO PAUL OLIVER IN THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
24.SKETCH THE SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A TODA HUT
25.LIST OUT THE MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION USED IN THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC AND
CULTURAL REGIONS OF THE KASHMIR VALLEY
26.WHAT DOES KADKI REFER TO IN A GUJARAT VERNACULAR DWELLING?
27.WHAT IS MEANT BY CHETTINAD PLASTER?
28.OUTLINE ANY FOUR FEATURES OF THE KERALA HOUSE, WHICH HAVE A CLIMATIC ATTRIBUTE
29.LIST THE THREE CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF KASHMIR
30.HOW WAS THE MANDALA ADOPTED IN THE LAYOUT OF THE CITY OF JAIPUR
31.WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE?
32.VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IS A PROCESS AND NOT A PRODUCT. BRIEFLY COMMENT
33.WHAT IS THE SYMBOLISM BEHIND THE FLOOR DRAWINGS OF TAMILNADU
34.WHY WAS HALF TIMBERED CONSTRUCTION IN GUJARAT A NECESSITY?
35.SKETCH THE SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF THE DWELLING IN SAURASHTRA, GUJARAT?
36.ILLUSTRATE HOW THE TODA HUT WAS CLIMATE RESPONSIVE
37.SKETCH A TYPICAL FRENCH HOUSE AT PONDICHERRY
38.WHAT IS THE ROLE OF CLIMATE IN DETERMINING THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?
39.CHETTINAD ARCHITECTURE DISPLAYS AN ELEVTRIC FACADE. GIVE REASONS
40.HOW WAS THE MANDALA ADOPTED IN THE LAYOUT OF THE CITY OF JAIPUR?
41.STATE THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO STUDY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE?
42.STATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN STUDYING VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
43.DISTINGUISH BETWEEN KUTCHA AND PUCCA ARCHITECTURE GIVING EXAMPLE FOR EACH
44.BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF A TYPICAL POL
45.WHAT IS A JHAROKHA?
46.WHAT ARE DOONGHAS OF KASHMIR? ILLUSTRATE WITH A SKETCH
47.BRING A FEW ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF KERALA ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS CLIMATE
RESPONSIVE
48.STATE A FEW EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF CHETTINAD HAD
NFLUENCED THE DESIGN OF THEIR PALATIAL MANSIONS
49.LIST DOWN FEW INSTANCE OF COLONIAL INFLUENCE ON A TYPICAL GOAN HOUSE

50.BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF FRENCH COLONIAL BUILDINGS IN PONDICHERRY

51.EXPLAIN THE TWO APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
52.EXPLAIN THE TERM SOCIAL LOGIC OF SPACE
53.EXPLAIN ABOUT THE CULTURE- ENVIRONMENT INTERFACE IN VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
54.EXPLAIN HOW TRADITIONAL BUILT FORM HAS EVOLVED IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE
55.LIST THE MATERIALS AND THE TECHNIQUES USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HAVELIS IN
RAJASTHAN
56.SYMBOLISM PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. EXPLAIN
WITH AN EXAMPLE
57.EXPLAIN ABOUT THE HOUSE TYPOLOGIES IN COCHIN
58.EXPLAIN ABOUT VASTUPURUSHAMANDALA
59.DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL BANGLA AND VICTORIAN VILLA
60.EXPLAIN ABOUT THE COLONIAL INFLUENCES OF TRADITIONAL GOAN HOUSES
16 MARKS
UNIT 1
1. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS METHODOLOGIES IN THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
2. DISCUSS THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE WITH A
CASE STUDY
3. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS METHODS ADOPTED TO STUDY THE VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE OF A PLACE
