SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION PLANING FOR ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNING

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1 RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,AJMER
- 1.1 EXAMINATION PATTERN:
- 1.2 :SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:

RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,AJMER

SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION PLANNING THE POST OF ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNING (PLANNING & RESEARCH)

(TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT)

EXAMINATION PATTERN:

Type Of Exam	Total Subjects	Max Marks	Duration
Objective Type	Concerned Subjects	100	2 Hours

Pattern of Question Papers :

1. Objective Type Paper.

2. Maximum Marks : 100

3. Number of Questions : 120

4. Duration of Paper : Two Hours.

5. All Questions carry equal marks.

6. There will be Negative Marking.

:SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:

1. Nature, Concepts and Principles of Town Planning, History and Development of Town Planning in Ancient, Medieval and modern Period.

2. Planning and present position of modern towns in India. Factors affecting the town planning and development.

3. General importance of housing demands for housing, Design of residential areas, housing problems in India.

4. Man and Environment Traditional pattern and trends of change in Indian society, concept of social structure, culture and social institutions.

5. General awareness about architecture & Town Planning of cities of Rajasthan.

6. Urban Ecology and sustainability

Sustainable development, Green Building, environment policies and guidelines for planning.
Disaster management plan
Urban infrastructure and urban transport.
Planning for urban development & sustainable development.

7. Master Plan and its concept, scope and purpose of plan

Land Utilization, Land use pattern and values.
Population projections, methods of population projection, vital statistics and forecasting techniques.
Social infrastructure, Physical infrastructure, heritage and Tourism.
Zonal Plans.

8. Slums and squatter settlements

Causes and effects
Prevention of slum formation
Resources for slum clearance programmes in India

9. Simplified Planning Techniques

Data collections.
Surveys, Land utilization survey, Density survey, Transportation surveys.

10. Unified Building Bye Laws, 2017

11. Development control rules in India & Urban regulatory concept.

12. Chief Minister Jan AwasYojana, Prime Minister Awas Yojana.

13. Smart Cities and features of smart cities.

14. Neighbourhood concept, Roads Networks in the city.

15. Satellite Towns & New Towns.

16. Norms and Standards for Living, Shopping, Education, Health facilities, Parks and Playgrounds, Banking, Rain Water Conservation, Green belt and Garden City, Road making and street light, Traffic Laws and problems.

17. Non-governmental development organisations and their relationship with local government, citizen participation. Functions of the Urban Local Bodies.

18. Engineering Materials and construction Technology

Selection of site for the construction of various types of buildings, Planning and orientation of buildings.
Bonds in masonry, Damp Proof course, Scaffolding, Floors, staircase, roofs, doors and Windows.
Ventilation and air conditioning and acoustics.

19. Structural Mechanics-

Stress and strain, elastic constants.
Bending moment and shear force diagrams for cantilever, simply supported and overhanging, fixed and continuous beams.
theory of simple bending, shear stress.