Software Engineering Unit 1 – Introduction and SDLC Models: AKTU previous year questions
31 AKTU questions from Unit 1 (Introduction and SDLC Models) asked in 2018–2025, tagged by marks, year and topic. In short: about 31 marks of every paper come from this unit; the most asked topic is Software Engineering Introduction (17 times); 29 questions came back in a later year. The latest ones are listed below; on the page you can filter them by 2-mark or long questions, topic and repeats.
Unit 1 previous year questions
- List various components of software and give their brief description. (2 marks, 2025, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Justify the statement "Software does not wear out and is not manufactured". (2 marks, 2025, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Draw a diagram to represent Spiral Model of software development and discuss it in details. Also discuss the criteria for selection of model for software development. (7 marks, 2025, Spiral Model)
- Define software and software engineering. Write various components of software and give their brief description. Why there is a crisis in software development industry? (7 marks, 2025, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Define the term Software Engineering. (2 marks, 2024, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Discuss the various characteristics of a software. (2 marks, 2024, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Illustrate the statement "Software engineering is layered technology". (10 marks, 2024, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Explain Software Quality Attributes in detail. (10 marks, 2024, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Explain SDLC. Also discuss various activities during SDLC. (10 marks, 2024, Evolutionary and Iterative Models)
- What is the prime objective of software engineering? (2 marks, 2023, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Define generic software with example. (2 marks, 2023, Software Engineering Introduction)
- Define software components. (2 marks, 2023, Software Engineering Introduction)
Most asked Unit 1 topics
- Software Engineering Introduction – asked 17 times
- Evolutionary and Iterative Models – asked 6 times
- Spiral Model – asked 5 times
Unit 1 question pattern
- 2-mark questions: 14 asked in 2018–2025
- 7-mark questions: 2 asked in 2018–2025
- 10-mark questions: 15 asked in 2018–2025
- About 31 marks from Unit 1 in every paper
- 29 questions were asked again in a later year
Unit 1 questions year by year
- 2025: 4 Unit 1 questions asked (18 marks across that year's papers)
- 2024: 5 Unit 1 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)
- 2023: 11 Unit 1 questions asked (70 marks across that year's papers)
- 2022: 6 Unit 1 questions asked (36 marks across that year's papers)
- 2018: 5 Unit 1 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)