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Who designed the Gandhi Bhawan in the University campus at Chandigarh?
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In which year was the city formally declared open by President Rajendra Prasad?
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- November 1, 1953
- February 8, 1949
Name Le Corbusier’ system of ‘Proportioning’, patented in 1947 as an invention, on which the geometric elements of Chandigarh are based?
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- Modular
What name did Le Corbusier give to the park area developed in the eroded streamed running through the city?
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- Valley of Leisure
What did Le Corbusier system of road designed to separate traffic in Chandigarh, first employed by him in Bogota and Marseilles South?
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- Seven V's [Les Sept Voies]
Which traditional Latin American housing plan with blocks of inward facing houses around a garden did Le Corbusier employ in Chandigarh?
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- Cuadra
In which South American city, developed in 1949, was the concept of urban ‘sectors’ widely used in the Chandigarh project?
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- Bogota
Which 1941 Los Angeles project did Mayer city as the major source of inspiration for his Chandigarh plan?
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- Baldwin Hills Project
Which innovative layout design widely employed in the Baldwin Hills Project formed the basic unit of Mayer’s plan for Chandigarh?
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- Superblock
Which French Minister of Reconstruction and Planning first recommended Swiss architect and town planner Eduard Jeanneret or Le Corbusier, for the Chandigarh project?
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- Claudius Petit
What name did Mathew Nowicki give his alternative to the Mayer plan?
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- Leaf plan
He was _____ success, painting not for the sake of fame or monetary award, but for the sheer love of art.
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- indifferent to
Bashir gets ____ well with his colleagues.
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- on
They get ____ the way of this kind of thing.
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- into
You have to leave your shoes ____ the door when you enter the home.
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- by
Bangladesh should never yield ____ foreign pressure.
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- to
Go ____ these stairs until you reach the top floor.
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- up
A friend of mine phoned ____ me to a party.
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- to invite
I remained him ____ his promise.
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- of
I took ____ walking hoping ____ lose some weight.
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- to, to