Software Engineering (BCS601) AKTU PYQ analysis – unit-wise weightage
We analysed 147 questions from 5 AKTU Software Engineering papers (2022–2025). Here is how marks are spread across units and which topics keep coming back.
Software Engineering unit-wise weightage
- Unit 1: Introduction and SDLC Models – 40% of questions, about 31 marks per paper
- Unit 2: SRS and Software Quality Assurance – 41% of questions, about 33 marks per paper
- Unit 3: Software Design and Metrics – 44% of questions, about 33 marks per paper
- Unit 4: Software Testing – 35% of questions, about 29 marks per paper
- Unit 5: Maintenance and Project Management – 40% of questions, about 32 marks per paper
Most repeated Software Engineering topics in AKTU PYQs
- Software Design Concepts
- Software Engineering Introduction
- Software Maintenance
- Software Quality Assurance
- Testing Levels and Types
Unit 1 (Introduction and SDLC Models) – top topics
- Software Engineering Introduction – asked 17 times, last in 2025
- Evolutionary and Iterative Models – asked 6 times, last in 2024
- Spiral Model – asked 5 times, last in 2025
Unit 2 (SRS and Software Quality Assurance) – top topics
- Software Quality Assurance – asked 12 times, last in 2025
- Requirement Engineering Process – asked 8 times, last in 2025
- Information and Data Modelling – asked 7 times, last in 2025
Unit 3 (Software Design and Metrics) – top topics
- Software Design Concepts – asked 20 times, last in 2025
- Software Measurement and Metrics – asked 10 times, last in 2025
- Design Strategies – asked 1 times, last in 2025
Unit 4 (Software Testing) – top topics
- Testing Levels and Types – asked 12 times, last in 2025
- Functional Black Box Testing – asked 5 times, last in 2025
- Top Down and Bottom Up Testing – asked 4 times, last in 2024
Unit 5 (Maintenance and Project Management) – top topics
- Software Maintenance – asked 13 times, last in 2025
- Cost and Effort Estimation – asked 7 times, last in 2024
- Software Configuration Management – asked 6 times, last in 2025