CSS Past Papers of Town Planning & Urban Management Subjective 2016
CSS Past Papers of Town Planning & Urban Management Subjective 2016
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE
EXAMINATION-2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO
POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN
PLANNING & URBAN MANAGEMENT
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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30
MINUTES
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PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20 PART-II
MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
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NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the
separate Answer Book.
(ii)
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. Elucidate your answers with SKETCHES,
DIAGRAM and FLOW CHARTS. ALL questions
carry EQUAL marks.
(iii)
All the parts (if
any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv)
Candidate must write
Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v)
No Page/Space be left
blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi)
Extra attempt of any
question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
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PART-II
Q. No. 2. Explain the role of town planner as a “technocrat who
leads a team of engineers, (20) architects,
sociologists, urban economists, geographers, and environmentalists to ensure
rational decision making by politician regarding the future investment for
development”.
Q. No. 3. Urbanization –is
it a curse or blessing? Explain your answer with example in both (20)
cases.
Q. No. 4. Pakistan was regarded as one of the fastest growing
nation of the world in mid 60s and (20) its
5 years plans were used by some nation to boast their economic development.
Explain the planning mechanism of Pakistan in historic perspective and identify
loopholes in the existing mechanism.
Q. No. 5. Land use zoning has been used as a tool to control
development stringently. But has (20) this
policy helped the job of a development planner? Explain your answer with
examples from both developing and developed world and suggest its
appropriateness or otherwise for our cities.
Q. No. 6. How relevant Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are for ensuring
safe and efficient (20) urban
mobility in Pakistan? What do you understand about system architecture of ITS?
Suggest a deployment mechanism, both logical and physical for a typical city of
Pakistan.
Q. No. 7. Why policies are important in socio-economic development
perspective? Explain (20) behavioral
as well as structural views of policy formulation.
Q. No.. Write short note
on any TWO of the following: (10
each) (20)
(a)
Gentrification
(b)
Public participation in
planning
(c)
Significance of GIS in
planning as a spatial analysis tool
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