B.TechSemester 52021-22Industrial EngineeringKME-503

Industrial Engineering (KME-503) - AKTU Question Paper 2021-22

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This is the official AKTU Industrial Engineering Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 5, academic session 2021-22. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:B.Tech
Semester:Semester 5
Session:2021-22
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Questions Asked in 2021-22

Industrial Engineering (KME-503) — complete question paper

Section AAttempt all q u e s t i o n s i n b r i e f . 2 x 10 = 20
  • a
    Write short note on productivity
  • b
    What is group technology?
  • d
    What do you mean by scheduling?
  • e
    Draw the cost curve for fixed c ost, variable cost & total cost
  • f
    What is safety stock? How it is important?
  • g
    What are the objectives of standardization?
  • h
    What do you understand by ergonomics? i. What are the limitations of graphical method for solving LPP? j. Describe the unbounded solution and no solution conditions wit h the help of diagram
Section BAttempt any three o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 10 x 3 = 30
  • a
    Describe process & product layout in detail. Also mention bene fits & limitations of both
  • b
    What is material requirements planning (MRP)?Discuss its structure in detail. Also describe JIT manufacturing system
  • c
    What is break-even point in business? Show this point on diagr am. Explain ABC analysis & VED analysis in inventory control
  • d
    What is method study & what are its objectives? Explain the pr inciple of motion economy in detail
  • e
    Solve the following linear pr ogramming problem by Simplex method: Maximize Z = 4𝑋ଵ + 10𝑋ଶ Subject to constraints: 2𝑋ଵ + 𝑋ଶ ≤ 50 and 𝑋ଵ ≥0, 𝑋ଶ ≥ 0
Section CAttempt any one p a r t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 10 x 1 = 10
  • a
    A firm has adopted simple exponential smoothing with α = 0. 1 to forecast its demand. The forecast for January was 500 units, whereas actual demand was 450 units. Forecast the demand for February. Assume that actual demand during February is 510 units, forecast the demand for the month of March. Continue forecasting up to June, assuming that subsequent deman ds were actually 520, 490 and 470 respectively. Also differentiate between PERT & CPM
  • b
    A network is formed by the f ollowing activities. The durati on of the activities are given below: Draw the network, calculate the project comple tion time, identify the critical path & draw a table showing total float, free float, and independent float for each activity. Activity Preceded by Duration (Days) A Starting 4 C (Terminal) D 5 H (Terminal) E,G 3 I (Terminal) F 2
  • a
    For the following set of elements draw the precedence diagr am, balance the line & determine (i) Balance delay (ii)Line efficiency (iii) Smoothness Index Assume cycle time as one minute. Element Station Time 𝑇 ௦௜ (minute) Precedence
  • b
    What do you mean by production system? How it is classified ? Describe intermittent production system in detail
  • a
    Explain product life cycle i n detail. Also discuss about concurrent engineering
  • b
    What is value engineering? W hat are its uses? Describe the steps involved in value analysis
  • a
    In a work shop, certain type o f machines break-down at an average rate of 6 per hour. The breakdowns are in accordance with Poisson process. Th e estimated cost of idle machine is 16 rupees per hour. Two repairmen X and Y with different skills are being considered to be hired as repairmen. Repairman X takes six minutes on an average to repair a machine and his wag es are 9 rupees per hour, whereas the repairman Y takes five minutes to repair and the wages are 10 rupees per hour. Which repairman's service should be use d and why? Consider the work shift of 8 hours
  • b
    For a production system annual demand is 8000 unit & orderi ng cost is 17000 rupees per order & inventory holding cost is 10% of unit price. Items can be purchased in a lot as given below determine the best order size. Lot Size Unit Price (In rupees) 2000 & above 165
  • a
    Two products A and B are to be machined on three machine to ols M1, M2 and M3. Product A takes 10 hrs on machine M1, 6 hrs on machine M2 a nd 5 hrs on machine M3. The product B takes 7.5 hrs on machine M1, 9 hrs on machine M2 and 13 hrs on machine M3. The machining time available on these machine tools M1, M2, M3 are respectively 75 hrs, 54 hrs and 65 hrs per week. The producer contemplates profit of R s. 80 per product A, and Rs. 1 00 per product B. Formulate LP model for maximizing the profit & show the feas ible region graphically. Find the optimal solution
  • b
    Use Vogel’s approximation me thod to obtain an initial feasi ble solution of the transportation problem: D1 D2 D3 D4 Available Demand 200 225 275 250

Question text is extracted from the official AKTU question paper PDF above. Hindi translations are omitted — every question is printed in English in the original paper. Last verified: 2026-08-23.

Repeated Questions — KME-503

Questions that appeared in more than one session, found by comparing 3 years of Industrial Engineering papers (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)

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What is material requirements planning (MRP)?Discuss its structure in detail. Also describe JIT manufacturing system

Appeared in: 2021-22 · 2022-23

2x

Solve the following linear pr ogramming problem by Simplex method: Maximize Z = 4𝑋ଵ + 10𝑋ଶ Subject to constraints: 2𝑋ଵ + 𝑋ଶ ≤ 50 and 𝑋ଵ ≥0, 𝑋ଶ ≥ 0

Appeared in: 2021-22 · 2023-24

2x

What is value engineering? W hat are its uses? Describe the steps involved in value analysis

Appeared in: 2021-22 · 2022-23

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