ME-402 RGPV B.Tech
INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL (IC)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
7 papers, latest Jun 2026
- ME-402 paper, Jun 2026
- ME-402 paper, Jun 2025
- ME-402 paper, Dec 2024
- ME-402 paper, Jun 2024
- ME-402 paper, Nov 2023
- ME-402 paper, Jun 2023
Syllabus, notes and important questions for ME-402
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction to Instrumentation Systems 12 topics
- Introduction to instrument systems
- Classifications
- Functional elements of a measurement system
- Standards and calibration
- Static performance characteristics
- Measurement errors and uncertainties
- Analysis
- Sequential and random test
- Specifications of instrument static characteristics
- Data acquisition
- Reduction
- Data outliner detection
Unit 2 Dynamic Characteristics of Instruments 10 topics
- Dynamic characteristics of the instruments
- Formulation of system equations
- Dynamic response
- Compensation
- Periodic input
- Harmonic signal non harmonic signal
- Fourier transform
- Response to the transient input
- Response to random signal input
- First and second order system compensation
Unit 3 Measurement Techniques – Temperature, Pressure, Flow 3 topics
- Temperature measurements (thermometry based on thermal expansion, liquid in glass, bimetallic, electric resistance- thermometry, thermocouples, thermistors, detectors)
- Pressure and velocity measurements (barometer, manometer, dead weight tester, pressure gauges and transducers, dynamic measurements)
- Flow measurements (pressure differential meters, orifice meter, venturi meter, rota-meter)
Unit 4 Strain, Motion and Torque Measurements 2 topics
- Strain gauges, strain and stress measurements, electrical circuits, compensations
- Motion force and torque measurements, displacement measurements, potentiometers, linear and rotary variable differential transformers, velocity measurements, electromagnetic technique, stroboscope, load cell, measurement of torque on rotating shaft, power estimation from rotating shaft
Unit 5 Control Systems 10 topics
- Control systems
- Open loop and close loop control
- Mathematical modeling of dynamic systems – mechanical systems
- Electrical systems
- Fluid systems
- Thermal systems
- Transfer function
- Impulse response function
- Block diagrams of close loop systems
- System modeling using software
Unit 6 == END OF UNITS==
The syllabus lists no separate topics for this unit.
Exam insights
Counted from 7 past ME-402 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Introduction to instrument systems 30 marks
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Unit 2 Dynamic characteristics of the instruments 21 marks
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Unit 3 Temperature measurements, pressure, velocity and flow measurements 33 marks
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Unit 4 Strain gauges, motion, force and torque measurements 17 marks
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Unit 5 Control systems 11 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
Asked again and again
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Define control system and explain/differentiate open-loop vs closed-loop (feedback) control systems with block diagrams, examples, advantages and limitations.
Asked 5 times: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019
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What does a venturimeter measure? Explain its construction and working principle.
Asked 5 times: 2024, 2020, 2019
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Explain what calibration is, the role of measurement standards and traceability, and why calibration is needed and how it is performed.
Asked 4 times: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019