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EndsemNov 20252019 patternBE AI&DS

Information Retrieval SPPU Endsem Question Paper Nov 2025

All 8 questions from this SPPU endsem paper, as printed. Read them here or open the PDF.

Subject code
417524B
Pattern
2019 pattern
Exam
Endsem
Session
Nov 2025
Max. marks
70
Time
2½ Hours
Semester
VII
Paper code
[6584]-390

Printed for: B.E.(AI & DS)

Instructions to the candidates

  1. Attempt Q1 or Q2, Q3 or Q4, Q5 or Q6, Q7 or Q8.
  2. Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
  3. Assume suitable data if necessary.

Questions

  1. Q1

    1. a)

      Define and explain Probabilistic Retrieval.

      [6]
    2. b)

      What is the binary independent retrieval model?

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [6]
    3. c)

      Explain types of language models.

      Also asked:Nov 2024

      [6]
  2. Q2

    1. a)

      List and explain the challenges in Natural language processing.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024

      [6]
    2. b)

      State and explain different types of Bayesian networks?

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [6]
    3. c)

      Explain with suitable example different levels of NLP.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024

      [6]
  3. Q3

    1. a)

      What is the difference between clustering and classification? Can clustering be used for classification purposes.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [6]
    2. b)

      What are different types of clustering algorithm? Explain any one of them.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [5]
    3. c)

      Explain in detail about naïve Bayes algorithm and its application in text classification.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024

      [6]
  4. Q4

    1. a)

      What is K nearest neighbor classifier with an illustration in information retrieval?

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [6]
    2. b)

      Explain Mixture of Gaussians Model.

      [5]
    3. c)

      Solve Agglomerative hierarchical clustering for single link with example. 2

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024

      [6]
  5. Q5

    1. a)

      Describe MapReduce with example.

      [6]
    2. b)

      Discuss the factors that influence a webpage’s PageRank score. Discuss the challenges involve in web search engine.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024

      [5]
    3. c)

      Define Python library is used for web crawling.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [6]
  6. Q6

    1. a)

      Explain Simple Ranking Functions in detail.

      [6]
    2. b)

      What are the Main challenges posed by Web?

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [5]
    3. c)

      Explain the components of focused web crawlers.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [6]
  7. Q7

    1. a)

      Explain multimedia IR models.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [9]
    2. b)

      What are the four phases of recommender system?

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024 ·Nov 2023

      [9]
  8. Q8

    1. a)

      What are the different evaluation metric for Recommender system.

      Also asked:Nov 2024 ·May 2024

      [9]
    2. b)

      What is the difference between information retrieval and recommender system? 

      [9]