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Turn right ____ the first fork and go 500 yards up the road.
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- at
I have no prejudice ____ foreigners.
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- against
The excitement is difficult to describe ____ the people who were not present.
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- about
The court ordered that the entire correspondence ____ the deal should be produced.
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- of
In the 1970s, which two places in Punjab were sought to be transferred to Haryana in exchange for Chandigarh?
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- Fazlika and Abohar
On October 27 1969, which protester demanding the inclusion of Chandigarh in Punjab State died on the 74th day of fasting?
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- Darshan Singh Pheruman
Which daily newspaper, founded at Lahore by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, shifted base to Chandigarh in 1966?
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- The Tribune
In 1966 which Governor of Punjab became the first administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh?
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- Hare Narayan
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray
At which Commonwealth Games did Milkha Singh win the 440 yards gold in 1958?
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- Cardiff
Which sector did Le Corbusier design as a “Pedestrians Paradise”?
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- Sector 17
Who designed the Gandhi Bhawan in the University campus at Chandigarh?
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