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Internet of Things (BCS070) AKTU PYQ analysis – unit-wise weightage

We analysed 97 questions from 4 AKTU Internet of Things papers (2023–2026). Here is how marks are spread across units and which topics keep coming back.

Internet of Things unit-wise weightage

  • Unit 1: IoT Foundations & Design Principles for Connected Devices – 33% of questions, about 33 marks per paper
  • Unit 2: Hardware & Embedded Platforms for IoT – 46% of questions, about 46 marks per paper
  • Unit 3: Network & Communication Aspects in IoT – 25% of questions, about 25 marks per paper
  • Unit 4: Programming the Arduino – 26% of questions, about 26 marks per paper
  • Unit 5: IoT Design Challenges & Applications – 28% of questions, about 28 marks per paper

Most repeated Internet of Things topics in AKTU PYQs

  • Internet of Things: Foundations
  • Design Principles for Connected Devices
  • Overview of IoT-Supported Hardware Platforms
  • Challenges in IoT
  • IoT Applications

Unit 1 (IoT Foundations & Design Principles for Connected Devices) – top topics

  • Internet of Things: Foundations – asked 10 times, last in 2026
  • Design Principles for Connected Devices – asked 9 times, last in 2026
  • M2M Communication – asked 3 times, last in 2026

Unit 2 (Hardware & Embedded Platforms for IoT) – top topics

  • Overview of IoT-Supported Hardware Platforms – asked 9 times, last in 2025
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology – asked 7 times, last in 2026
  • Embedded Computing Basics – asked 7 times, last in 2026

Unit 3 (Network & Communication Aspects in IoT) – top topics

  • Data Aggregation & Dissemination – asked 5 times, last in 2026
  • MAC Protocol Survey – asked 4 times, last in 2025
  • Routing Protocol Survey – asked 2 times, last in 2025

Unit 4 (Programming the Arduino) – top topics

  • Arduino IDE & Coding – asked 6 times, last in 2026
  • Arduino Platform: Board Anatomy – asked 5 times, last in 2026
  • Programming Arduino for IoT – asked 3 times, last in 2026

Unit 5 (IoT Design Challenges & Applications) – top topics

  • Challenges in IoT – asked 8 times, last in 2026
  • IoT Applications – asked 8 times, last in 2026