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Industrial Engineering important questionsMost repeated in SPPU papers

These 31 questions appeared in more than one SPPU Industrial Engineering paper we have: 11 papers, from Oct 2022 to Nov 2025. The most-asked come first. Each one links to the papers it was asked in.

Repeated questions

Endsem questions (25)

  1. 4×asked

    Explain any three selective control techniques of inventory.

    Nov 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·May 2023

  2. 4×asked

    Elaborate any four different types of material handling equipment's with suitable applications?

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·May 2023 ·Nov 2022

  3. 3×asked

    Enlist material handling equipment and describe any three of them & Define material handling.

    Nov 2025 ·May 2025 ·Nov 2023

  4. 3×asked

    The rajesh enterprises use EOQ logic to determine the order quantity for its. various components and are planning its orders. The Annual consumption is 90,000 units, Cost to place one order is Rs.1200, Cost per unit is Rs.50 and carrying cost is 7% of Unit cost. Find, i) EOQ & No. of order per year, ii) Ordering Cost and Carrying Cost iii) Total Cost of Inventory.

    Nov 2025 ·Nov 2024 ·Nov 2022

  5. 3×asked

    What is Performance Appraisal? Explain Performance Appraisal methods.

    Nov 2025 ·May 2025 ·Nov 2023

  6. 3×asked

    Explain in brief various functions of production planning and control.

    May 2025 ·May 2024 ·May 2023

  7. 3×asked

    Define Job evaluation? What are its objectives? Explain procedure of job evaluation?

    Nov 2024 ·Nov 2023 ·Nov 2022

  8. 3×asked

    Elaborate the term "merit rating"? Explain any 4 methods of merit rating?

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2022

  9. 3×asked

    Explain the term plant layout. Enlist types of plant layout. Describe the factors to be considered while finalizing the plant layout with suitable illustration.

    Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·May 2023

  10. 3×asked

    Sketch and explain in brief Material flow patterns.

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023 ·May 2023

  11. 3×asked

    The annual demand for an item is 3200 parts. The unit cost is Rs. 6 and the inventory carrying charges are estimated as 25% per annum. If the cost of one procurement is Rs. 150. Calculate i) EOQ ii) Number of orders per year iii) Time between two consecutive order iv) The optimal cost

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023 ·May 2023

  12. 3×asked

    Write short notes on : i) Assembly line balancing technique ii) Capacity Planning

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023 ·May 2023

  13. 2×asked

    Compare Product layout and Process Layout and explain factors affect while selecting plant Layout.

    Nov 2025 ·Nov 2022

  14. 2×asked

    Explain in detail factors affecting selection of location for the industrial plant.

    Nov 2025 ·May 2025

  15. 2×asked

    Explain the role of material management in Cost Reduction & Value Improvement. Explain the term “MRP-I”.

    Nov 2025 ·Nov 2022

  16. 2×asked

    Explain the-terms Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) and Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA). 

    Nov 2025 ·May 2025

  17. 2×asked

    Explain Rapid Entire body Assessment (REBA) with level of MSD risk.

    Nov 2024 ·Nov 2022

  18. 2×asked

    Explain types of material flow patterns to achieve optimum flow of material in the plant?

    Nov 2024 ·Nov 2022

  19. 2×asked

    Write a short note on ERP? Explain its benefits? Also explain different modules present in ERP

    Nov 2024 ·Nov 2023

  20. 2×asked

    A dealership for Skoda cars sells a particular model of the car in various months of the year shown in the tablebelow. Estimate the forecast for the month of October 2022 Using (Take period n =3) i) Moving average method ii) Exponential smoothing method(Take exponential smoothing constant as 0.2) iii) Comment on the results of above methods. Month Sells of cars Jan 2022 80 Feb 2022 65 March 2022 90 April 2022 70 May 2022 80 June 2022 100 July 2022 85 August 2022 60 September 2022 75

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023

  21. 2×asked

    Annual requirement of an item is 2400 units. Each item costs the company Rs.6. The manufacturer offers discount of 5% if 500 or more quantities are purchased. The ordering cost is Rs 32/- per order and inventory cost is 16%. Weather it is a advisable to accept the discount? Comment

    May 2024 ·May 2023

  22. 2×asked

    Explain product layout with advantage and disadvantage.

    May 2024 ·May 2023

  23. 2×asked

    Explain the need for forecasting. The past data about the load on a machine center is as given below : Month Sells of cars 1 585 2 611 3 656 4 748 5 863 6 914 7 964 i) If a five month moving average is used to forecast the next month’s demand, compute the forecast of the load on the center in the 8th month. ii) Compute a weighted three moving average for the 8th month, where the weights are 0.5 for the latest month, 0.3 and 0.2 for the other months, respectively.

    May 2024 ·May 2023

  24. 2×asked

    Explain the steps involved in job evaluation.

    May 2024 ·May 2023

  25. 2×asked

    Summarize the different principles of material handling?

    May 2024 ·May 2023

Insem questions (6)

  1. 2×asked

    ABC Company Produces 1600 kg of Spanners by consuming 2200 kg mix of raw material for a particular period. For the next period, the output is 3400 kg by consuming 4350 kg of the raw material and for the third period, the output is increased to 3600 kg by consuming 4450 kg of raw material. Comment on increase or decrease of productivity for Second & Third period.

    Aug 2025 ·Sep 2023

  2. 2×asked

    Explain the term Productivity? Also explain any two Productivity Measurement Models.

    Aug 2025 ·Sep 2024

  3. 2×asked

    Summarize different productivity improvement methods? Elaborate 5 “S” system in brief with its benefits?

    Aug 2025 ·Sep 2023

  4. 2×asked

    The work study engineer carried out the work sampling study. The following observations were made for a machine shop The time duration of study = 120 hrs Total number of observations = 7000 Number of working activities = 1200 Ratio between manual to a machine elements 2:1 Average rating factor 120% Total no. of jobs produced during study = 800 Units Rest and personal time for the job = 12% 

    Aug 2025 ·Sep 2023

  5. 2×asked

    Explain the term management science? Also discuss the characteristics of management science.

    Sep 2024 ·Oct 2022

  6. 2×asked

    Write a short note on i) Flow diagram ii) Two handed process chart

    Sep 2024 ·Sep 2023

Questions count as repeated when their wording matches closely across papers. Numericals that depend on a figure are left out, since the figure changes from paper to paper.