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GTU 3171613 Pattern Recognition Old Question Papers PDF

Official Gujarat Technological University (GTU) old question papers PDF (Regular & Remedial) and step-by-step solved questions for Pattern Recognition across 2025 – 2026 examinations.

3 papers, 2025 – 202670 marks23 to pass2.5 hours
18 questions GTU asked more than onceAsked in all 3 papers: Explain Decision Tree learning based on the Classification and Regression Trees (CART) approach with example.See list

Exam papers

Most repeated questions

18 questions GTU set in two or more of 3 papers, most repeated first. Tap a year to open that paper at the question.

  1. Explain Decision Tree learning based on the Classification and Regression Trees (CART) approach with example.

    7 marksAsked in 3 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q5c Winter 2025 Q5c OR Summer 2025 Q5c OR

  2. State the main idea behind Support Vector Machines (SVM) for binary classification.

    4 marksAsked in 3 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q5b Winter 2025 Q5c Summer 2025 Q5a

  3. Explain the steps in “k-means clustering” using a suitable illustration. List out limitations of “k-means clustering”.

    7 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q2c Summer 2025 Q4b

  4. Explain Hidden Markov model (HMMs) and its role in the classifier design.

    7 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q3c Winter 2025 Q2c

  5. Explain the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm in the context of Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) and demonstrate how it can be used to estimate the parameters of a GMM.

    7 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q3c OR Winter 2025 Q2c OR

  6. Discuss multilayer feed-forward neural networks with neat architecture diagram

    7 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q5c OR Summer 2025 Q4c

  7. Discuss the principles and applications of nonparametric techniques for density estimation, focusing on the K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN) method. Provide examples of how K-NN can be employed in practice.

    7 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q2c OR Summer 2025 Q5b OR

  8. Difference between joint probability and conditional probability

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q1b Winter 2025 Q1a

  9. Explain Fisher Discriminant Analysis (FDA) in the context of supervised dimensionality reduction.

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q4b Summer 2025 Q3c

  10. Explain with an example why large dimension of dataset is not desirable ?

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Winter 2025 Q3b Summer 2025 Q3a

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  1. Define Gradient Descent, and how is it used in optimizing linear discriminant functions.

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q5b OR Winter 2025 Q4c OR

  2. Explain working of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN).

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Winter 2025 Q5b OR Summer 2025 Q5b

  3. Describe the key differences between Bayesian estimate and maximum likelihood estimation.

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q3b Winter 2025 Q3a OR

  4. Consider two class classification problem. The classes are denoted as w1 and w2. Apply Baye’s minimum risk classification rule to decide whether sample x belongs to class w1 or w2. Use the following data: P(w1) = 0.6, P(w2) = 0.4, P(x) = 0.74, P(x|w1) = 0.75, P(x|w2) = 0.4. Loss parameters are: λ11 = 0.3, λ12 = 0.7, λ21 = 0.65, λ22 = 0.35.

    4 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Winter 2025 Q2b Summer 2025 Q2c

  5. State Bayes Theorem and explain its significance.

    3 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q1a Summer 2025 Q1b

  6. Explain eigenvalues and eigenvectors in brief.

    3 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q2a Summer 2025 Q2a

  7. Define nominal data in the context of pattern classification.

    3 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Summer 2026 Q5a OR Winter 2025 Q5b

  8. Discuss idea of pooling operating used in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) with an example.

    3 marksAsked in 2 of 3 papers

    Winter 2025 Q5a OR Summer 2025 Q5c

Which branches take this subject

GTU's syllabus lists 3171613 for 2 branches. One set of papers serves all of them.

Semester 7, elective: 2 branches

Computer Science & Engineering (Data Science), Information Technology

Other Semester 7 subjects

Common questions

Are these GTU 3171613 Pattern Recognition papers valid for both Regular and Remedial exams?

Yes. Gujarat Technological University (GTU) follows the same 70-mark syllabus, exam blueprint, and 23-mark passing cutoff for both Regular and Remedial (ATKT/backlog) examinations. All 3 past exam sessions (2025 – 2026) serve as comprehensive preparation for either attempt.

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What is the passing mark for GTU Pattern Recognition (3171613)?

The external theory exam carries 70 marks. The minimum passing cutoff is 23 marks (33%). Exam duration is 2.5 hours.

What is the GTU exam pattern for 3171613?

The examination contains 5 main questions of 14 marks each, totaling 70 marks. Questions 2 through 5 provide internal OR choices, typically split into 3-mark, 4-mark, and 7-mark questions.