List of top Building Services and Sustainability Questions on Solar Energy asked in GATE Architecture and Planning

Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) is one of the verticals of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) of Government of India. In AHP, the partnership was envisaged between __________
A simply supported beam is under a uniformly distributed load (UDL) along the full span. The mid-span deflection is measured as 24 mm. If the length and depth of the beam is doubled while keeping other parameters unchanged, the mid-span deflection is _______ mm.
There are 16 similar machines located radially and equally distanced from a fixed sound receiver. While operating, each machine records 60 dB sound level at the receiver. Assuming 70 dB to be the highest sound level allowed as per the industrial sound pollution norms, the total number of machines allowed to operate simultaneously without violating the norms is _________. (rounded off to the nearest integer)
Which are the two wavelength bands of light spectrum used to calculate the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in remote sensing?
A source of light is located at point C. Point A is 1.75 m vertically below point C. Point B is situated horizontally 1.0 m right of point A. If the illumination level at point A due to the light source at point C is 300 Lux, then the illumination level at point B is _________ Lux. (rounded off to the nearest integer)
For a given location, the Sun’s position is at 40° Altitude angle and 130° N Azimuth angle. The Zenith Angle of the Sun (in degree) at that given location is _________