Question

A farmhouse is more difficult to plan than either a city or a suburban dwelling because it must provide for so many needs.

(a) True

(b) False

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This question is from Arrangements of Rooms, Position and Purposes in chapter Planning of Building and Colony of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) True

Explanation: The city or the suburban house is merely a home; it is supplemented by an outside place of business and by outside markets. The farmhouse, on the other hand, must be not only a home, but also the business centre and to a limited extent the store and the market. This means that, planned as compactly as may be, a farmhouse is necessarily larger in floor area than a suburban house for the same family need be.