What name did Le Corbusier give to the park area developed in the eroded streamed running through the city?
Subject: History Multiple Choice Quiz ( MCQ ) and Answer
Name Le Corbusier’ system of ‘Proportioning’, patented in 1947 as an invention, on which the geometric elements of Chandigarh are based?
In which year was the city formally declared open by President Rajendra Prasad?
Who designed the Gandhi Bhawan in the University campus at Chandigarh?
At which Commonwealth Games did Milkha Singh win the 440 yards gold in 1958?
Which 1941 Los Angeles project did Mayer city as the major source of inspiration for his Chandigarh plan?
Which French Minister of Reconstruction and Planning first recommended Swiss architect and town planner Eduard Jeanneret or Le Corbusier, for the Chandigarh project?
In which South American city, developed in 1949, was the concept of urban ‘sectors’ widely used in the Chandigarh project?
Which traditional Latin American housing plan with blocks of inward facing houses around a garden did Le Corbusier employ in Chandigarh?
Which innovative layout design widely employed in the Baldwin Hills Project formed the basic unit of Mayer’s plan for Chandigarh?
What name did Mathew Nowicki give his alternative to the Mayer plan?
After Lahore, which city served as the capital of Punjab before Chandigarh?
Who was the first Union Minister of India to be assassinated?
For which candidate was Rajib Gandhi campaigning when he was killed at Sri Perumbudur near Madras?
Which unusual weapon was used by the Spanish communist Ramon Mercador to assassinate Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940?
In September 1966, which South African Prime Minister did a Mozambique messenger assassinate in the House of Assembly?
Which religious head and leader of the Enosis movement survived an assassination attempt by the Greek National Guards in July 1974?
After which Head of Government’s assassination in 1981 was the practice of using live ammunition during military parades discontinued?
On August 21, 1983, which Asian leader returning home after a 3-year exile was assassinated moments after disembarking from the aircraft?
On August 20, 1985, which Akali Dal leader fell to assassin’s bullets while addressing a religious congregation at Sherpur village?
Which Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court headed the Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F Kennedy?