IGNOU MMPO-001 June 2026 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.What is an Operations Research model ?

Q2.Discuss the advantages and limitations of good operations. [ 2 ]

Q3.What are the similarities and differences between the Transportation problem and the Assignment problem ? Explain.

Q4.In a departmental store, one cashier is there to serve the customers. And the customers pick up their needs by themselves. The arrival rate is 9 customers for every 5 minutes, and the cashier can serve 10 customers in 5 minutes. Assuming Poisson arrival rate and exponential distribution for service rate, find :

(a) Average number of customers in the

(b) Average number of customers in the queue or average queue length. [ 3 ] MMPO–001

(c) Average time a customer spe nds in the

(d) Average time a customer waits before being served.

Q5.What are the advantages and disadvantages of Monte Carlo simulation as a problem - solving technique ? Explain.

Q6.What is the cutting plane algorithm for integer programming ? Brie fly describe the cutting plane method for solving an integer programming problem. Discuss the applications of dynamic programming in decision-making. How is it different from Linear Programming ? [ 4 ]

Q7.Write short notes on any four of the following :

(i) Travelling Salesman Problem

(ii) Unbalanced Assignment Problem

(iii) The M/M/∞ Queuing Model

(iv) 2×n Games

(v) Degeneracy in LP Problem