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Cloud Computing (KML051) AKTU PYQ analysis – unit-wise weightage

We analysed 54 questions from 3 AKTU Cloud Computing papers (2024–2026). Here is how marks are spread across units and which topics keep coming back.

Cloud Computing unit-wise weightage

  • Unit 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing – 18% of questions, about 18 marks per paper
  • Unit 2: Cloud Enabling Technologies and Service Oriented Architecture – 28% of questions, about 28 marks per paper
  • Unit 3: Cloud Architecture, Services and Storage – 22% of questions, about 22 marks per paper
  • Unit 4: Resource Management and Security in Cloud – 23% of questions, about 23 marks per paper
  • Unit 5: Cloud Technologies and Advancements – 21% of questions, about 21 marks per paper

Most repeated Cloud Computing topics in AKTU PYQs

  • Underlying Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • On-demand Provisioning
  • Virtualization Tools and Mechanisms
  • Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds
  • IAM

Unit 1 (Introduction to Cloud Computing) – top topics

  • Underlying Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing – asked 3 times, last in 2026
  • On-demand Provisioning – asked 3 times, last in 2026
  • Elasticity in Cloud – asked 2 times, last in 2024

Unit 2 (Cloud Enabling Technologies and Service Oriented Architecture) – top topics

  • Virtualization Tools and Mechanisms – asked 3 times, last in 2026
  • Service Oriented Architecture – asked 2 times, last in 2026
  • REST – asked 2 times, last in 2026

Unit 3 (Cloud Architecture, Services and Storage) – top topics

  • Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds – asked 3 times, last in 2026
  • NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture – asked 2 times, last in 2026
  • Layered Cloud Architecture Design – asked 1 times, last in 2026

Unit 4 (Resource Management and Security in Cloud) – top topics

  • IAM – asked 3 times, last in 2026
  • Cloud Security Challenges – asked 2 times, last in 2026
  • Inter Cloud Resource Management – asked 1 times, last in 2026

Unit 5 (Cloud Technologies and Advancements) – top topics

  • Hadoop – asked 3 times, last in 2026
  • Virtual Box – asked 2 times, last in 2026
  • Open Stack – asked 2 times, last in 2026