Question

Dwellings in Kutch in Gujarat are known as ______.
A) Villas
B) Bhunga
C) Penthouse
D) Condominiums

Answer 1

Hint: A dwelling is a separate residential unit of housing. Dwellings can be of different forms, designs and sizes, such as apartments, bungalows, houseboats, mobile homes and the sustainable tiny houses which have become very common in the Western countries.

Complete answer:
Let’s analyse the given options.
A) A Villa is an elegant holiday house with many acres of land utilised for gardening and outbuildings. These villas are located everywhere, but the greatest villas in the world are found in France and Portugal. Therefore, option (A) is the wrong answer.

B) Bhungas are traditional homes in Gujarat that are indigenous to the Kutch area. The homes are circular with stroke walls and thatched roofs. These houses are recognised for their tensile strength and climatic responsiveness from hazards such as earthquakes, sandstorms and cyclonic winds. Hence, option (B) is the correct answer according to the question.

C) Penthouse: The top-floor apartment of a premium residential structure like hotels and skyscrapers is customary for a penthouse. Although penthouses have grown increasingly widespread in metropolitan centres throughout the world, the first set of penthouses arose around the 1920s in U.S cities. Hence, option (C) is also an incorrect answer.

D) Condominium is a building structure which is split into many independently owned units, each surrounded by collectively owned common areas and is found everywhere in India. So, Option (D) is an incorrect option

Thus the correct answer is option (B) because Bhunga is the form of dwellings prevalent in Kutch district of Gujarat.

Note: The inhabitants of Kutch came up with an innovative circular form of houses known as the Bhungas following the disastrous 1819 earthquake in order to limit harm to their lives and their homes. During the earthquake in 2001, when the epicentre was quite close, the redesigned design of Bhungas which was around 200 years old stood still, unaffected by the calamity. They are seen as engineering miracles because they maintain the house's interior ambience by keeping the house cool in the summers and warm during the winters.