4. HOW DID CULTURE AND CONTEXT INFLUENCE THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA?
DISCUSS WITH REFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
5. EXPLAIN THE AESTHETIC DIMENSIONS OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
6. HOW DID CLIMATE PLAY A MAJOR ROLI IN THE CREATION OF A VERNACULAR DWELLING?
ILLUSTRATE USING THE CASE OF ANY THREE VERNACULAR DWELLINGS IN INDIA
7. WHAT IS THE AESTHETIC DIMENSION OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE? EXPLAIN WITH AN
EXAMPLE
8. HOW DID THE PRINCIPLES OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCE MODERN
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN THE 20TH CENTURY AD? ILLUSTRATE WITH EXAMPLES
9. ELABORATE ON THE VARIOUS VERNACULAR CONSRTRUCTION TECHNIQUES PRACTICED IN
INDIA
10.(i)DEFINE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AMD THE MAJOR GENERATIVE FEATURES OF
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE (ii)EXPLAIN HOW AMOS RAPOPORT BRING OUT THE
RELEVANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN HIS BOOK HOUSE, FORM AND CULTURE
11.EXPLAIN WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE INDIAN CONTEXT EVOLUTION OF VARIOUS PATTERNS
OF SETTLEMENT IN DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS
12.EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS METHODOLOGIES IN THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
UNIT 2
1. EXPLAIN THE CLIMATE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF KERALA
WITH SKETCHES
2. EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION OF CHETTINAD TYPOLOGY OF HOUSES WITH SKETCHES
3. BRING OUT ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS WITH REFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF
SETTLEMENT AND VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
4. DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANY ONE VERNACULAR
SETTLEMENT IN INDIA
5. WRITE AN ESSAY ON THE SOCIO SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE VERNACULAR DWELLING IN THE
VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL REGIONS OF GUJARAT. ILLUSTRATE ADEQUATELY
WITH SKETCHES
6. OUTLINE THE SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF VERNACULAR DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS IN
THE RAJASTHAN. ILLUSTRATE WITH ANY THREE APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES TAKEN FROM
VARIOUS REGIONS OF RAJASTHAN
7. HOW DID SOCIOLOGY PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF A DWELLING
AND THE SETTLEMENT IN THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL REGIONS OF
GUJARAT?

8. IN INDIA WHILE THE CULTURAL ATTITUDE PUSHED PEOPLE INWARDS THE CLIMATE FACTORS
BROUGHT THEM INCREASINGLY INTO THE OPEN. COMMENT ON THIS STATEMENT AND
ILLUSTRATIONS USING THE CASE OF RAJASTHAN.
9. THE CULTURE AND SOCIAL LIFE OF PEOPLE ACTS AS DETERMINANTS OF VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE. DISCUSS IT WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT OF INDIAN VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE.
10.(i)EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF KUTCH (ii)BRING OUT
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SURFACE DECORATION IN THESE DWELLINGS
11.WITH EXAMPLES FROM ANY REGION, SHOW HOW THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURAL
EXPRESSION HAS BEEN EVOLVED THROUGH AGES TO PERFECT A STYLE IN THE GIVEN SET
OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
12.APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS RESULTED IN ENERGY
EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES THROUGHOUT RURAL INDIA. COMMENT
UNIT 3
1. EXPLAIN THE BUILT FORM, THE CULTURAL ASPECTS, AND SYMBOLISM OF THE HAVELIS OF
BOHRA MUSLIMS
2. EXPLAIN THE PLANNING CONCEPT OF HAVELIS OF RAJASTHAN WITH SKETCHES
3. WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCED THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF RAJASTHAN?
4. DISCUSS THE SYMBOLISM IN PLANNING, ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION RELATED TO
THE CULTURE OF A SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN ITS VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
5. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRADITIONAL GOAN HOUSE? HOW DID COLONIAL
RULE IMPACT THE DWELLING? ELABORATE.
6. ILLUSTRATE HOW THE CHETTINAD DWELLING WAS AN ELABORATION OF THE TAMIL
DWELLING. WHAT WAS THIS ELABORATION ATTRIBUTED TO? ILLUSTRATE WITH AN
APPROPRIATE CASE
7. OUTLINE THE TRADITIONAL PLANNING PRINCIPLES ADOPTED IN THE LAYOUT OF A
CHETTINAD DWELLING. HOW DID THE SOCIO CULTURAL ASPECTS MANIFEST ITSELF IN THE
SPATIAL PLANNING OF A DWELLING?
8. OUTLINE THE TRADITIONAL PLANNING PRINCIPLES ADOPTED IN THE LAYOUT OF A
THARAVAD. HOW DID THE SOCIO CULTURAL ASPECTS MANIFEST ITSELF IN THE SPATIAL
PLANNING OF A DWELLING?
9. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT THE VARIOUS MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION USED IN THE
GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL REGIONS OF THE KASHMIR VALLEY GIVING ILLUSTRATION
ABOUT THE SAME
10.(i)ELABORATE ABOUT THE SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRADITIONAL HAVELI OF
GUJARAT (ii)ELUCIDATE THE RELEVANCE OF THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIO CULTURAL ASPECTS
ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HAVELIS
11.EXPLAIN THE PLANNING AND MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSE BOATS IN
KASHMIR
12.EXPLAIN ABOUT THE PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED IN THE
HAVELIS OF BOHRA MUSLIMS
UNIT 4
1. EXPLAIN THE PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FRENCH
HOUSE IN PONDICHERRY
2. EXPLAIN THE PLANNING CONCEPT OF TRADITIONAL GOA HOUSES WITH SKETCHES
3. DISCUSS THE PLANNING AND UNIQUENESS IN DETAIL OF THE PADMANABHAPURAM PALACE
4. DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE MOST INFLUENCING IMPORTANT FACTORS IN THE EVOLUTION OF
THE CHETTINADU ARCHITECTURE
5. WRITE SHORT NOTES ON AND ILLUSTRATE ADEQUATELY WITH SKETCHES: (i)NALUKETTU
(ii)BHUNGAS
6. WRITE SHORT NOTES ON AND ILLUSTRATE ADEQUATELY WITH SKETCHES: (i)SETTLEMENT
PLAN OF PUDUCHERRY (ii)BUNGALOW
7. OUTLINE THE MORPHOLOGY OF FRENCH SETTLEMENT IN PONDICHERRY. HOW DID THE
FRENCH DWELLINGS RESPOND TO THE LOCAL CONTEXT?

8. EXPLAIN THE COLONIAL INFLUENCES ON THE TRADITIONAL GOAN HOUSE WITH A PROPER
EXAMPLE
9. THE TRADITIONAL MANSIONS OF CHETTINAD ILLUSTRATE THE TANGIBLE AMALGAMATION
OF ART, ARCHITECTURE AND TRADITION. EXPLAIN WITH ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF
CHETTINAD MANSIONS.
10.DISCUSS IN DETAIL ABOUT THE SPATIAL PLANNING OF THE TYPICAL NALUKETTU
11.EXPLAIN THE PLANNING PRINCIPLES OF HOUSES AND PALACES IN CHETTINAD REGION.
12.EXPLAIN ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT PATTERN AND HOUSE TYPOLOGIES IN PONDICHERRY
UNIT 5
1. DISCUSS VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AS A PRODUCT AND NOT AS A PROCESS WITH A
CASE STUDY
2. DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF COLONIAL RULE IN THE STUDY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
OF INDIA WITH A CASE STUDY
3. DISCUSS THE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF A BUNGALOW AS A FORM OF DWELLING IN
INDIA
4. DISCUSS COLONIAL INFLUENCE ON THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF COCHIN
5. HOW DID GEOGRAPHY PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT
AND DWELLINGS IN FORT COCHIN AND MATTENCHERRY AREA IN KERALA STATE?
6. WHAT WERE THE MAIN CRITERIA IN THE DESIGN OF A MEDIEVAL PALACE AND FORTRESS IN
INDIA? ILLUSTRATE WITH AN APPROPRIATE CASE
7. WRITE BRIEF NOTE ON THE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE MEDIEVAL TOWN OF
JAISALMER
8. WRITE BRIEF NOTE ON THE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE MEDIEVAL TOWN OF
GWALIOR
9. (i)EXPLAIN THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A TYPICAL COLONIAL BUNGALOW
(ii)TRACE THE EVOLUTION OF A COLONIAL BUNGALOW FROM THE TRADITIONAL BANGLA
10.(i)EXPLAIN ABOUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF A TYPICAL JEWISH HOUSE (ii)TRACE THE
SETTLEMENT PATTERN OF THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN MATTENCHERRY
11.THOUGHTLESS EXTERNAL INTERVENTIONS WITH THEIR IRREVERSIBILE EFFECTS HAVE
DONE MORE DAMAGE TO RURAL SETTLEMENTS IN INDIA. ELABORATE WITH EXAMPLES OF
CULTURAL VARIABLES THAT GIVE SHAPE TO SPACE
12.BLIND IMITATION OF TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AND PRINCIPLES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING
THE ESSENCE OF THESE WOULD ONLY RESULT IN INVALID ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSIONCOMMENT.