AISemester 6

AI Previous Year Questions

Previous year question papers for Artificial Intelligence

Author: Deepak Modi
Last Updated: 2025-06-15

Course Title: Artificial Intelligence
Course Code: PCC-CSE-304-G
Semester: B.Tech. 6th Semester (CSE)


May 2024

Question 1 (15 × 1 = 15 marks)

  • (a) Define Turing Test.
  • (b) What are the limitations of Depth-first search?
  • (c) Why hill climbing algorithm is called greedy local search?
  • (d) What are the knowledge representation issues?
  • (e) What is the limitation of propositional logic?
  • (f) How does an inference engine work in rule-based system?
  • (g) What is the difference between prior and posterior probability?
  • (h) What is the difference between Bayesian and Dempster-Shafer theory?
  • (i) What are the standard quantifiers of First-order logic?
  • (j) What is the difference between search vs planning?
  • (k) Which are the components of the partial-order planning?
  • (l) What is an Activation Function?
  • (m) Differentiate between artificial neural network and biological neural network?
  • (n) What are the limitations of expert systems in AI?
  • (o) Define explanation-based learning.

Unit-I

Question 2

  • (a) What is the difference between A* and AO* algorithms? (5 marks)
  • (b) Consider a water jug problem. You are given 2 jugs; a 3-gallon jug and a 4-gallon jug. Neither has any measuring marks on it. There is a pump that can be used to fill the jugs with water. How can you get exactly 2-gallon of water into a 4-gallon jug? State the production rules for the water jug problem. (10 marks)

Question 3

  • (a) Define Encoding in Genetic algorithm. Describe the different encoding methods. (10 marks)
  • (b) Write short notes on:
    • (i) Roulette Wheel selection
    • (ii) Tournament selection (5 marks)

Unit-II

Question 4

  • (a) Convert the following statements in Predicate Logic: (10 marks)
    1. Not all students like both AI and DS.
    2. Everyone likes someone.
    3. Someone ate everything.
    4. Some girls are intelligent.
    5. Everyone likes rain.
    6. Jill eats almonds and is still alive.
    7. Mary eats everything John eats.
    8. Anything anyone eats and is not killed by is food.
    9. Mangoes are food.
    10. Bill likes all kinds of food.
  • (b) How are frames used for knowledge representation? Explain using example. (5 marks)

Question 5

  • (a) Draw the semantic network representing the following knowledge: Every vehicle is a physical object. Every car is a vehicle. Every car has four wheels. The electrical system is a part of car. The battery is a part of the electrical system. Pollution system is a part of every vehicle. The vehicle is used in transportation. Honda City is a car. (8 marks)

(b) Differentiate between forward and backward reasoning. (7 marks)

Unit-III

Question 6

  • What is Dempster-Shafer's theory? Explain with a suitable example. (15 marks)

Question 7

  • Explain partial-order planning with a suitable example. (15 marks)

Unit-IV

Question 8

  • Why do neural networks need an activation function? Classify different types of neural network activation functions. (15 marks)

Question 9

  • Explain the architecture of an Expert System. Give its three application areas. (15 marks)

May 2023

Question 1 (6 × 2.5 = 15 marks)

  • (a) Uninformed Search
  • (b) Genetic Algorithm
  • (c) Dempster-Shafer Theory
  • (d) Explanation Based Learning
  • (e) Expert System
  • (f) Identification Trees

Unit-I

Question 2

  • (a) What is Artificial Intelligence? State examples of AI problems. (8 marks)
  • (b) Differentiate the DFS and BFS with merits and demerits. (7 marks)

Question 3

  • (a) Explain the Best-First-Search Procedure with example. (8 marks)
  • (b) Explain algorithm A* with example. *(7 marks)*

Unit-II

Question 4

  • Explain in detail Knowledge Representation Techniques and schemes. (15 marks)

Question 5

  • State various issues in knowledge representation in detail. (15 marks)

Unit-III

Question 6

  • Explain Probability and Bayes Theorem with example. (15 marks)

Question 7

  • What is Partial-order Planning? Explain in detail. (15 marks)

Unit-IV

Question 8

  • What are the current trends in AI? Elaborate. (15 marks)

Question 9

  • Explain the following types of learning: (15 marks)
    • (a) Learning by Induction
    • (b) Rote Learning
    • (c) Symbol Based Learning

July 2022

Question 1 (6 × 2.5 = 15 marks)

  • (a) History of AI
  • (b) Ant Colony Optimization
  • (c) Bayesian Reasoning
  • (d) Transformational Analogy
  • (e) Neural Networks
  • (f) Informed Search

UNIT-I

Question 2 (15)

  • What do you mean by Game Playing: Min-Max Algorithm and Alpha-Beta Pruning? Explain in detail.

Question 3 (15)

  • (a) Explain A* algorithm.
  • (b) What is Hill Climbing? Explain simple Hill Climbing.

UNIT-II

Question 4 (15)

  • Describe different Approaches to Knowledge Representation.

Question 5 (15)

  • Explain Rule Based System with example.

UNIT-III

Question 6 (15)

  • Explain in detail Dempster-Shafer Theory.

Question 7 (15)

  • What is Probability Theory in terms of Reasoning under Uncertainty? Elaborate with example.

UNIT-IV

Question 8 (15) Explain in detail Expert systems.

Question 9 (15) Demonstrate a discussion of AI, its current trends, limitations and applications.

July 2021

Question 1 (5 × 3 = 15 marks)

  • (a) Differentiate between informed and uninformed search.
  • (b) Write a short note on Semantic Network.
  • (c) What do you mean by term Heuristics?
  • (d) Explain the term Non-monotonic reasoning.
  • (e) Write a short note on genetic algorithms.

UNIT-I

Question 2

  • (a) Define term Artificial Intelligence. What are applications of AI in various fields? (7 marks)
  • (b) Explain Hill Climbing strategy with example. What are the problems faced while applying this strategy? (8 marks)

Question 3

  • (a) What do you mean by Game playing in AI? (7 marks)
  • (b) Explain Alpha-Beta pruning with example. What is the need of pruning? (8 marks)

Unit-II

Question 4

  • (a) Differentiate between propositional logic and predicate logic. (8 marks)
  • (b) What do you mean by Skolemization? (7 marks)

Question 5

  • Explain the various ways of knowledge representation in AI (15 marks)

Unit-III

Question 6

  • (a) Explain how uncertainty is managed in AI. (5 marks)
  • (b) Explain Dempster shafer theory with the help of example. (10 marks)

Question 7

  • (a) Discuss partial-order plan with example. (7)
  • (b) How do we represent states, goals and actions in planning? Explain with example. (8)

Unit-IV

Question 8

  • What is an Expert System? Explain its architecture in detail. Also, write its applications in the various domains. (15 marks)

Question 9

  • (a) Explain ANN with its architecture. How artificial Neural networks are different from biological neural networks? (8 marks)
  • (b) Explain ANN applications in the various fields. (7 marks)

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