SYLLABUS FOR THE APTITUDE TEST

To qualify for Enrollment under the IIA Scheme of Examination

Architectural awareness *  (A-1)

(Common to all candidates)

 

Duration 3 Hours  Max. Marks :  200           Qualifying Marks:  100

 

The syllabus is divided in three parts. Part -I will consist of multiple choice objective type questions and Part II & III  will generally pertain to Drawing & Sketching. (Students shall have to bring their own equipment/ Instruments for the test)

 

PART-I           Architectural Awareness (25 questions of 2 marks each)50 marks.

(i)                  Architects and their Works.

(ii)                Historical and contemporary buildings of Architectural importance.

(iii)               General awareness of issues of importance to the Profession of Architecture.

 

PART-II          Aesthetic, Sensitivity and Drawing Skills 

                        (10 questions of 5 marks each) 50 marks

(i)                  Principles of Design: Harmony, Balance, etc.

(ii)                Elements of Design: Lines, Form, Mass, Solid etc.

(iii)               Theory of colour.

(iv)              Development of 3 Dimensional objects from two-dimensional shapes Or vice versa.

 

PART- III       Memory Drawing & Sketching

                        (2 questions of 50 Marks each) 100 marks.

(i)                  Freehand sketching of objects and Activities commonly seen in the  rural or urban context such as Furniture, Machine, Automobiles, Buildings, Ghats, Playground, Fair, Markets, Railway Platform, Bus Stop, Exhibitions etc.

(ii)                Enlargement & Reduction of Drawings, Mirror image etc.

 

PHYSICS  ** (A – 2)  

 

* (To be cleared along with the Aptitude Test only by the candidates who have passed the Diploma in Architectural Assistantship after 10+2 without Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics or after 10th standard) 

 

Duration : 1 ½  Hours        Max. Marks- 50                Pass Marks- 20

 

·         Circular motion, centripetal and centrifugal forces,

·         Gravitation and satellite.  Use of satellites in T.V. Transmission, Weight-lessness in descending lifts

·         Rotational Motion : Center of Mass and Center of Gravity, Principles of parallel and perpendicular axes, Moment of Inertia of geometrical shaped solids.

·         Simple harmonic motion

·         Elasticity, Stress and strain, Hook’s law and young’s modulus, errors due to crossing of elastic limit and bending of the support.

·         Properties of fluids: Surface energy and surface tension, capillary action.

·         Sound: Reflection of sound, superimposition  of sound waves, theory of beats, Doppler effect, Stationary waves, Vibrations of air columns with reference to Acoustics.

·         Kinetic theory of gases

·         Radiation

·         Thermodynamics

·         Wave theory of Light

·         Interference of light, Electro-statics: Gauss theorem, and its applications, mechanical force on charges, conductor.

·         Electricity: Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s  laws,

·         Magnetic effect of electric current

·         Electromagnetic induction

·         Magnetism,

·         Electrons and protons,

·         Atoms, Molecules and Nucleus,

·         Thermionic emission

·         Semi-conductors

 

 

 

Chemistry **(A-3)

 

* (To be cleared along with the Aptitude Test only by the candidates who have passed the Diploma in Architectural Assistantship after 10+2 without Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics or after 10th standard)

 

Duration : 1 ½  Hours          Max. Marks- 50                  Pass Marks- 20

 

·         Nature of chemical bonds, V.B. Theory, Concept of hybrid orbital and geometry of molecules. Bond Energy

·         Chemical thermodynamics and energetics,

·         First law of thermodynamics, Enthalpy (H) of a system, Kirchhoff’s equation.

·         Electro-chemistry : Faradays laws, Concept of electrode potential.

·         Ionic equilibrium: H ion  concentration, pH and pOH

·         Absorption and colloids : Freundlich’s absorption isotherm.

·         Nuclear and radio chemistry

·         Chemistry of third row elements

·         Fluorine and hydrogen fluoride.

·         Silicon : position of silicon in periodic table, occurrence, preparation and properties, silicates.

·         Halogen derivatives and alkanes,

·         Organic hydroxyl compound,

·         Aldehydes and Keotons,

·         Acids and Easters,

·         Ethers,

·         Amines,

·         Carbohydrates, proteins oils and fats,

·         Synthetic fiber: Classification of natural and artificial fibers, preparation, properties, and uses of nylon6, nylon66 and terelyne.

 

Note:   Candidates will have to secure the qualifying marks both in Physics & Chemistry separately.

 

 

            MATHEMATICS ** (A-4)

 

* (To be cleared along with the Aptitude Test only by the candidates who have passed the Diploma in Architectural Assistantship after 10+2 without Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics or after 10th standard)

 

Duration : 3 Hours         Max. Marks- 100         Pass Marks- 40

 

·         Differential calculus          :    Function, Limit and continuity, derivatives and differentiation, Functions, Successive differentiation, Maxima and Minima, Tangents and Normal, curvatures, asymptotes, curve tracing function of two variables, partial differentiation.

 

·         Integral calculus :    integration as inverse process of differentiation, Limit of sub-standard method of integration, reduction formula, definite integrals, rectification of quadrature, volumes and surface, area of solids of revolution.

 

·         Trigonometry :         Complex quantities, De Movers Theorem, Trigonometrically and Exponential function of Complex arguments, Hyperbolic functions.

 

·         Solid Geometry:       Straight Lines, plains, coincides in simplified forms, sphere, cone, cylinder, ellipsoid, hyperboloid and paraboloid.

 

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