Assistant Town Planner (ATP) – UPPSC exam

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50 MCQs specifically tailored for Assistant Town Planner (ATP) – UPPSC exam (focused on planning laws, Indian context, transport, environment, and current affairs):

🏙️ UPPSC Assistant Town Planner (ATP) – 50 MCQs

📜 Planning Acts, Policies & Governance

  1. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act deals with:
    A) Rural governance
    B) Urban local bodies
    C) Finance commission
    D) Judiciary
    Ans: B

  2. The UP Urban Planning and Development Act was enacted in:
    A) 1965
    B) 1973
    C) 1985
    D) 1992
    Ans: B

  3. Development Authorities in UP are created under:
    A) Municipal Act
    B) Town Planning Act
    C) UP Urban Planning & Development Act, 1973
    D) Land Revenue Act
    Ans: C

  4. Master Plan is approved by:
    A) State Government
    B) Central Government
    C) Municipal body
    D) Court
    Ans: A

  5. Zonal Plan is a part of:
    A) Regional Plan
    B) Master Plan
    C) Layout Plan
    D) Sector Plan
    Ans: B

🏗️ Urban Planning Concepts

  1. FAR is also known as:
    A) FSI
    B) PSI
    C) GSI
    D) RSI
    Ans: A

  2. Gross density includes:
    A) Only residential area
    B) Total area including roads
    C) Only built-up area
    D) Only population
    Ans: B

  3. Net density excludes:
    A) Residential area
    B) Roads and open spaces
    C) Population
    D) Housing
    Ans: B

  4. Ribbon development occurs along:
    A) Rivers
    B) Roads
    C) Railways
    D) Parks
    Ans: B

  5. Concentric Zone Theory was given by:
    A) Hoyt
    B) Burgess
    C) Harris
    D) Ullman
    Ans: B

🚦 Transport Planning

  1. Trip distribution deals with:
    A) Trip generation
    B) Trip pattern
    C) Mode choice
    D) Route assignment
    Ans: B

  2. Modal split is:
    A) Road division
    B) Transport mode share
    C) Traffic flow
    D) Road width
    Ans: B

  3. Level of Service (LOS) indicates:
    A) Traffic quality
    B) Road length
    C) Vehicle speed
    D) Parking
    Ans: A

  4. PCU stands for:
    A) Passenger Car Unit
    B) Public Car Unit
    C) Private Car Unit
    D) Passenger Capacity Unit
    Ans: A

  5. Peak Hour Factor (PHF) is used for:
    A) Traffic analysis
    B) Building design
    C) Land use
    D) Water supply
    Ans: A

🌱 Environment & Sustainability

  1. Sustainable development concept by:
    A) UNDP
    B) Brundtland Commission
    C) WHO
    D) IMF
    Ans: B

  2. Smart Cities Mission launched in:
    A) 2014
    B) 2015
    C) 2016
    D) 2017
    Ans: B

  3. AMRUT focuses on:
    A) Housing
    B) Transport
    C) Water supply
    D) Industry
    Ans: C

  4. EIA is mandatory for:
    A) Small buildings
    B) Large projects
    C) Houses
    D) Shops
    Ans: B

  5. Urban heat island effect is due to:
    A) Vegetation
    B) Concrete surfaces
    C) Water bodies
    D) Rural areas
    Ans: B

🧠 Planning Theories & Thinkers

  1. Sector Theory by:
    A) Hoyt
    B) Burgess
    C) Geddes
    D) Howard
    Ans: A

  2. Multiple Nuclei Theory by:
    A) Hoyt
    B) Harris & Ullman
    C) Burgess
    D) Lynch
    Ans: B

  3. Garden City concept includes:
    A) High density
    B) Green belts
    C) Industrial focus
    D) Slums
    Ans: B

  4. Patrick Geddes is known for:
    A) Regional planning
    B) Transport
    C) Architecture
    D) Economics
    Ans: A

  5. Kevin Lynch is known for:
    A) City image
    B) Transport
    C) Economics
    D) Law
    Ans: A

🏘️ Housing & Urban Issues

  1. Slum improvement scheme relates to:
    A) Transport
    B) Housing
    C) Roads
    D) Industry
    Ans: B

  2. PMAY stands for:
    A) Prime Minister Awas Yojana
    B) Public Housing Scheme
    C) Private Housing Act
    D) Urban Scheme
    Ans: A

  3. Affordable housing is for:
    A) Rich
    B) Middle & low income
    C) Only rural
    D) Industrial workers
    Ans: B

  4. Encroachment means:
    A) Legal land use
    B) Illegal occupation
    C) Zoning
    D) Planning
    Ans: B

  5. Urban poverty relates to:
    A) Housing
    B) Employment
    C) Infrastructure
    D) All
    Ans: D

🌍 Geography & General Knowledge

  1. Capital of Uttar Pradesh:
    A) Kanpur
    B) Lucknow
    C) Agra
    D) Noida
    Ans: B

  2. Ganga flows through:
    A) Only UP
    B) Multiple states
    C) Only Bihar
    D) Only West Bengal
    Ans: B

  3. Census in India is conducted by:
    A) RBI
    B) Registrar General
    C) NITI Aayog
    D) UPSC
    Ans: B

  4. Literacy rate is calculated as:
    A) Total population
    B) Educated population
    C) % of literate people
    D) Income
    Ans: C

  5. India is divided into how many states (2024):
    A) 28
    B) 29
    C) 30
    D) 27
    Ans: A

🛠️ Technical Planning

  1. GIS is used for:
    A) Drawing
    B) Mapping
    C) Construction
    D) Finance
    Ans: B

  2. Remote sensing helps in:
    A) Surveying
    B) Data collection
    C) Mapping
    D) All
    Ans: D

  3. Land use classification includes:
    A) Residential
    B) Commercial
    C) Industrial
    D) All
    Ans: D

  4. Urban renewal refers to:
    A) New construction
    B) Redevelopment
    C) Transport
    D) Industry
    Ans: B

  5. Layout plan is:
    A) Macro plan
    B) Micro plan
    C) Regional plan
    D) National plan
    Ans: B

🔍 Advanced / Analytical

  1. Compact city promotes:
    A) Sprawl
    B) Density
    C) Rural growth
    D) Isolation
    Ans: B

  2. TOD reduces:
    A) Car dependency
    B) Walking
    C) Cycling
    D) Density
    Ans: A

  3. Mixed use development improves:
    A) Travel distance
    B) Accessibility
    C) Pollution
    D) Cost
    Ans: B

  4. Blue-green infrastructure includes:
    A) Roads
    B) Parks & water
    C) Buildings
    D) Industry
    Ans: B

  5. Carbon emission mainly from:
    A) Transport
    B) Industry
    C) Energy
    D) All
    Ans: D

📝 Extra Practice (UPPSC Focus)

  1. Authority for land acquisition:
    A) State Govt
    B) Central Govt
    C) Both
    D) Court
    Ans: C

  2. Master Plan period is generally:
    A) 5 years
    B) 10 years
    C) 20 years
    D) 25 years
    Ans: C

  3. Regional planning deals with:
    A) City
    B) State
    C) Larger region
    D) Village
    Ans: C

  4. Infrastructure includes:
    A) Roads
    B) Water
    C) Electricity
    D) All
    Ans: D

  5. Urbanization leads to:
    A) Growth
    B) Migration
    C) Development
    D) All
    Ans: D

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