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Industrial Engineering (KME503) - AKTU Question Paper 2023-24

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This is the official AKTU Industrial Engineering Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 5, academic session 2023-24. 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:2023-24
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Questions Asked in 2023-24

Industrial Engineering (KME503) — complete question paper · 100 marks · 3 Hours

Section AAttempt all 2 x 1 0 = 2 0
  • a
    Define Productivity and how productivity is measured
  • b
    Explain the terms in brief. (i) Group Technology and (ii) Proc ess Planning
  • c
    How is forecasting different from prediction?
  • d
    Explain the terms: (i) Crashing and (ii) Dummy Activity
  • e
    What is the breakeven point?
  • f
    Explain the term “depreciation”
  • g
    What is motion study?
  • h
    What is the purpose of work sampling? i. Why is simulation needed? j. What do you mean by Assignment?
Section BAttempt any 03 parts o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 1 0 x 3 = 3 0
  • a
    Define Productivity. Explain different types of production sys tems with appropriate examples
  • b
    Why do you need production planning and control?
  • c
    Explain the importance of ‘ABC’ analysis in the problem of inv entory control of an organization using a large number of items
  • d
    Explain and overview about the Taylor's scientific management and Gilbert’s contribution
  • e
    How do you know the problem i s unbalanced in the case of transportation problems?
Section CAttempt any 01 p a r t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 1 0 x 1 = 1 0
  • a
    A company is manufacturing 24000 components per month by employing 100 workers in 8- hour shifts for 30 days. The comp any gets additional orders fro m the government to supply additional 6000 components. The management decides to employ additional workers to fulfill the demand on time: (i) 20 (ii) 25 (iii) 30 Compare all the above three conditions and give your statement in terms of productivity achieved after additional workers 20, 25, 30
  • b
    “Proper selection of material handling equipment is a must. ” Why? Explain the different principles of selecting material handling equipment
  • a
    Explain the concept of JIT. How does it help the manufacturi ng system to improve productivity?
  • b
    A small engineering project consists of six activities. The three-time estimates in the number of days for each activity are given below. Activity t o tm t p
  • a
    Calculate the value of expected time (t e), Standard deviation (σ t) and Variance (Vi) for each activity
  • b
    Draw a network diagram and mark te on each activity
  • c
    Calculate EST and LFT and mark them on the network diagram
  • d
    Calculate the total slack for each activity. Identify the critical path and mark on the network diagram
  • a
    A repair shop is managed by a single worker. Customers arrive a t the rate of 30 per hour. time required to provide service is exponentially distributed w ith a mean of 100 seconds. Find the mean waiting time of a customer, needing a repair faci lity in the queue. How do customer behaviors affect a queue?
  • b
    What is VED analysis and explain their importance in materi als management?
  • a
    Explain how ‘Work study’ and ‘Work Measurement ‘concepts ca n be utilized to improve ‘Productivity’
  • b
    Explain how with the help of ergonomic concepts motion econ omy can be ensured in designing a work-place-layout
  • a
    Solve the following LP problems using the simplex method. Minimize Z = 3x + 2 y Subject to x+y 4 and x, y 0
  • b
    Transportation Cost in Rs. Solve the problem with the help of NWCM and Check for the optimality. X Y Z Supply Vendor A 5 4 3 100 Vendor B 8 4 3 300 Vendor C 9 7 5 300 Demand 300 200 200

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 — KME503

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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Solve the following LP problems using the simplex method. Minimize Z = 3x + 2 y Subject to x+y 4 and x, y 0

Appeared in: 2021-22 · 2023-24

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